Chapter 16 THE GREEN ENVELOPE.

Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n,

Which, as I think, you know not. Here is a letter.

-OTHELLO.

Her departure was a relief to me. First, because I had heard so much, I wanted an opportunity of digesting it; and, secondly, because of my interest in the engraving she had shown me, and the impatience I felt to study it more closely