Chapter 23: The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe

The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe I Blackwater Park, Hampshire. June 11th, 1850.—Six months to look back on—six long, lonely months since Laura and I last saw each other! How many days have I still to wait? Only one! Tomorrow, the twelfth, the travellers return to England. I can hardly realise my own happiness—I can hardly believe that the next four-and-twenty hours will complete the last day of separation between Laura and me. She and her husband have been in Ita…