Excerpt from The Heiress, Vol. 2 of 3: A NovelThat is fortunate! Remarked Helen, calmly. It is a pity but all her stories carried an antidote with them.Catherine looked baf¿ed for a moment, and then continued It is a pity, as you say, that all her stories are not as marvellous as this, and then none could credit them. Yet I understand this is but half the story, and that there is something about Alford's coming over the next morning to plead his cause, and Mr. Euston arriving just after, to insist on an explanation.Quite a romance, remarked Helen, as quietly as before. I should not be sur prised, after what I heard, if she were to discover that you had come over in a fit of jealousy, to learn the truth and threaten to poison me 3 that would be a proper finale.Is that a snake? Screamed Lady Cathe rine, starting from her seat.No snake was to be discovered, and when they were again seated, there was no trace of emotion on Catherine's features.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.