"She had quite gotten over her trouble," he said, quickly. "She seemed perfectly well and happy. She talked of you, Ronald, and you, Mrs. Valchester, kindly and often. But she inherited her mother's disease. She died very suddenly and painlessly one evening while sitting in her chair and watching a beautiful sunset." Jaquelina shed some quiet and sorrowful tears over Violet's early doom. They were the first tears that had dimmed her lovely eyes since she had married Ronald Valchester. He made her very happy. In the beautiful, calm years of wedded happiness that flowed serenely over their future lives, the few years of passionate sorrow she had known were forgotten wholly, or remembered only as a haunting dream. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Added table of contents. The original text lacked accent marks; this has been left unchanged (e.g. _en regle_ in place of _en règle_). Inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. "bedside" vs. "bed-side") has been retained from the original. Title page, corrected typographical error "JACQUELINA" to "JAQUELINA." This book contains two different chapter IX's. The numbering has been left as originally printed. Page 1, added missing "g" to "bounding vitality." Added missing "l" to "fragrant apple-blossoms." Added missing "r" to "Your uncle wants." Page 3, corrected typographical error "Jacquelina" in "scarcely older than Jaquelina." Page 6, added missing period to "Gentle Mrs. Earle." Page 11, corrected "trangressing" to "transgressing." Page 14, corrected typographical error "strangly" in "strangely stirred by it." Page 18, changed comma to period at end of paragraph after "knelt down beside her." Page 19, corrected typographical error "notted" in "knotted carelessly." Page 21, added missing period after "satin ribbons fluttering about it." Page 22, corrected period to question mark after "passion-flowers for her type?" Page 23, removed extra "a" from before "an" in "for an instant." Page 28, corrected single to double quote after "The outlaw! the outlaw!" Page 31, added missing hyphen to "to-day" in "ball-dress to-day." Page 35, corrected typographical error "Dolly" in "He sat Dollie down." Page 42, corrected "her" to "his" in "Jaquelina's partner, with his tall head." Page 50, corrected typographical error "preparad" in "not prepared to do." Page 51, corrected typographical error "you" in "from your uncongenial home." Page 62, corrected typographical error "ooked" in "when she looked back." Page 65, corrected typographical error "Haiwatha" in "Happy are you; Hiawatha." Added missing comma before "persuaded into amiability." Page 71, corrected typographical error "appartment" in "luxurious cavern appartment." Added comma before "suddenly regaining her strength." Page 74, added missing period after "mysterious, blighting secret." Page 75, added missing comma after "fixed yearningly on the door."