XXVIII. My Lady of the Ice.--Snow and Sleet.--Reawakening.--A Desperate Situation.--Saved a Second Time.--Snatched from a Worse Fate.--Borne in My Arms Once More.--The Open Door. XXIX. Puzzling Questions which cannot be Answered as yet.--A Step toward Reconcilation.--Reunion of a Broken Friendship.--Pieces all Collected and Joined.--Joy of Jack.--Solemn Debates over the Great Puzzle of the period.--Friendly Conferences and Confidences.--An Important Communication. XXX. A Letter!--Strange Hesitation.--Gloomy Forebodings.--Jack down deep in the Dumps.--Fresh Confessions.--Why he Missed the Tryst.--Remorse and Revenge.--Jack's Vows of Vengeance.--A very Singular and Unaccountable Character.--Jack's Gloomy Menaces. XXXI. A Friendly Call.--Preliminaries of the Duel Neatly Arranged.--A Damp Journey, and Depressed Spirits.--A Secluded Spot.--Difficulties which attend a Duel in a Canadian Spring.--A Masterly Decision. --Debates about the niceties of the Code of Honor.--Who shall have the First Shot, Struggle for Precedence.--A very Singular and Obstinate Dispute.--I save O'Halloran from Death by Rheumatism. XXXII. Home again.--The Growls of a Confirmed Growler.--Hospitality.--The well-known Room.--Vision of a Lady.--Alone with Marion.--Interchange of Thought and Sentiment.--Two Beautiful Women.--An Evening to be Remembered.--The Conviviality of O'Halloran.--The Humors of O'Halloran, and his Bacchic Joy. XXXIII. From April to June.--Tempora Mutantur, et nos Mutamur in Illis. --Startling Change in Marion!--And Why?--Jack and his Woes.--The Vengeance of Miss Phillips.--Ladies who refuse to allow their Hearts to be Broken.--Noble Attitude of the Widow.--Consolations of Louie. XXXIV. Jack's Tribulations.--They Rise Up in the very face of the Most Astonishing Good Fortunes.--For, what is like a Legacy?--And this comes to Jack!--Seven Thousand Pounds Sterling per Annum!--But what's the use of it all?--Jack comes to Grief!--Woe! Sorrow! Despair! All the Widow! --Infatuation.--A mad proposal.--A Madman, a Lunatic, an Idiot, a March Hare, and a Hatter, all rolled into one, an that one the Lucky yet Unfortunate Jack. XXXV. "Louis!"--Platonic Friendship.--Its results.--Advice may be given too Freely, and Consolation may be sought for too Eagerly.--Two Inflammable Hearts should not be allowed to Come Together.--The Old, Old Story.--A Breakdown, and the results all around.--The Condemned Criminal.--The slow yet sure approach of the Hour of Execution. XXXVI. A Friend's Apology for a Friend.--Jack down at the bottom of Deep Abyss of Woe.--His Despair.--The Hour and the Man!--Where is the Woman!--A Sacred Spot.--Old Fletcher.--The Toll of the Bell.--Meditations on each Successive Stroke.--A wild search.--The Pretty Servant-maid, and her Pretty Story.--Throwing Gold About.