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She would get Mrs. Jenkins to put them away for her in some safe drawer or box ; and , when he was better , he would find them and understand . She would accept nothing more from his hands . Yet , with all her pride and her sense of injured dignity , she wept half the night at the thought that he was suffering and that she could do nothing to alleviate his pain . She set off the next morning , between nine and ten o'clock , with a little black bag in her hand . It was larger than she needed it to be for mere conveyance of the jewelry which she wanted to restore ; but she meant to fill it with fruit -- black tempting grapes and red-cheeked hot-house peaches -- for the invalid before she reached the house . She left word with Mary that she did not know when she would return , and that Madame was not to wait luncheon or dinner on her account . This message , and the fact of her carrying away a bag , led some persons to believe that she was acting a part in a long-premeditated scheme when she left Madame della Scala 's house that morning .