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What should she do ? `` Go back to Lady Helena , '' said the letter . Go back ! cast off , deserted -- she , who only at noon to-day had left them a radiant bride ! As she thought it , a feeling of absolute hatred for the man she had married came into her heart . Sane or mad she would hate him now , all the rest of her life . The hours were creeping on -- two had passed since she had sent Jamison out of her room .