Coulditbepossiblethathewastakingleaveofhissenses？WhatelsecouldIthink？HE，sorefined，sointellectual，sofastidious，withsoexquisiteaperceptionofthefaulty，andsokeenanappreciationofthebeautiful！Tobesure，theladyseemedespeciallyfondofHIM——particularlysoinhisabsence——whenshemadeherselfridiculousbyfrequentquotationsofwhathadbeensaidbyher“belovedhusband，Mr。Wyatt。”Theword“husband“
seemedforever——touseoneofherowndelicateexpressions——forever“onthetipofhertongue。”Inthemeantime，itwasobservedbyallonboard，thatheavoidedHERinthemostpointedmanner，and，forthemostpart，shuthimselfupaloneinhisstate-room，where，infact，hemighthavebeensaidtolivealtogether，leavinghiswifeatfulllibertytoamuseherselfasshethoughtbest，inthepublicsocietyofthemaincabin。
Myconclusion，fromwhatIsawandheard，was，that，theartist，bysomeunaccountablefreakoffate，orperhapsinsomefitofenthusiasticandfancifulpassion，hadbeeninducedtounitehimselfwithapersonaltogetherbeneathhim，andthatthenaturalresult，entireandspeedydisgust，hadensued。Ipitiedhimfromthebottomofmyheart——butcouldnot，forthatreason，quiteforgivehisincommunicativenessinthematterofthe“LastSupper。”
ForthisIresolvedtohavemyrevenge。
Onedayhecameupondeck，and，takinghisarmashadbeenmywont，Isaunteredwithhimbackwardandforward。Hisgloom，howeverwhichIconsideredquitenaturalunderthecircumstances，seemedentirelyunabated。Hesaidlittle，andthatmoodily，andwithevidenteffort。Iventuredajestortwo，andhemadeasickeningattemptatasmile。Poorfellow！——asIthoughtofHISWIFE，I