His search,
however, was futile, and he returned to Vicksburg by the morning train.
Much disheartened, he was compelled to go to Cottage Island with the
intelligence that his efforts had been foiled. On his arrival, he
learned, to his astonishment, that Emily had just gone to Bellevue in
company with De Guy--a person of whom he had no knowledge.
Though Dr. Vaudelier and Henry Carroll had been satisfied with the
evidences brought by De Guy, Vernon was not. He knew better than they
the character of Maxwell, and it was determined that he should proceed
immediately to New Orleans, to guard against the possibility of any evil
to which Emily might be subjected.
On the morning after De Guy's departure, he proceeded down the river,
and landed in the vicinity of Bellevue, to which he immediately made his
way. Without a direct application to any one, he learned that Emily had
not yet arrived. He waited in the vicinity another day, but obtained no
tidings of her. His worst fears were now confirmed. De Guy had deceived
them.
This De Guy, then, was an emissary of Maxwell.
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