No! Myriam didn't die. A fairy appeared. It was Ghislaine, followed by Jerome.
Jerome was but a modern pirate but when the circumstances required it he was a man. He had freed Ghislaine, and she had taken him along…
Myriam was rescued.
— When both girls were alone together, Ghislaine implored:
«Please forgive me everything that hurt you. Please forget!»
The mystery of feminine souls! Ghislaine felt responsible for her father's, for all the other men's wrongs.
Myriam was crying with happiness.
Jerome had vanished.
Kozincko went away too. How he had escaped from the observatory. What had he done afterwards? Nobody ever knew what happened on that night…
Mrs. Cornavin kept her mouth shut. A few weeks later she left with her daughters and one never heard of them again.
Ghislaine and Myriam lived at the Chateau Vert. One day they were summoned to the attorney's. Three letters awaited them there.
The first one for Ghislaine: Her father was emancipating her and made her a very fine settlement.
Two letters for Myriam…
One from the English Embassy, she was Lord Disney's nearest relation, and the vast fortune of the Chateau Vert former owner was hers.
The other from Kozincko who was bequeathing her the Chateau Vert, and added to the official act this words:
«Love isn't to be bought, but forgiveness may be won.»
As many other fairy tales this will probably end with two marriages… Yet, as a well known writer used to say: «This is another story…»