"comedy monologue for a lady", was published in 1893. In 1894, prospectuses appeared for a new "contemporary review" entitled The Stiletto and the Rose for which Bergen was to be the editor and manager. It intended to focus on articles dealing with leading questions of the day, poetry, and reviews, but it appears that it never actually got off the ground. Bergen met the Viscount Arnoult George Langlois de Brunner in New York, where he was a confidential clerk in the Standard National Bank. He moved in the best society, to which his natural and family titles entitled him. During the clandestine courtship, Bergen became quite ill, suffering severely from influenza, and the vicomte felt that his place was at the bedside of his fiancée. On April 2, 1896, in New York City, she married the viscount. This marriage was without the knowledge of the families of the bride and bridegroom, as it was agreed to keep the matter quiet until a special dispensation could be obtained from the pope, when it was intended to recelebrate the marriage in Washington, D.C. at the home of Bergen's family. The dispensation was necessary because of Bergen's 1892 divorce, and as the Viscomte Langlois de Brunner was a Catholic, his marriage would not have been possible other than by such dispensation. On April 14, she was sent by her husband, on account of her ill-health and upon the advice of her mother, to stay with relatives at Bayonne, New Jersey. Two weeks later, she returned to New York City, but again becoming ill, went to the residence of Dr. Goodman for treatment. Washington, D.C. Having recovered, on May 25, 1896, she came to Washington, D.C. She was later informed that on the same day, her husband left New York for parts unknown. During one of the periodical absences of the viscount from Bergen's apartments, Bergen's uncle had her removed to a private sanitarium, wholly unaware of the true relations between the viscount and his wife. The shock of this added to her severe illness, and brought about an attack of delirium, which necessitated treatment for dementia. The conflictions were aggravated by Bergen having been under contract for newspaper and magazine articles, but conscious that it was impossible to reveal the true state of affairs. After release from the sanitarium, she came to Washington, D.C. during the winter of 1896-97, apparently having lost all