Impassive by nature and training, he was conscious to-night of a strange sense of excitement, of exhilaration tempered by a dull background of disappointment. I consider even now that the present colour is far less becoming. After debating with himself whether he should further seek an interview, which, though, now in his power, was so sedulously shunned by the other party, he decided in the negative; and contenting himself with writing upon a slip of paper the hasty words,—"You are known by the villagers,—be upon your guard,"—he gave it to the ostler, with instructions to deliver it instantly to the owner of the horse he pointed out, and pursued his course. Wants me to look out for you a bit. He learnt that his sister was privately married—the name or rank of her husband could not be ascertained—and living in retirement in an obscure dwelling in the Borough, where she had given birth to a son. And stony broke. “Well, I do. “I have had adventures—oh, more than one, I can assure you. “What has she told you?” “Everything. My poor son despairs of me, for I have primed every member of the family to bring me the latest novels whenever they choose to visit. The word handsome was a little beyond her grasp. "Judging from what you tell me, I've no doubt he's the illegitimate offspring of some handsome, but lowborn profligate; in which case, he'll neither have name, nor wealth for his inheritance. "My good friend, Owen Wood,—Heaven preserve him!—is still living.
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