Alfred de Rosann — page 80: what you’re looking at

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ALFRED DE ROSANN. 71 his excellent benefactor to believe, that if it were not with the hope of procuring his pardon, he should not remain in England another moment. He did not, however, mention one word relative to the documents he retained in his possession; but he merely said, that when they met he would explain viva voce the motives that had originally induced him to change the place of his destination from Paris to London so soon after their conversation and agreement at the farm-house. He concluded his letter with a hope that Mrs. Ciayton might one day be induced to award him the hand of her daughter, particularly as he should soon be able-to return to France openly and fearlessly, and not, as he left it, trembling at the sight of a police officer, and dreading to be arrested every moment. Would the reader think of asking, even if we were sufficiently careless to forget so important a fact, whether De Rosann availed himself of Mr. Clayton’s permission to write to Eloise on this occasion as well as on the last, which we faithfully recorded in a former chapter? Alfred did not forget to address a letter to the amiable being whom he adored ; and it was con- siderably longer than the one directed to her uncle. But before he terminated his epistle, he did not fail to inform Eloise of Mr. Clayton’s promise, that, if he remained in London, she should be allowed to write a few lines to console him in return ; and he claimed at her hands the fulfilment of a pledge made for her by her uncle. : When these letters were despatched to the post- office, the mind of our hero felt eased of a considera- ble cause of anxiety; and he retired to rest that night with feelings of felicity such as he had not experienced for some time. . Gomichbook (E@)