Penny Blood Serial Cover — page 47: what you’re looking at

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ALFRED DE ROSANN. 39 sion: he thanked his benefactor a thousand times, and hope kindled a feeble flame in his bosom where all hitherto was darkness and obscurity. And Eloise did visit De Rosann in his dungeon ; and she promised an eternal fidelity ; and her last words, ere she left him, called heaven to witness the oath of unchangeable affection which she thus solemnly pledged. | Amongst the brilliant circle of acquaintances and friends that the now forsaken Alfred once adorned, was a nobleman of high rank, who enjoyed a lucrative situation near the person of the king. To him did Mr. Clayton address a petition in behalf of De Rosann. The nobleman generously undertook to interest him- _ self in the cause of a fellow-creature in whose in- nocence he himself believed ; and the royal mercy was not solicited in vain. Charles X., with all his faults, was not of a cruel nor uncompromising dis- position: he instantly lent an attentive ear to the prayer. that was offered up before his throne ; and the sentence of De Rosann was commuted to a sojourn of five years instead of ten at the galleys. Filoise accompanied Mr. Clayton—but of course these visits were unknown to her mother : it was the first secret the innocent maiden had ever concealed from the knowledge of her only parent; and even now her repugnance to act against that parent’s wishes was scarcely overcome by the reasoning of her uncle, whose heart was not obdurate enough to deprive two fond lovers of each other’s society, and whose con- viction of Alfred’s innocence made him act a generous part towards the unhappy young man—Lloise ac- companied Mr. Clayton to Bicétre (whither De Rosann had been removed a few days previously) to be the bearer of the joyful tidings that awaited him. Hope then assumed brighter colours—five years would soon elapse—and the tender couple already saw a iling future not far distant. Mr. Clayton wiped away tears of mingled joy and sorrow from his eyes. COMmuicoooks (GO)