Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 125: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 119 Roanoke and Connington Grange that I in- tend to speak, and all things apart from those are beside my purpose. Now, however, these two were brought into intimate association by the fearful dis- closure that I had overheard. That my uncle Edgar and his charming daughter should be driven from their home, and that such a wretch as John o’ Compton should reign over Roanoke were thoughts that stirred me to my ‘soul. How I longed for some method of communicating with the unsuspect- ing victims! If I could but warn them of the fate that was in store for them! But even while I throbbed with these eager desires I knew that it was impossible, that I was help- less, little better than a prisoner, cut off from the outer world, and that all I could do was to watch and wait in hopeless helplessness. I drew what comfort I could from the knowledge that the man of the woods had declared himself powerless to act at present, and I could only hope that some unforeseen contingency would occur to prevent his carry- ing out his threats. In the meantime it was my self-appointed task to follow events as ti LIOOY | ra (je) comichbooks.com