The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 194: what you’re looking at

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THE SECOND JOURNEY 177 that may engender the suspicion that you are subject to coercicn or restraint; and, 1n a word, you must place nothing upon record that may lead your friends in England to suspect you are not at liberty, and thus induce them to enter upon | intrigues or adopt plans for the discovery of your where- abouts and the accomplishment of your rescue. Of course the letters that you may write will be perused by me before being transmitted to the post, and the answers sent thereto will also have to pass through my hands. Understanding the English language perfectly, | shall reserve this duty ot supervision to myself, instead of entrusting it to-any under- ling or interpreter. Thus, sir, so long as you adhere to the conditions which I have laid down, you need not hesitate to place on record any sentiment or feeling of a near and tender interest, for it will be through no motive of imper- tinent curiosity that I shall inspect your correspondence, and therefore I shall have neither eyes nor memory for anything that may appear therein, save and except whatever may infringe upon the rules which [ have laid down.”’ Although revolting against the shackles thus imposed upon the manner of conducting his correspondence, Jocelyn nevertheless bridled his indignation, being only too glad at the permission thus accorded to write to any one in England at all. He accordingly decided upon addressing his letters from Lyons, that being the nearest large city to Grenoble, and, as a matter of course, it was to Louisa, his well-beloved Louisa, that he wrote. In his letters to her he first stated that circumstances which he should explain when next they met compelled him to date from Lyons, but that she need not be alarmed on perceiving that he was in France. Subsequently, as week after week of his imprisonment passed away and he was still compelled to date from Lyons, he declared that the circumstances previously alluded to in his earlier correspondence remained unchanged, but he caretully avoided any allusion that might lead his beloved Louisa to fancy that he was unhappy. On the contrary, he wrote in cheerful terms, far more cheerful than he felt; and this he did, not only to avoid infringing on the conditions so specifically laid down by the governor, but likewise because he did not choose to torture the charming girl by arousing any suspicions or fears in her mind relative to his actual position. For he saw plainly enough that even were CORNICLOOL cS (CO)