Penny Blood Serial Fiction — page 116: what you’re looking at

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THE DISCARDED SUITOR 99 from Lady Saxondale’s society. Lady Macdonald, not choosing to break with Lady Saxondale abruptly until she should have received fuller particulars from my lips, proffered some pretext to account for the speedy departure of herself and Florina from the castle. They arrived in town yesterday, and just now, according to an intimation which I gave Lady Macdonald in my letter, I called in Cavendish Square. Need I tell you, William, that you now stand higher in Lady Macdonald’s opinion than ever? Need I assure you that she is fully convinced of your innocence and of Lady Saxon- dale’s guilt? But there is one piece of intelligence which I must hasten to give you, which is, that the engagement is broken off with Lord Saxondale, and you are now the accepted suitor of Lady Florina Staunton.”’ A ery of joy, fervid and enthusiastic, burst from the lips of William Deveril as he threw himself upon his knees, and taking Mr. Gunthorpe’s hand, pressed it between both his own. Tears of mingled gratitude and delight trickled from the dark eyes of the lovely Angela, and Mr. Gunthorpe was deeply affected by the scene of happiness which he thus witnessed and of which he was the author. - Hesoon afterward took his departure, but on his way back to his own mansion at Stamford Hill, he stopped for a few moments at Mrs. Leyden’s dwelling to inform Henrietta that he was perfectly satisfied with the result of his interview with Adolphus at Mrs. Chandos’s cottage, and that she had every hope of bliss to anticipate from that young nobleman’s love. Thus did the old gentleman, while his own heart was secretly devoured with care, busy himself to promote the happiness of others, and to a certain extent it was a relief to his own sorrows that he was enabled to do so. At eleven o’clock on the following day, Mr. Gunthorpe’s carriage again drew up in front of the picturesque cottage near Edmonton. Elizabeth immediately came forth to welcome the old gentleman, and she informed him that her brother and Adolphus had gone out together for a long ramble in the neighbouring lanes and fields. “Tam glad of it,” said Mr. Gunthorpe, kindly but mourn- fully, ‘‘ for I wish to have a serious, a very serious conversa- tion with you. Will you be enabled to give me two or three hours of your time this morning? ”’ | “ Yes, assuredly,’’ responded Elizabeth; but she was Gomichdoo <S (F()