Penny Blood Serial Fiction — page 187: what you’re looking at

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170 REYNOLDS’ WORKS in their earlier years, and who had wept over them, was indeed their mother, Elizabeth and Francis threw them- selves into each other’s arms, mingled their tears, and em- braced tenderly. Mr. Gunthorpe rose from his seat and walked to and fro in deep agitation, but suddenly calming his emotions, he resumed his chair, saying, somewhat abruptly, ‘‘ Let me not hesitate any longer to enter upon the narrative of the past. Give me your attention, interrupt me not in its progress, but listen in silence, as I listened yesterday, Elizabeth, to the tale which you revealed to me.”’ Then, perceiving that the brother and sister were anxiously awaiting the promised narrative, Mr. Gunthorpe related | those particulars which will be found in the ensuing chapter. Gomicbooks (E(0)