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CHAPTER XVI > DISCOURSE Haur an hour elapsed, — half an hour, during which there was poured forth a tide of emotions which no language can depict, — a flood of feelings which no pen ean describe. They had so much to say to each other, that father, that daughter, and that son, so many questions to ask, so many responses to give, and all interrupted by so many fresh em- braces and tenderest caresses. But at the expiration of this interval, they recovered a degree of calmness and then the Marquis of Kagledean reminded Elizabeth and Frank that they had many subjects for serious deliberation. ‘“ Listen to me attentively, my dear children, for Adolphus may return, and we must not, at least for the present, suffer him to learn all that has been taking place. I must still be known for yet a little while as plain Mr. Gunthorpe, and ye must both exercise the most rigid command over your feelings, so as not to betray the degree of relationship in which you stand toward me. Yes, I must continue my incognito for the present, until I have seen Lady Everton. With her shall I consult, — yes, we shall meet and deliberate as friends, — whether Adolphus shall be left in ignorance of the affinity of your two selves unto him. Consider, my children, how difficult and how dangerous is this point. If he be told to regard you, Elizabeth, as a sister, and you, Frank, as a brother, it will be of course necessary to explain to him the history of his mother’s frailty. Perhaps—and it is most probable, indeed, it is most natural — that she will implore the secret to be maintained, so that she may not have to blush in the presence of her own son. I shall proceed into Wales alone in the first instance, and obtain an interview with her. It will even be better for Adolphus | 188 Gomicbooks- co