The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 369: what you’re looking at

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do2 REYNOLDS’ WORKS not immediately abandon herself to the arms of her com- panion; she did not choose him to think his conquest too cheap or that her virtue was too facile. The farther, how- ever, they advanced on the road,the more tender grew their discourse; and when Barcelona was in sight, they came to such an understanding together that Forester was sufficiently encouraged to propose that she should pass as his wife at the hotel where they were about to take up their abode. And now let us suppose them arrived there. Handsome apartments were at once obtained, a sumptuous repast was served up, and, inspired by exhilarating champagne, the two travellers could now look back with smiles and triumph at the perils they had passed through and the fatigues they had endured. We may even go a little farther, and depict Forester on his knees at the feet of the handsome Juliana, his arms encircling her waist, his head resting upon her bosom, while she, with her fine dark eyes swimming in a voluptuous languor, looked down upon his truly handsome countenance. He forgot that she had been a bandit’s wife; he beheld only in her a woman of grandly luxurious beauty, and he was rejoiced at the conquest he had achieved. Mr. Forester failed not to write to the banker at Madrid, to whom he explained all the circumstances under which his letter of credit had been originally presented by Ramon de Collantes. In due course he received an answer, informing him that the genuine character of the transaction had been suspected, that there had seemed something strange in the very nature of the letter which it was pretended had been written from a hotel at Figueras, and that the person repre- senting himself as Sehor Escosura was required to bring forward credible witnesses to guarantee his respectability. This was a demand with which Ramon de Collantes had evidently found it somewhat inconvenient to comply, for he did not present himself a second time to the banker, who therefore saw that he had exercised a sound discretion. ‘To be brief, this gentleman’s communication further informed Forester that the amount represented in the letter of credit was now duly remitted to a banker at Barcelona. In the interval the valet arrived safe and sound from the tower. The intelligence he brought may be summed up in afew words. A few hours after the escape of his master and Juliana took place, an alarm was raised, to the effect that the CONNIE DOOKS (EO)