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BY that night’s post—although I was far from being fit to make the exertion—I wrote to Mr. Playmore, to tell him what had taken place, and to beg for his earliest assistance and advice. The notes in…
The same evening I received my “abstract” by the hands of a clerk. It was an intensely characteristic document. My expenses were remorselessly calculated downward to shillings and even to pence; and…
MY letter from Mr. Playmore, inclosing the agent’s extraordinary telegram, was not inspired by the sanguine view of our prospects which he had expressed to me when we met at Benjamin’s house. “If th…
It is not to be disguised or denied that my spirits were depressed on my journey to London. To resign the one cherished purpose of my life, when I had suffered so much in pursuing it, and when I had…
My head turned giddy. I was obliged to wait and let my overpowering agitation subside, before I could read any more. Looking at the letter again, after an interval, my eyes fell accidentally on a se…
“TAKE care, Valeria!” said Mrs. Macallan. “I ask you no questions; I only caution you for your own sake. Eustace has noticed what I have noticed—Eustace has seen a change in you. Take care!” So my m…
“GLENINCH, October 19, 18—. “MY HUSBAND— “I have something very painful to tell you about one of your oldest friends. “You have never encouraged me to come to you with any confidences of mine. If …
As soon as I could dry my eyes and compose my spirits after reading the wife’s pitiable and dreadful farewell, my first thought was of Eustace—my first anxiety was to prevent him from ever reading wh…
I write from memory, unassisted by notes or diaries; and I have no distinct recollection of the length of our residence abroad. It certainly extended over a period of some months. Long after Eustace …
THE LAST OF THE STORY. In ten days more we returned to England, accompanied by Benjamin. Mrs. Macallan’s house in London offered us ample accommodation. We gladly availed ourselves of her proposal,…
