ofNewgate
.
A
carpenter
and
his
assistant
then
hastily
fitted
up
the
two
perpendicular
spars
,
and
the
one
horizontal
beam
,
which
formed
the
gibbet
.
There
were
already
several
hundreds
of
persons
collected
to
witness
these
preliminary
arrangements
;
and
from
that
hour
until
eight
o'clock
multitudes
continued
pouring
from
every
direction
towards
that
spot
—
the
focus
of
an
all-absorbing
interest
.
Man
—
that
social
,
domestic
,
and
intelligent
animal
—
will
leave
his
child
crying
in
the
cradle
,
his
wife
tossing
upon
a
bed
of
pain
and
sickness
,
and
his
blind
old
parents
to
grope
their
way
about
in
the
dark
,
in
order
to
be
present
at
an
exhibition
of
a
fellow
creature
's
disgrace
,
agony
,
or
death
.
And
the
law
encourages
this
morbid
taste
in
all
countries
termed
civilised
,
—
whether
it
be
opposite
the
debtors
'
door
of
Newgate
,
or
around
the
guillotine
erected
at
the
Barriere
Saint
Jacques
of
Paris
,
—
whether
it
be
in
the
midst
of
ranks
of
soldiers
,
drawn
up
to
witness
the
abominable
infliction
of
the
lash
in
the
barracks
of
Charing
Cross
,
or
the
buttons
cut
off
a
deserter
's
coat
in
the
Place
Vendome
,
—
whether
it
be
to
see
a
malefactor
broken
on
the
wheel
in
the
dominions
of
the
tyrant
who
is
called
"
Europe
's
Protestant
Sovereign
,
"
or
to
behold
the
military
execution
of
a
great
general
at
Madrid
,
—
whether
it
be
to
hear
an
English
Judge
in
the
nineteenth
century
,
unblushingly
condemn
a
man
to
be
hanged
,
drawn
,
and
quartered
,
and
his
dissected
corpse
disposed
of
according
to
the
will
of
our
Sovereign
Lady
the
Queen
;
or
to
witness
some
miserable
peasant
expire
beneath
the
knout
in
the
territories
of
the
Czar
.
But
the
Law
is
vindictive
,
cowardly
,
mean
,
and
ignorant
.
It
is
vindictive
because
its
punishments
are
more
severe
than
the
offences
,
and
because
its
officers
descend
to
any
dirtiness
in
order
to
obtain
a
conviction
.
It
is
cowardly
,
because
it
cuts
off
from
the
world
,
with
a
rope
or
an
axe
,
those
men
whose
dispositions
it
fears
to
undertake
to
curb
.
It
is
mean
,
because
it
is
all
in
favour
of
the
wealthy
,
and
reserves
its
thunders
for
the
poor
and
obscure
who
have
no
powerful
interest
to
protect
them
;
and
because
itself
originates
nearly
half
the
crimes
which
it
punishes
.
And
it
is
ignorant
,
because
it
erects
the
gibbet
where
it
should
rear
the
cross
,
—
because
it
makes
no
allowance
for
the
cool
calculating
individual
who
commits
a
crime
,
but
takes
into
its
consideration
the
case
of
the
passionate
man
who
assassinates
his
neighbour
in
a
momentary
and
uncontrollable
burst
of
rage
,
—
thus
forgetting
that
the
former
is
the
more
likely
one
to
be
led
by
reflection
to
virtue
,
and
that
the
latter
is
a
demon
subject
to
impulses
which
he
can
never
subdue
.
From
an
early
hour
a
glittering
light
was
seen
through
the
small
grated
window
above
the
debtors
'
door
;
for
the
room
to
which
that
door
belongs
,
is
now
the
kitchen
.
There
was
something
sinister
and
ominous
in
that
oscillating
glare
,
breaking
through
the
mists
of
the
cold
December
morning
,
and
playing
upon
the
black
spars
of
the
gibbet
which
stood
high
above
the
already
dense
but
still
increasing
multitudes
.
Towards
eight
o'clock
the
crowd
had
congregated
to
such
an
extent
,
that
it
moved
and
undulated
like
the
stormy
ocean
.
And
,
oh
!
what
characters
were
collected
around
that
gibbet
.
Every
hideous
den
,
every
revolting
hole
—
every
abode
of
vice
,
squalor
,
and
low
debauchery
,
had
vomited
forth
their
horrible
population
.
Women
,
with
young
children
in
their
arms
,
—
pickpockets
of
all
ages
,
—
swell-mobsmen
,
—
prostitutes
,
thieves
,
and
villains
of
all
degrees
and
descriptions
,
were
gathered
there
on
that
fatal
morning
.
And
amidst
that
multitude
prevailed
mirth
,
and
laughter
,
and
gaiety
.
Ribald
language
,
obscene
jokes
,
and
filthy
expressions
,
were
heard
around
,
even
to
the
very
foot
of
the
gallows
;
and
even
at
that
early
hour
intoxication
was
depicted
upon
the
countenances
of
several
whom
the
Law
had
invited
thither
to
derive
an
example
from
the
tragedy
about
to
be
enacted
!
Example
,
indeed
!
Listen
to
those
shouts
of
laughter
:
they
emanate
from
a
group
collected
round
a
pickpocket
only
twelve
years
old
,
who
is
giving
an
account
of
how
he
robbed
an
elderly
lady
on
the
preceding
evening
.
But
,
ah
!
what
are
those
moans
,
accompanied
with
horrible
oaths
and
imprecations
?
Two
women
fighting
:
they
are
tearing
each
other
to
pieces
—
and
their
husbands
are
backing
them
.
In
another
direction
,
a
simple-looking
countryman
suddenly
discovers
that
his
handkerchief
and
purse
are
gone
.
In
a
moment
his
hat
is
knocked
over
his
eyes
;
and
he
himself
is
cuffed
,
and
kicked
,
and
pushed
about
in
a
most
brutal
manner
.
Near
the
scaffold
the
following
conversation
takes
place
:
—
"
I
wonder
what
the
man
who
is
going
to
be
hanged
is
doing
at
this
moment
.
"
"
It
is
now
half-past
seven
.
He
is
about
now
receiving
the
sacrament
.
"
"
Well
—
if
I
was
he
,
I
'd
send
the
old
parson
to
the
devil
,
and
pitch
into
the
sheriffs
.
"
"
Yes
—
so
would
I
.
For
my
part
,
I
should
like
to
live
such
a
life
as
Jack
Sheppard
or
Dick
Turpin
did
,
even
if
I
did
get
hanged
at
last
.
"
"
There
is
something
noble
and
exciting
in
the
existence
of
a
highwayman
:
and
then
—
at
last
—
what
admiration
on
the
part
of
the
crowd
—
what
applause
when
he
appears
upon
the
drop
!
"
"
Yes
.
If
this
fellow
Bolter
had
contented
himself
with
being
a
burglar
,
or
had
only
murdered
those
who
resisted
him
,
I
should
have
cheered
him
heartily
;
—
but
to
kill
his
wife
—
there
's
something
cowardly
in
that
;
and
so
I
shall
hiss
him
.
"
"
And
so
shall
I
.
"
"
A
quarter
to
eight
!
The
poor
devil
's
minutes
are
pretty
well
numbered
.
"
"
I
wonder
what
he
is
about
now
.
"
"
The
pinioning
will
begin
directly
,
I
dare
say
.
"
"
That
must
be
the
worst
part
.
"
"
Oh
!
no
—
not
a
bit
of
it
.
You
may
depend
upon
it
that
he
is
not
half
so
miserable
as
we
are
inclined
to
think
him
.
A
man
makes
up
his
mind
to
die
as
well
as
to
anything
else
.
But
what
the
devil
noise
is
that
?
"
"
Oh
!
only
some
fool
of
a
fellow
singing
a
patter
song
about
a
man
hanging
,
and
imitating
all
the
convulsions
of
the
poor
wretch
.
My
eyes
!
how
the
people
do
laugh
!
"
"
Five
minutes
to
eight
!
They
wo
n't
be
long
now
.
"
At
this
moment
the
bell
of
Saint
Sepulchre
's
church
began
to
toll
the
funeral
knell
—
that
same
bell
whose
ominous
sound
had
fallen
upon
the
ears
of
the
wretched
murderer
,
when
he
lay
concealed
in
the
vault
of
the
Old
House
.
The
laughing
—
the
joking
—
the
singing
—
and
the
fighting
now
suddenly
subsided
;
and
every
eye
was
turned
towards
the
scaffold
.
The
most
breathless
curiosity
prevailed
.
Suddenly
the
entrance
of
the
debtor
's
door
was
darkened
by
a
human
form
:
the
executioner
hastily
ascended
the
steps
,
and
appeared
upon
the
scaffold
.
He
was
followed
by
the
Ordinary
in
his
black
gown
,
walking
with
slow
and
measured
pace
along
,
and
reading
the
funeral
service
—
while
the
bell
of
Saint
Sepulchre
continued
its
deep
,
solemn
,
and
foreboding
death-note
.
The
criminal
came
next
.
His
elbows
were
bound
to
his
sides
,
and
his
wrists
fastened
together
,
with
thin
cord
.
He
had
on
a
decent
suit
of
clothes
,
supplied
by
the
generosity
of
Tom
the
Cracksman
;
and
on
his
head
was
a
white
night-cap
.
The
moment
he
appeared
upon
the
scaffold
,
a
tremendous
shout
arose
from
the
thousands
and
thousands
of
spectators
assembled
to
witness
his
punishment
.
He
cast
a
hurried
and
anxious
glance
around
him
.
The
large
open
space
opposite
the
northern
wing
of
Newgate
seemed
literally
paved
with
human
faces
,
which
were
continued
down
the
Old
Bailey
and
Giltspur
Street
,
as
far
as
he
could
see
.
The
houses
facing
the
prison
were
crammed
with
life
—
roof
and
window
.
It
seemed
as
if
he
were
posted
upon
a
rock
in
the
midst
of
an
ocean
of
people
.
Ten
thousand
pairs
of
eyes
were
concentrated
in
him
.
All
was
animation
and
interest
,
as
if
some
grand
national
spectacle
were
about
to
take
place
.
"
Hats
off
!
"
was
the
universal
cry
:
the
multitudes
were
determined
to
lose
nothing
!
The
cheapness
of
an
amusement
augments
the
pleasure
derived
from
it
.
We
wonder
that
the
government
has
never
attempted
to
realise
funds
by
charging
a
penny
a-piece
for
admission
to
behold
the
executions
at
Newgate
.
In
such
a
country
as
England
,
where
even
religion
is
made
a
compulsory
matter
of
taxation
,
the
dues
collected
at
executions
would
form
a
fund
calculated
to
thrive
bravely
.
While
the
executioner
was
occupied
in
fixing
the
halter
round
the
convict
's
neck
,
the
Ordinary
commenced
that
portion
of
the
Burial
Service
,
which
begins
thus
:
—
"
Man
that
is
born
of
a
woman
hath
but
a
short
time
to
live
,
and
is
full
of
misery
.
He
cometh
up
,
and
is
cut
down
like
a
flower
:
he
fleeth
as
it
were
a
shadow
,
and
never
continueth
in
one
stay
.
"
The
executioner
having
attached
the
rope
,
and
drawn
the
nightcap
over
the
criminal
's
face
,
disappeared
from
the
scaffold
,
and
went
beneath
the
platform
to
draw
the
bolt
that
sustained
the
drop
.
"
In
the
midst
of
life
we
are
in
death
;
of
whom
may
we
seek
for
succour
,
but
of
thee
,
O
Lord
,
who
—
"
Here
the
drop
fell
.
A
dreadful
convulsion
appeared
to
pass
through
the
murderer
's
frame
;
and
for
nearly
a
minute
his
hands
moved
nervously
up
and
down
.
Perhaps
during
those
fifty
seconds
,
the
horrors
of
his
dream
were
realised
,
and
he
felt
the
blood
rushing
with
the
fury
of
a
torrent
and
with
a
heat
of
molten
lead
up
into
his
brain
;
perhaps
his
eyes
shot
sparks
of
fire
;
and
in
his
ears
was
a
loud
droning
sound
,
like
the
moan
of
the
ocean
on
a
winter
's
night
!
But
the
convulsive
movement
of
the
hands
soon
ceased
,
and
the
murderer
hung
a
lifeless
corpse
.
The
crowd
retained
its
post
till
nine
o'clock
,
when
the
body
was
cut
down
:
then
did
that
vast
assemblage
of
persons
,
of
both
sexes
and
all
ages
,
begin
to
disperse
.
The
public-houses
in
the
Old
Bailey
and
the
immediate
neighbourhood
drove
a
roaring
trade
throughout
that
day
.
CHAPTER
XXXVII
.
THE
LAPSE
OF
TWO
YEARS
.
SHAKSPEARE
said
,
"
All
the
world
is
a
stage
:
"
we
say
,
"
All
the
world
is
an
omnibus
.
"
The
old
and
young
—
the
virtuous
and
wicked
—
the
rich
and
the
poor
,
are
invariably
thrown
and
mixed
up
together
;
and
yet
their
interests
are
always
separate
.
Few
stretch
out
a
hand
to
help
a
ragged
or
a
decrepit
man
into
the
vehicle
;
and
the
well-dressed
draw
back
and
avert
their
heads
as
the
impoverished
wretch
forces
his
way
with
difficulty
past
them
up
to
the
vacant
seat
in
the
farthest
corner
.
The
moment
a
well-dressed
individual
mounts
the
steps
of
the
omnibus
,
every
hand
is
thrust
out
to
help
him
in
,
and
the
most
convenient
seat
is
instantaneously
accorded
to
him
.
And
then
the
World
's
omnibus
hurries
along
,
stopping
occasionally
at
the
gates
of
a
church-yard
to
put
down
one
of
its
passengers
,
and
calling
at
some
palace
or
some
cottage
indiscriminately
to
fill
up
the
vacant
seat
.
Away
—
away
thunders
the
World
's
omnibus
again
,
crushing
the
fairest
flowers
of
the
earth
in
its
progress
,
and
frequently
choosing
rough
,
dreary
,
and
unfrequented
roads
in
preference
to
paths
inviting
,
even
,
and
pleasant
.
Sometimes
,
by
the
caprice
of
the
passengers
,
or
by
the
despotic
commands
of
the
masters
of
the
World
's
omnibus
,
the
beggar
and
the
rich
man
change
garments
and
places
;
and
the
former
then
becomes
the
object
of
deference
and
respect
,
while
the
latter
is
treated
with
contempt
and
scorn
.
In
the
World
's
omnibus
might
makes
right
;
—
but
cunning
frequently
secures
a
more
soft
and
comfortable
seat
than
either
.
If
a
dispute
ensues
,
and
the
question
at
issue
is
referred
to
the
conductor
for
arbitration
,
he
glances
at
the
personal
appearance
of
the
complainant
and
defendant
,
and
decides
in
favour
of
him
who
wears
the
better
coat
.
When
stones
or
other
impediments
obstruct
the
way
of
the
World
's
omnibus
,
the
poor
and
the
ragged
passengers
are
commanded
to
alight
and
clear
them
away
;
and
yet
,
when
the
vehicle
stops
for
dinner
at
the
inn
by
the
way
side
,
the
well-dressed
and
the
affluent
appropriate
to
themselves
the
luxuries
,
while
those
who
cleared
away
the
stones
and
who
grease
the
wheels
,
get
only
a
sorry
crust
—
and
sometimes
nothing
at
all
.
And
then
,
away
—
away
the
World
's
omnibus
goes
again
,
amidst
noise
,
dust
,
and
all
variations
of
weather
.
In
the
inclement
seasons
extra
garments
are
given
to
the
well-dressed
and
the
rich
,
but
none
to
the
ragged
and
the
poor
:
—
on
the
contrary
,
their
very
rags
and
tatters
are
frequently
taken
from
them
to
pay
the
prices
of
the
hard
crusts
at
the
road-side
inns
.
So
goes
the
World
's
omnibus
;
and
the
moment
the
driver
and
conductor
,
who
are
its
masters
and
owners
,
are
deposited
in
their
turns
at
the
gates
of
some
cemetery
,
their
sons
succeed
them
,
whether
competent
or
not
—
whether
infants
in
swaddling
clothes
,
or
old
men
in
their
dotage
.
And
few
—
very
few
of
those
drivers
know
how
to
hold
the
reins
;
—
and
thus
is
it
that
the
World
's
omnibus
is
frequently
hurried
at
a
thundering
rate
over
broken
ground
,
even
unto
the
very
verge
of
some
precipice
,
down
which
it
would
be
inevitably
dashed
,
did
not
some
bold
intrepid
passenger
emerge
from
his
obscurity
in
the
corner
,
rush
upon
the
box
,
hurl
the
incompetent
driver
from
his
seat
,
and
assume
the
reins
in
his
stead
.
But
mark
the
strange
opinions
of
those
who
journey
in
the
World
's
omnibus
!
The
passengers
,
instead
of
being
grateful
to
him
who
has
thus
rescued
them
from
ruin
,
pronounce
him
the
usurper
of
a
seat
to
which
he
has
no
hereditary
claim
,
and
never
rest
till
they
have
succeeded
in
displacing
him
,
and
restoring
the
incompetent
driver
to
his
functions
.
So
goes
the
World
's
omnibus
!
None
of
the
passengers
are
ever
contented
with
their
seats
,
even
though
they
may
have
originally
chosen
those
seats
for
themselves
.
This
circumstance
leads
to
a
thousand
quarrels
and
mean
artifices
;
and
constant
shiftings
of
positions
take
place
.
One
passenger
envies
the
seat
of
another
;
and
,
when
he
has
succeeded
in
working
his
way
into
it
,
he
finds
to
his
surprise
that
it
is
not
so
agreeable
as
he
imagines
,
and
he
either
wishes
to
get
back
to
his
old
one
or
to
shove
himself
into
another
.
The
passengers
in
the
World
's
omnibus
are
divided
into
different
sects
and
parties
,
each
party
professing
certain
opinions
for
the
authority
of
which
they
have
no
better
plea
than
"
the
wisdom
of
their
forefathers
.
"
Thus
one
party
hates
and
abhors
another
;
and
each
confidently
imagines
itself
to
be
in
the
right
,
and
all
other
parties
to
be
in
the
wrong
.
And
for
those
differences
of
opinion
the
most
sanguinary
broils
ensue
;
and
friendship
,
honour
,
virtue
,
and
integrity
are
all
forgotten
in
the
vindictive
contention
.
But
the
World
's
omnibus
rolls
along
all
the
same
;
and
the
Driver
and
Conductor
laugh
at
the
contests
amongst
the
passengers
,
which
they
themselves
have
probably
encouraged
,
and
which
somehow
or
another
always
turn
to
their
individual
benefit
in
the
long
run
.
So
goes
the
World
's
omnibus
;
—
so
it
has
always
hurried
onwards
;
—
and
in
like
manner
will
it
ever
go
!
Oh
!
say
not
that
Time
has
a
leaden
wing
while
it
accompanies
the
World
's
omnibus
on
its
way
!
Two
years
elapsed
from
the
date
of
the
Old
Bailey
trials
described
in
preceding
chapters
.
It
was
now
the
beginning
of
December
,
1837.
The
morning
was
dry
,
fine
,
and
bright
:
the
ground
was
as
hard
as
asphalte
;
and
the
air
was
pure
,
cold
,
and
frosty
.
From
an
early
hour
a
stout
,
elderly
man
—
well
wrapped
up
in
a
large
great
coat
,
and
with
a
worsted
"
comforter
"
coming
up
to
his
very
nose
,
which
was
of
a
purple
colour
with
the
cold
—
was
seen
walking
up
and
down
the
front
of
the
Giltspur
Street
Compter
,
apparently
dividing
his
attention
between
the
prison
entrance
and
the
clock
of
Saint
Sepulchre
's
church
.
At
a
quarter
to
ten
o'clock
,
on
that
same
morning
,
a
private
carriage
,
without
armorial
bearings
upon
the
panels
,
and
attended
by
two
domestics
,
whose
splendid
liveries
were
concealed
beneath
drab
great-coats
,
drove
up
to
the
door
of
the
house
inhabited
by
the
Governor
of
Newgate
.
Inside
that
carriage
was
seated
a
lady
—
wrapped
up
in
the
most
costly
furs
,
and
with
a
countenance
whose
beauty
was
enhanced
by
the
smile
of
pleasure
and
satisfaction
which
illuminated
it
.
Precisely
as
the
clock
of
Saint
Sepulchre
's
church
struck
ten
,
the
doors
of
the
Compter
and
Newgate
opened
simultaneously
,
and
with
a
similar
object
.
From
the
Compter
issued
Richard
Markham
:
—
the
portal
of
Newgate
gave
freedom
to
Eliza
Sydney
.
They
were
both
restored
to
liberty
upon
the
same
day
—
the
terms
of
their
imprisonment
dating
from
the
commencement
of
the
sessions
during
which
they
were
tried
.
The
moment
Richard
set
foot
in
the
street
,
he
was
caught
in
the
arms
of
the
faithful
Whittingham
,
who
welcomed
him
with
a
kind
of
paternal
affection
,
and
whimpered
over
him
like
a
child
.
Eliza
Sydney
entered
the
carriage
awaiting
her
at
the
door
of
Newgate
,
and
was
clasped
to
the
bosom
of
Mrs.
Arlington
.
The
vehicle
immediately
drove
rapidly
away
in
a
north-easterly
direction
.
"
Mr.
Monroe
is
waiting
for
you
at
your
own
house
at
Holloway
,
"
said
Whittingham
to
his
young
master
,
when
the
first
ebullition
of
joy
was
over
.
"
He
has
been
ailing
lately
—
and
he
thought
that
this
happy
and
fortitudinous
event
would
be
too
much
for
his
nerves
.
"
"
Let
us
make
haste
home
,
my
excellent
friend
,
"
observed
Markham
.
"
I
am
dying
to
behold
once
more
the
haunts
of
my
childhood
.
"
Whittingham
summoned
a
cab
;
and
he
and
his
young
master
were
soon
rolling
along
the
road
which
led
to
home
.
Two
years
'
imprisonment
had
produced
a
great
effect
upon
Richard
Markham
.
The
intellectual
cast
and
faultless
beauty
of
his
countenance
still
remained
;
but
the
joyous
expression
,
natural
to
youth
,
had
fled
for
ever
;
and
in
its
place
was
a
settled
melancholy
which
proclaimed
an
early
and
intimate
acquaintance
with
misfortune
.
His
spirit
was
broken
;
but
his
principles
were
not
undermined
:
—
his
heart
was
lacerated
to
its
very
core
,
—
but
his
integrity
remained
intact
.
Even
though
the
gate
of
his
prison
had
closed
behind
him
,
he
could
not
shake
off
the
idea
that
his
very
countenance
proclaimed
him
to
be
a
Freed
Convict
.
At
length
the
cab
reached
Markham
Place
.
Richard
glanced
,
with
a
momentary
gleam
of
satisfaction
upon
his
pale
countenance
,
towards
the
hill
on
which
stood
the
two
trees
—
the
rallying
point
for
the
brothers
who
had
separated
,
more
than
six
years
back
,
beneath
their
foliage
.
Tears
started
to
his
eyes
;
and
the
ray
of
sunshine
upon
his
brow
gave
place
to
a
cloud
of
deep
and
sombre
melancholy
.
He
thought
of
what
he
was
when
he
bade
adieu
to
his
brother
at
that
period
,
and
what
he
was
at
the
present
moment
.
Then
all
was
blooming
and
encouraging
in
his
path
;
and
now
he
felt
as
if
the
mark
of
Cain
were
upon
him
!
He
alighted
from
the
vehicle
,
and
entered
the
library
,
where
Mr.
Monroe
awaited
him
.
He
and
his
guardian
were
at
length
alone
together
.
But
how
altered
was
Monroe
since
Richard
had
last
seen
him
!
His
form
was
bowed
down
,
his
countenance
was
haggard
,
his
eyes
were
sunken
,
and
his
brow
was
covered
with
wrinkles
.
He
glanced
furtively
and
anxiously
around
him
the
instant
the
young
man
entered
the
room
;
and
,
instead
of
hastening
forward
to
welcome
him
,
he
sank
upon
a
chair
,
covering
his
face
with
his
hands
.
The
tears
trickled
through
his
fingers
;
and
his
breast
was
convulsed
with
deep
sobs
.
"
In
the
name
of
heaven
,
what
ails
you
,
sir
?
"
demanded
Richard
.
"
My
boy
—
you
have
come
back
at
last
,
"
exclaimed
the
old
gentleman
,
scarcely
able
to
articulate
a
word
,
through
the
bitterness
of
his
grief
;
—
"
and
this
much-dreaded
day
has
at
length
arrived
!
"
"
Much-dreaded
day
,
"
repeated
Markham
,
in
unfeigned
astonishment
.
"
I
should
have
thought
,
sir
,
"
he
added
coldly
,
"
that
you
,
who
professed
yourself
so
convinced
of
my
innocence
,
would
have
received
me
with
a
smile
of
welcome
!
"
"
My
dear
—
dear
boy
,
"
gasped
the
old
man
,
"
God
knows
I
am
rejoiced
to
hail
your
freedom
;
and
that
same
Almighty
power
can
also
attest
to
my
sincere
conviction
of
your
innocence
.
Believe
me
,
I
would
go
through
fire
and
water
to
serve
you
,
—
I
would
lay
down
my
life
,
miserable
and
valueless
as
it
is
,
to
benefit
you
;
—
but
,
oh
!
I
cannot
—
cannot
support
your
presence
!
"
And
the
old
gentleman
seemed
absolutely
convulsed
with
agony
as
he
spoke
.
"
I
presume
,
"
said
Richard
,
leaning
over
him
,
so
as
to
be
enabled
to
whisper
in
his
ear
,
although
there
was
none
else
at
hand
to
listen
,
—
"
I
presume
that
you
scorn
the
man
who
has
been
convicted
of
felony
?
It
is
natural
,
sir
—
it
is
natural
;
but
such
a
demonstration
of
aversion
is
not
the
less
calculated
to
wound
one
who
never
injured
you
.
"
"
No
—
no
,
Richard
;
you
never
injured
me
;
and
that
makes
me
feel
the
more
acutely
now
.
But
—
hear
me
.
I
take
God
to
witness
that
I
love
you
as
my
own
son
,
and
that
I
am
above
such
unnatural
conduct
as
that
which
you
would
impute
to
me
.
"
"
My
God
!
"
cried
Markham
,
impatiently
,
"
what
does
all
this
mean
?
Are
you
ill
?
Has
anything
unpleasant
occurred
?
If
so
,
we
will
postpone
all
discussion
upon
my
affairs
until
a
period
more
agreeable
to
yourself
.
"
As
Markham
uttered
these
words
,
he
gently
disengaged
the
old
man
's
hands
from
his
countenance
,
and
pressed
them
in
his
own
.
He
was
then
for
the
first
time
struck
by
the
altered
and
care-worn
features
of
his
guardian
;
and
,
without
thinking
of
the
effect
his
words
might
produce
,
he
exclaimed
,
"
My
dear
sir
,
you
have
evidently
been
very
—
very
ill
!
"
"
Ill
!
"
cried
the
old
man
,
bitterly
.
"
When
the
mind
suffers
,
the
body
is
sympathetically
affected
;
and
this
has
been
my
case
!
If
you
have
suffered
much
,
Richard
,
during
the
last
two
years
—
so
have
I
;
and
we
have
both
only
the
same
consolation
—
our
innocence
!
"
"
You
speak
in
enigmas
,
"
ejaculated
Markham
.
"
What
can
you
have
to
do
with
innocence
or
guilt
—
you
who
never
wronged
a
human
being
?
"
So
strange
became
the
expression
of
the
old
man
's
countenance
,
as
Richard
uttered
these
words
,
that
the
young
man
was
perfectly
astonished
,
and
almost
horrified
;
and
undefined
alarms
floated
through
his
brain
.
He
was
in
a
painful
state
of
suspense
;
and
yet
he
was
afraid
to
ask
a
question
.
"
Richard
!
"
suddenly
exclaimed
the
old
man
,
now
looking
our
hero
fixedly
and
fearlessly
in
the
face
,
"
I
have
a
terrible
communication
to
make
to
you
.
"
"
A
terrible
communication
!
"
repeated
Markham
;
"
is
it
in
respect
to
my
brother
?
If
so
,
do
not
keep
me
in
suspense
—
let
me
know
the
worst
at
once
—
I
can
bear
anything
but
suspense
!
"
"
I
have
never
heard
from
nor
of
your
brother
,
"
answered
Mr.
Monroe
;
"
and
cannot
say
whether
he
be
dead
or
living
.
"
"
Thank
God
,
you
have
nothing
terrible
to
communicate
relative
to
him
,
"
exclaimed
Markham
;
for
he
always
had
,
and
still
entertained
a
presentiment
that
the
appointment
on
the
hill
,
beneath
the
two
trees
,
would
be
punctually
kept
;
—
and
this
hope
had
cheered
him
during
his
horrible
imprisonment
.
"
But
I
will
not
keep
you
in
suspense
,
Richard
,
"
said
the
old
man
;
"
it
is
better
for
me
to
unburthen
my
mind
at
once
.
You
are
ruined
!
"
"
Ruined
!
"
said
Markham
,
starting
as
that
dread
word
fell
upon
his
ears
;
for
the
word
ruin
does
not
express
one
evil
,
like
other
words
,
such
as
sickness
,
poverty
,
imprisonment
;
but
it
comprises
and
expresses
an
awful
catalogue
of
all
the
miseries
which
can
be
supposed
to
afflict
humanity
.
"
Ruined
!
"
he
cried
;
—
then
catching
at
a
straw
,
he
added
,
"
Aye
!
ruined
in
reputation
,
doubtless
;
but
rich
in
the
possessions
which
this
world
principally
esteems
.
My
property
was
all
vested
in
you
by
my
deceased
father
—
I
was
not
of
age
when
I
was
condemned
—
and
consequently
the
law
could
not
touch
my
fortune
when
it
filched
from
me
my
good
name
!
"
"
Ruined
—
ruined
in
property
and
all
!
"
returned
Mr.
Monroe
,
solemnly
.
"
Unfortunate
speculations
on
my
part
,
but
in
your
interest
,
have
consumed
the
vast
property
entrusted
to
me
by
your
father
!
"
Markham
fell
into
an
arm
chair
;
and
for
a
moment
he
thought
that
every
fibre
in
his
heart
would
break
.
A
terrible
load
oppressed
his
chest
and
his
brain
;
—
he
was
the
victim
of
deep
despair
.
As
one
looks
forth
into
the
darkness
of
midnight
,
and
sees
it
dense
and
motionless
,
so
did
he
now
survey
his
own
prospects
.
The
single
consolation
which
,
besides
the
hope
of
again
meeting
his
brother
,
—
the
real
,
the
present
,
the
tangible
consolation
,
as
it
might
be
called
,
which
would
have
enabled
him
to
forget
a
portion
of
his
sufferings
and
his
wrongs
,
—
this
was
now
gone
;
and
,
a
beggar
upon
the
face
of
the
earth
,
he
found
that
he
had
not
even
the
advantage
of
a
good
name
to
help
him
onwards
in
his
career
.
Hope
was
quenched
within
him
!
A
long
pause
ensued
.
At
its
expiration
Markham
suddenly
rose
from
the
arm-chair
,
approached
his
guardian
,
and
said
in
a
low
and
hollow
voice
.
"
Tell
me
how
all
this
has
happened
;
let
me
know
the
circumstances
which
led
to
this
calamity
.
"
"
They
are
brief
,
"
said
Monroe
,
"
and
will
convince
you
that
I
am
more
to
be
pitied
than
blamed
.
Long
previous
to
your
unfortunate
trial
I
commenced
a
series
of
speculations
with
my
own
property
,
all
of
which
turned
out
unhappily
.
The
year
1832
was
a
fatal
one
to
many
old-established
houses
;
and
mine
was
menaced
with
absolute
ruin
.
In
an
evil
hour
I
listened
to
the
advice
of
a
Mr.
Allen
,
a
merchant
who
had
been
reduced
by
great
losses
in
America
trading
;
and
by
his
counsel
,
I
employed
a
small
portion
of
your
property
with
the
view
of
recovering
my
own
,
and
augmenting
your
wealth
at
the
same
time
.
Allen
acted
as
my
agent
in
these
new
speculations
.
At
first
we
were
eminently
successful
;
I
speedily
released
myself
from
difficulty
,
and
doubled
the
sum
that
I
had
borrowed
from
your
fortune
.
At
the
beginning
of
1836
Mr.
Allen
heard
of
a
gentleman
who
required
the
loan
of
a
considerable
sum
of
money
to
work
a
patent
which
was
represented
to
be
a
perfect
mine
of
gold
.
Mr.
Allen
and
I
consulted
upon
the
eligibility
of
embarking
money
in
this
enterprise
:
in
a
word
,
we
were
dazzled
by
the
immense
advantages
to
be
derived
from
the
speculation
.
At
that
time
—
it
was
shortly
after
your
trial
and
sentence
,
Richard
—
I
was
ill
and
confined
to
my
bed
.
Mr.
Allen
therefore
managed
this
for
me
;
and
it
is
an
extraordinary
fact
that
I
have
never
once
seen
the
individual
to
whom
I
lent
an
enormous
sum
of
money
—
for
I
did
advance
the
sum
required
by
that
person
;
and
I
drew
largely
upon
your
fortune
to
procure
it
!
Oh
!
Richard
—
had
this
speculation
succeeded
,
I
should
have
been
a
wealthy
man
once
more
,
and
your
property
would
have
been
more
than
doubled
.
But
,
alas
!
this
individual
to
whom
I
advanced
that
immense
amount
,
and
whose
securities
I
had
fancied
unexceptionable
,
defrauded
me
in
the
most
barefaced
manner
!
And
yet
the
law
could
not
touch
him
,
for
he
had
contrived
to
associate
Allen
's
name
with
his
own
as
a
partner
in
the
enterprise
.
Rendered
desperate
by
this
appalling
loss
,
I
embarked
in
the
most
extravagant
speculations
with
the
remainder
of
your
money
.
The
infatuation
of
the
gambler
seized
upon
me
:
and
I
never
stopped
until
the
result
was
ruin
—
total
ruin
to
me
,
and
comparative
ruin
to
you
!
"
"
Comparative
ruin
—
only
comparative
ruin
!
"
ejaculated
Markham
,
his
countenance
suddenly
brightening
up
at
these
words
:
"
is
there
any
thing
left
from
the
wrecks
of
my
property
—
is
there
any
thing
available
still
remaining
?
Speak
;
—
and
if
you
answer
me
in
the
affirmative
—
if
you
announce
the
existence
of
never
so
small
a
pittance
,
I
will
yet
forgive
you
all
!
"
"
This
house
and
the
small
estate
attached
to
it
are
left
,
"
answered
the
old
man
,
"
and
totally
unincumbered
.
I
neither
could
nor
would
touch
your
paternal
possessions
.
"
Markham
felt
indescribable
relief
from
this
statement
;
and
he
wrung
his
guardian
's
hand
with
the
same
gratitude
which
he
would
have
shown
had
he
that
day
received
his
inheritance
entire
.
"
Thank
God
,
I
am
not
totally
ruined
!
"
cried
Markham
.
"
I
can
at
least
bury
myself
in
this
retreat
;
—
I
can
daily
ascend
that
hill
where
the
memorials
of
fraternal
affection
stand
;
—
and
I
can
there
hope
for
the
return
of
my
brother
!
My
dear
sir
,
what
has
been
done
cannot
be
recalled
:
reproaches
,
even
were
I
inclined
to
offer
any
,
would
be
useless
;
and
regrets
would
be
equally
unavailing
.
This
estate
will
produce
me
a
small
income
—
but
enough
for
my
wants
.
Two
hundred
pounds
a-year
are
certainly
a
beggar
's
pittance
,
when
compared
with
the
inheritance
which
my
father
left
me
;
—
but
I
am
still
grateful
that
even
the
means
of
subsistence
are
left
.
And
you
,
Mr.
Monroe
—
upon
what
are
you
subsisting
?
"
"
I
still
attend
to
the
wrecks
of
my
affairs
,
"
replied
the
old
man
;
"
and
then
I
have
my
daughter
Ellen
—
who
earns
a
little
with
her
needle
—
—
"
"
You
shall
come
and
take
up
your
abode
with
me
—
you
and
your
daughter
—
and
share
my
income
,
"
interrupted
the
generous
young
man
,
who
saw
not
before
him
an
individual
that
had
deprived
him
of
a
large
fortune
,
but
an
old
—
old
man
,
bent
down
by
the
weight
of
numerous
and
deep
afflictions
.
Monroe
wept
at
this
noble
conduct
on
the
part
of
his
ward
,
and
strenuously
refused
to
accept
the
proffered
kindness
and
hospitality
.
Markham
urged
,
begged
,
and
entreated
;
—
but
the
old
man
would
not
accede
to
his
wish
.
"
You
have
not
told
me
what
became
of
your
friend
Mr.
Allen
,
"
said
Richard
,
after
a
pause
.
"
He
was
an
honourable
and
an
upright
man
,
"
was
the
reply
;
"
and
the
ruin
which
he
had
been
the
means
of
entailing
,
though
innocently
,
upon
me
,
broke
his
heart
,
he
died
three
months
ago
.
"
"
And
what
became
of
the
infamous
cheat
whose
schemes
have
thus
killed
one
person
and
ruined
two
others
?
"
"
I
know
not
,
"
answered
Mr.
Monroe
.
"
I
never
saw
him
myself
;
nor
did
he
even
know
that
there
was
such
a
person
as
myself
connected
with
the
loan
which
he
received
.
Certain
commercial
reasons
—
too
long
to
be
explained
now
—
made
me
put
forward
Allen
as
the
person
who
advanced
the
money
,
and
conducted
the
entire
business
as
a
principal
,
and
not
as
an
agent
.
Thus
no
communication
ever
took
place
between
me
and
this
George
Montague
.
"
"
George
Montague
!
"
ejaculated
Richard
.
"
Yes
—
he
was
the
villain
who
has
plundered
us
.
"
"
George
Montague
again
!
"
murmured
Richard
,
as
he
paced
the
room
with
hurried
and
uneven
steps
.
"
Why
is
it
that
this
name
should
constantly
obtrude
itself
upon
my
notice
?
wherefore
should
I
be
perpetually
condemned
to
hear
it
uttered
,
and
always
coupled
with
epithets
of
abhorrence
and
reproach
?
and
why
should
I
be
amongst
the
number
of
that
miscreant
's
victims
?
Strange
combination
of
circumstances
!
"
"
Are
you
acquainted
with
this
Montague
?
"
demanded
his
guardian
:
"
the
name
seemed
to
produce
a
singular
effect
upon
you
.
"
"
I
am
not
acquainted
with
him
:
like
you
,
I
have
never
even
seen
him
,
"
said
Markham
.
"
But
I
have
heard
much
concerning
him
;
and
all
that
I
have
heard
is
evil
.
Surely
—
surely
justice
will
some
day
overtake
a
miscreant
who
is
constantly
preying
upon
society
,
and
who
enriches
himself
at
the
expense
of
his
fellow-creatures
'
happiness
!
"
Some
time
longer
was
devoted
to
conversation
upon
topics
of
interest
to
Markham
and
his
guardian
;
and
when
the
former
had
partially
succeeded
in
tranquillising
the
mind
of
the
latter
,
the
old
man
was
suffered
to
take
his
departure
.
CHAPTER
XXXVIII
.
THE
VISIT
.
WE
purpose
to
follow
the
history
of
Richard
Markham
a
little
farther
,
ere
we
return
to
Eliza
Sydney
,
whose
adventures
,
after
her
release
from
Newgate
,
will
,
it
is
believed
,
excite
the
liveliest
interest
in
the
minds
of
the
readers
.
As
soon
as
Mr.
Monroe
had
taken
his
departure
,
Richard
made
Whittingham
acquainted
with
his
altered
prospects
;
and
they
two
together
settled
certain
economical
alterations
in
the
establishment
at
the
Place
which
were
calculated
to
meet
the
limited
means
of
its
master
,
who
,
it
will
be
remembered
,
was
now
of
age
,
and
,
consequently
invested
with
the
control
of
the
little
property
that
the
villany
of
George
Montague
had
left
him
.
Markham
then
proceeded
,
attended
by
Whittingham
,
to
visit
the
various
apartments
of
the
old
mansion
from
which
he
had
been
so
long
absent
:
and
each
recalled
to
his
mind
reminiscences
that
circumstances
had
made
painful
.
In
one
apartment
he
had
been
wont
to
sit
with
his
revered
father
of
an
evening
,
and
survey
the
adjacent
scenery
and
the
mighty
city
from
the
windows
.
In
another
he
had
pursued
his
studies
with
the
dearly
loved
brother
whom
he
had
lost
:
whichever
way
he
turned
,
visions
calculated
to
oppress
his
mind
rose
before
him
.
He
felt
like
a
criminal
who
had
disgraced
an
honourable
name
;
and
even
the
very
pictures
of
his
ancestors
appeared
to
frown
upon
him
from
their
antique
and
dust-covered
frames
.
But
when
he
entered
the
room
where
the
spirit
of
his
father
had
taken
its
leave
of
this
world
,
his
emotions
almost
overpowered
him
.
He
wept
aloud
;
and
even
the
old
butler
did
not
now
endeavour
to
comfort
him
.
He
had
returned
,
branded
with
shame
,
to
a
house
where
he
had
received
an
existence
that
was
full
of
hope
and
honour
:
—
he
had
come
back
to
a
dwelling
in
the
rooms
of
which
were
hung
the
portraits
of
many
great
and
good
men
,
who
were
his
ancestors
,
but
amongst
whom
his
own
likeness
could
never
take
a
place
,
for
fear
that
some
visitor
to
that
mansion
should
write
the
words
"
Freed
Convict
"
upon
the
frame
.
For
though
conscience
reproached
him
not
for
guilt
,
the
world
would
not
believe
his
innocence
.
That
night
he
could
not
sleep
;
and
he
hailed
the
dawn
of
morning
as
the
shipwrecked
mariner
upon
the
raft
beholds
the
signal
of
assistance
in
the
horizon
.
He
rose
,
and
hastened
to
the
hill
,
where
he
seated
himself
upon
the
bench
between
the
two
trees
.
There
he
gave
free
vent
to
his
tears
;
and
he
was
relieved
.
Suddenly
his
eye
caught
sight
of
letters
carved
upon
the
bark
of
his
brother
's
tree
.
He
looked
closer
;
and
,
to
his
indescribable
joy
,
he
beheld
these
characters
rudely
but
deeply
cut
on
the
tree
:
—
Eugene
.
Dec.
25
,
1836.
"
Thank
God
!
my
brother
lives
!
"
exclaimed
Richard
,
clasping
his
hands
together
.
"
This
is
an
intimation
of
his
remembrance
of
me
!
But
—
oh
!
why
did
he
desert
me
in
my
need
?
wherefore
came
he
not
to
see
me
in
my
prison
?
Alas
!
years
must
yet
elapse
ere
I
clasp
him
to
my
heart
!
Let
me
not
repine
—
let
me
not
reproach
him
without
hearing
his
justification
!
He
has
revisited
the
hill
;
and
he
chose
a
sacred
day
for
what
he
no
doubt
deemed
a
sacred
duty
!
It
was
on
the
anniversary
of
the
nativity
of
the
Saviour
that
he
came
back
to
the
scenes
of
his
youth
!
Oh
,
Eugene
!
I
thank
thee
for
this
:
it
is
an
assurance
that
the
appointment
on
the
10th
of
July
,
1843
,
will
be
punctually
kept
!
"
From
the
moment
when
his
eyes
rested
upon
the
memorial
of
his
lost
brother
thus
carved
upon
the
bark
of
the
tree
,
Richard
's
mind
became
composed
,
and
,
indeed
,
comparatively
happy
.
His
habits
,
however
,
grew
more
and
more
secluded
and
reserved
;
and
he
seldom
ventured
into
that
mighty
Babylon
whose
snares
had
proved
so
fatal
to
his
happiness
.
One
day
—
it
was
about
the
middle
of
March
,
1838
—
Richard
was
surprised
by
the
arrival
of
a
phaeton
and
pair
at
his
abode
;
and
he
eagerly
watched
from
the
window
to
ascertain
who
could
have
thought
of
paying
him
a
visit
.
In
a
few
minutes
he
was
delighted
to
see
Mr.
Armstrong
,
the
political
martyr
with
whom
he
had
become
acquainted
in
Newgate
,
alight
from
the
vehicle
.
Richard
hastened
to
welcome
him
with
the
most
unfeigned
sincerity
.
"
You
see
I
have
found
you
out
,
my
dear
young
friend
,
"
said
Armstrong
.
"
I
miscalculated
the
date
of
your
release
from
that
abominable
hole
,
and
a
few
weeks
ago
was
waiting
for
hours
one
day
in
Giltspur
Street
to
welcome
you
to
freedom
.
At
length
I
did
what
I
ought
to
have
done
at
first
—
that
is
,
inquired
of
the
turnkeys
whether
you
were
to
be
released
that
day
or
not
:
and
,
behold
—
I
found
that
the
bird
had
flown
.
"
"
I
should
have
written
to
you
,
"
said
Richard
,
"
for
you
were
kind
enough
to
give
me
your
address
;
but
really
my
mind
has
been
so
bent
upon
solitude
—
—
"
"
From
which
solitude
,
"
interrupted
Armstrong
,
smiling
,
"
I
am
come
to
drag
you
away
.
Will
you
allow
me
to
dispose
of
the
next
ten
days
for
you
?
"
"
How
do
you
mean
,
my
good
friend
?
"
inquired
Markham
.
"
I
mean
that
you
shall
pass
that
time
with
me
at
the
house
of
a
friend
at
Richmond
.
Solitude
and
seclusion
will
never
wean
you
from
the
contemplation
of
your
past
sorrows
.
"
"
But
you
know
that
I
cannot
go
into
society
again
,
"
said
Richard
.
"
This
is
absurd
,
Markham
.
I
will
hear
no
apologies
:
you
must
and
shall
place
yourself
at
my
disposal
,
"
returned
the
old
gentleman
,
in
a
kind
and
yet
positive
manner
.
"
But
to
whom
do
you
wish
to
introduce
me
?
"
inquired
Markham
.
"
To
an
Italian
emigrant
,
who
has
only
just
arrived
in
this
country
,
with
his
family
,
but
the
honour
of
whose
friendship
I
have
enjoyed
for
many
,
many
years
.
I
must
tell
you
that
I
have
travelled
much
;
and
that
Italy
has
always
been
a
country
which
has
excited
my
warmest
sympathy
.
It
was
at
Montoni
,
the
capital
of
the
Grand
Duchy
of
Castelcicala
that
I
first
met
Count
Alteroni
;
and
his
extremely
liberal
political
opinions
,
which
completely
coincide
with
my
own
,
were
the
foundation
of
a
staunch
friendship
between
us
.
Ten
years
ago
he
was
compelled
to
fly
from
his
native
land
;
and
he
sought
refuge
in
England
.
His
only
child
—
a
beautiful
girl
of
the
name
of
Isabella
—
thus
obtained
an
English
education
and
speaks
the
language
with
fluency
.
Two
years
ago
,
he
was
allowed
to
return
to
Castelcicala
;
but
a
few
months
back
fresh
political
events
in
that
state
forced
him
once
more
to
become
an
exile
.
He
arrived
in
England
a
month
ago
,
and
has
taken
a
small
but
commodious
and
picturesque
residence
at
Richmond
.
His
means
are
ample
,
but
not
vast
;
and
he
therefore
lives
in
comparative
seclusion
—
other
reasons
,
moreover
,
inducing
him
to
avoid
the
pomp
and
ostentation
which
noblemen
of
his
rank
usually
maintain
.
Thus
,
in
addressing
him
,
you
must
drop
the
formality
of
My
Lord
;
and
remember
also
that
his
daughter
chooses
to
be
called
simply
,
Miss
Isabella
,
or
the
Signora
Isabella
.
"
"
And
how
can
I
venture
to
present
myself
to
this
nobleman
of
high
rank
,
and
his
wife
and
daughter
,
knowing
that
but
a
few
weeks
ago
I
was
liberated
from
a
gaol
?
"
demanded
Richard
,
somewhat
bitterly
.
"
The
count
has
not
heard
of
your
misfortune
,
and
is
not
likely
to
do
so
,
"
answered
Armstrong
.
"
He
pressed
me
yesterday
to
pass
a
few
days
with
him
;
and
I
happened
to
mention
that
I
was
about
to
visit
a
young
friend
—
meaning
yourself
—
in
whom
I
felt
a
deep
interest
.
I
then
gave
him
such
an
account
of
you
that
he
expressed
a
desire
to
form
your
acquaintance
.
Thus
,
you
perceive
,
that
I
am
taking
no
unwarranted
liberty
in
introducing
you
to
his
house
.
As
for
the
danger
which
you
incur
of
your
history
being
known
,
that
cannot
be
avoided
;
and
it
is
a
point
which
you
may
as
well
risk
now
as
upon
any
future
occasion
.
A
man
of
the
world
must
always
be
prepared
for
reverses
of
this
kind
,
and
I
think
that
I
am
not
mistaken
in
you
,
Markham
,
when
I
express
my
opinion
that
you
would
know
how
to
vindicate
your
character
and
assert
your
innocence
in
a
manner
which
would
disarm
resentment
and
conquer
prejudice
.
At
least
,
assume
as
cheerful
an
appearance
as
possible
;
and
,
believe
me
,
you
will
find
yourself
right
welcome
at
the
dwelling
of
Count
Alteroni
.
"
Reassured
by
remarks
of
this
nature
,
and
warmed
by
the
generous
friendship
displayed
towards
him
by
the
Republican
writer
,
Markham
's
countenance
again
wore
a
smile
;
and
he
felt
more
at
ease
than
he
had
done
ever
since
his
misfortune
.
The
presence
of
one
who
took
an
interest
in
his
welfare
—
the
prospect
of
enjoying
pleasant
society
—
and
the
idea
of
change
of
scene
,
combined
to
elevate
his
spirits
and
create
new
hopes
in
his
breast
.
He
began
to
think
that
he
was
not
altogether
the
solitary
,
deserted
,
and
sorrow-doomed
being
he
had
so
lately
considered
himself
.
It
was
about
four
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
that
the
phaeton
,
in
which
rode
Markham
and
his
friend
the
Republican
,
entered
a
spacious
shrubbery
,
through
which
a
wide
avenue
led
to
the
front-door
of
a
very
beautiful
country
residence
near
Richmond
.
The
dwelling
was
not
large
;
but
its
external
appearance
seemed
to
bear
ample
testimony
to
its
interior
comfort
.
A
domestic
,
in
a
plain
and
unpretending
livery
,
appeared
at
the
door
the
moment
the
phaeton
stopped
;
and
the
count
himself
met
his
visitors
in
the
hall
,
to
welcome
their
arrival
.
The
nobleman
shook
hands
with
Armstrong
in
the
most
cordial
manner
;
and
,
when
Richard
was
introduced
to
him
,
he
received
him
with
a
courtesy
and
warm
affability
which
showed
how
much
any
friend
of
Armstrong
's
was
valued
by
the
Italian
exile
.
The
guests
were
ushered
into
the
drawing-room
,
where
the
countess
and
her
daughter
,
and
two
gentlemen
who
were
also
visitors
,
were
seated
.
But
while
we
allow
Richard
time
to
get
acquainted
with
the
family
of
the
Italian
noble
,
we
must
give
the
reader
a
brief
description
of
the
new
characters
now
introduced
upon
the
stage
.
Count
Alteroni
was
about
forty
years
of
age
.
His
hair
and
whiskers
,
originally
of
a
deep
black
,
were
tinged
prematurely
with
grey
;
but
his
moustachios
were
of
the
darkest
jet
.
His
complexion
was
of
a
clear
olive
.
In
figure
he
was
tall
,
well
formed
,
and
muscular
,
though
slight
.
His
countenance
was
expressive
of
great
dignity
—
one
would
almost
say
of
conscious
superiority
;
but
this
softness
of
aspect
and
the
nobility
of
demeanour
which
distinguished
him
,
failed
to
produce
any
unpleasant
impression
,
inasmuch
as
every
one
who
approached
the
count
was
charmed
by
the
affability
of
his
manners
and
the
condescending
kindness
of
his
tone
.
The
countess
was
about
two
years
younger
than
her
husband
,
and
was
of
a
complexion
and
cast
of
countenance
which
denoted
her
northern
origin
.
In
fact
,
she
was
a
German
lady
of
high
birth
;
but
she
spoke
Italian
,
French
,
and
English
with
as
much
facility
as
her
own
tongue
.
But
what
of
Isabella
?
To
say
that
she
was
beautiful
were
to
say
nothing
.
Her
aspect
was
resplendent
with
all
those
graces
which
innocence
lavishly
diffuses
over
the
lineaments
of
loveliness
.
She
was
sixteen
years
old
;
and
her
dark
black
eyes
were
animated
with
all
the
fire
of
that
impassioned
age
,
when
even
the
most
rugged
paths
of
life
seem
adorned
and
strewed
with
flowers
.
Her
mouth
was
small
;
but
the
lips
were
full
and
pouting
,
and
revealed
,
when
she
smiled
,
a
set
of
beautifully
white
and
even
teeth
.
Her
hair
was
dark
as
the
raven
's
wing
,
and
was
invariably
arranged
in
the
most
natural
and
simple
manner
.
Her
brows
were
exquisitely
pencilled
;
and
as
her
large
black
eyes
were
the
mirror
of
her
pure
and
guileless
soul
,
when
she
glanced
downwards
,
and
those
expressive
orbs
were
concealed
by
their
long
black
fringes
,
it
seemed
as
if
she
were
drawing
a
veil
over
her
thoughts
.
Her
complexion
was
that
of
a
brunette
;
but
the
pure
,
red
blood
shone
in
her
vermilion
lips
and
her
rose-tinted
nostrils
,
and
mantled
her
pure
brow
with
a
crimson
hue
when
any
passion
was
excited
.
Her
sylph-like
figure
was
modelled
with
the
most
perfect
symmetry
.
Her
waist
was
so
delicate
,
and
her
hands
and
feet
so
small
,
that
it
was
easy
to
perceive
she
came
of
patrician
blood
;
and
the
swell
of
her
bosom
gave
a
proper
roundness
to
her
form
,
without
expanding
into
proportions
that
might
be
termed
voluptuous
.
In
manners
,
disposition
,
and
accomplishments
Isabel
was
equally
calculated
to
charm
all
her
acquaintances
.
Having
finished
her
education
in
England
,
she
had
united
all
the
solid
morality
of
English
manners
,
with
the
sprightliness
and
vivacity
of
her
native
clime
;
and
as
she
was
without
levity
and
frivolity
,
she
was
also
entirely
free
from
any
insipid
and
ridiculous
affectations
.
She
was
artlessness
itself
;
her
manners
commanded
universal
respect
;
and
her
bearing
alone
repressed
the
impertinence
of
the
libertine
's
gaze
.
With
a
disposition
naturally
lively
,
she
was
still
attached
to
serious
pursuits
;
and
her
mind
was
well
stored
with
all
useful
information
,
and
embellished
with
every
feminine
accomplishment
.
The
two
gentlemen
who
were
present
in
the
drawing
room
when
Armstrong
and
Richard
arrived
,
were
two
young
beaux
—
members
of
the
aristocracy
;
and
this
was
their
only
recommendation
.
It
was
not
however
,
on
this
account
that
they
had
obtained
a
footing
in
the
count
's
abode
;
but
because
they
were
nearly
related
to
a
deceased
English
general
who
had
taken
part
with
the
Italians
against
the
French
,
during
the
career
of
Napoleon
,
and
had
been
of
essential
service
to
the
family
to
which
the
count
belonged
.
With
regard
to
their
exterior
,
suffice
it
to
say
,
that
they
were
dressed
in
the
extreme
of
fashion
one
was
very
effeminate
in
appearance
,
having
neither
whiskers
nor
the
slightest
appearance
of
a
beard
;
and
the
other
was
rather
good-looking
,
sported
an
incipient
moustachio
,
and
wore
an
undress
military
uniform
.
The
effeminate
young
gentleman
was
introduced
to
Armstrong
and
Markham
by
the
name
of
Sir
Cherry
Bounce
,
and
the
moustachioed
one
as
the
Honourable
Smilax
Dapper
,
a
captain
(
at
the
age
of
twenty
)
in
His
Majesty
's
—
th
Regiment
of
Hussars
.
During
the
hour
which
intervened
between
the
arrival
of
the
new
guests
and
the
announcement
of
dinner
,
a
conversation
ensued
which
will
serve
to
throw
some
light
upon
the
characters
of
those
inmates
of
the
hospitable
abode
,
whom
we
have
as
yet
only
partially
introduced
to
our
readers
.
"
You
reside
in
a
very
pleasant
and
healthy
part
of
London
,
Mr.
Markham
,
"
said
the
count
;
"
I
am
well
acquainted
with
the
situation
of
your
mansion
and
grounds
,
from
the
description
which
my
friend
Armstrong
has
given
me
.
The
house
stands
close
by
a
hill
,
on
the
summit
of
which
there
are
two
trees
.
"
"
Ah
,
indeed
!
"
ejaculated
Sir
Cherry
Bounce
.
"
The
other
day
I
wode
by
there
for
the
firtht
time
in
my
life
;
and
I
remember
the
houth
ith
veway
beautifully
thithuate
in
the
neighbourwood
of
the
bill
dethwibed
by
the
count
,
and
with
two
ath
tweeth
on
the
top
.
"
"
That
is
my
house
,
"
said
Richard
.
"
But
it
is
an
antiquated
,
gloomy-looking
pile
;
but
—
—
"
"
Oh
!
I
beg
your
pardon
,
thir
;
it
is
the
thweeteth
little
plaith
I
ever
thaw
.
I
never
thaw
it
but
that
time
,
and
wath
thwuck
with
the
weway
wemarkable
appearanth
of
the
hill
and
the
tweeth
.
"
"
Those
trees
were
planted
many
years
ago
by
my
brother
and
myself
,
"
said
Markham
,
a
deep
shade
of
melancholy
suddenly
overclouding
his
countenance
;
"
and
they
yet
remain
there
as
the
trysting-mark
for
a
strange
appointment
.
"
"
Indeed
!
"
said
the
count
;
and
as
Richard
saw
that
Isabella
was
also
interested
in
his
observations
,
he
determined
to
gratify
the
sentiment
of
curiosity
which
he
had
excited
.
"
It
is
nearly
seven
years
since
that
event
took
place
.
My
elder
brother
disputed
with
my
father
,
and
determined
to
leave
home
and
choose
some
career
for
himself
,
which
he
hoped
might
lead
to
fortune
.
He
and
I
parted
upon
that
hill
,
beneath
those
trees
,
with
the
understanding
that
in
twelve
years
we
were
to
meet
again
upon
that
same
spot
,
and
then
compare
our
respective
fortunes
and
worldly
positions
.
On
the
10th
of
July
,
1843
,
that
appointment
is
to
be
kept
.
"
"
And
during
the
seven
years
which
have
already
elapsed
,
have
you
received
no
tidings
of
your
brother
?
"
inquired
Isabella
.
"
None
direct
,
"
answered
Markham
.
"
All
that
I
know
is
that
on
Christmas-day
,
1836
,
he
was
alive
;
for
he
went
to
the
hill
,
while
I
was
absent
from
home
,
and
carved
his
name
upon
the
tree
that
he
himself
planted
.
"
"
Strike
me
stupid
,
if
that
is
n't
the
most
romantic
thing
I
ever
heard
of
!
"
exclaimed
Captain
Dapper
,
caressing
his
moustachio
.
"
You
ought
to
wite
a
copy
of
vertheth
upon
the
wemarkable
inthident
,
in
Mith
Ithabella'th
Album
,
"
observed
Sir
Cherry
Bounce
.
"
So
I
would
,
strike
me
!
if
I
was
half
such
a
good
poet
as
you
,
Cherry
,
"
returned
the
captain
.
"
You
wote
thum
veway
pwetty
poetry
the
other
day
upon
the
Gweat
Thea
Therpenth
,
Thmilackth
,
"
said
the
effeminate
baronet
:
"
and
I
do
n't
know
why
you
thould
n't
do
the
thame
by
the
two
ath
tweeth
.
"
"
Yes
;
but
—
strike
me
ugly
!
Miss
Isabella
would
not
let
me
insert
them
in
her
Album
,
"
observed
the
captain
;
"
and
that
was
very
unkind
.
"
"
Bella
says
that
you
undertook
to
finish
a
butterfly
and
spoilt
it
,
"
exclaimed
the
count
laughing
.
"
And
now
it
theemth
for
all
the
world
like
an
enormouth
fwog
,
"
said
Sir
Cherry
.
"
Now
,
really
,
Bounce
,
that
is
too
bad
!
"
drawled
the
captain
,
playing
with
his
moustachio
.
"
I
appeal
to
the
signora
herself
,
whether
the
butterfly
was
so
very
—
very
bad
?
"
"
Considering
it
to
be
your
first
attempt
,
"
said
the
young
lady
,
"
it
was
not
so
very
much
amiss
;
and
I
must
say
that
I
preferred
the
butterfly
to
the
lines
upon
the
Sea
Serpent
.
"
"
Well
,
may
I
perish
,
"
cried
the
hussar
,
"
if
I
think
the
lines
were
so
bad
.
But
we
will
refer
them
to
Mr.
Markham
;
—
not
that
I
dispute
Miss
Isabella
's
judgment
:
I
'd
rather
have
my
moustachios
singed
than
do
that
!
But
—
—
"
"
The
vertheth
!
the
vertheth
!
"
cried
Sir
Cherry
.
"
I
am
afraid
that
my
talent
does
not
justify
such
a
reference
to
it
,
"
said
Markham
;
"
and
I
should
rather
imagine
that
Miss
Isabella
's
decision
will
admit
of
no
appeal
.
"
"
My
dear
thir
,
we
will
have
your
opinion
.
The
vertheth
were
compothed
in
a
hurway
;
and
they
may
not
be
quite
tho
ekthellent
and
faultleth
ath
they
might
be
.
"
"
I
only
devoted
half
an
hour
to
them
,
strike
me
if
I
did
!
"
"
Let'th
thee
—
how
do
they
begin
?
"
continued
the
effeminate
young
baronet
of
nineteen
.
