Excerpt: ... the scene thou portrayest? One would fancy that this happy outcast, this self-dependent wife, was no other than thyself. A shrewd conjecture, truly. I suppose, Hal, thou wilt be fond enough to guess so, too. By what penalty shall I deter thee from so rash a thing? yet thou art not here--I say it to my sorrow-to suffer the penalty which I might choose to inflict. I will not say what it is, lest the fear of it should keep thee away. And, now that I have finished the history of Mrs. Henning and her boarder, I will ...
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Excerpt: ... the scene thou portrayest? One would fancy that this happy outcast, this self-dependent wife, was no other than thyself. A shrewd conjecture, truly. I suppose, Hal, thou wilt be fond enough to guess so, too. By what penalty shall I deter thee from so rash a thing? yet thou art not here--I say it to my sorrow-to suffer the penalty which I might choose to inflict. I will not say what it is, lest the fear of it should keep thee away. And, now that I have finished the history of Mrs. Henning and her boarder, I will bid thee--good-night. Good----good-night, my love. JANE TALBOT. Letter XXXI Editorial note: The observant reader will have noticed this is the second letter bearing the number XXXI. The original text contained two Letters XXXI, and we have chosen to let the letters retain their original numbers, rather than renumber them. To Henry Colden Philadelphia, November 11. How shall I tell you the strange--strange incident? Every fibre of my frame still trembles. I have endeavoured, during the last hour, to gain tranquillity enough for writing, but without success. Yet I can forbear no longer: I must begin. I had just closed my last to you, when somebody knocked. I heard footsteps below, as the girl ushered in the visitant, which were not quite unknown to me. The girl came up: --"A gentleman is waiting." "A gentleman!" thought I. "An odd hour this" (it was past ten) "for any man but one to visit me. His business must be very urgent." So, indeed, he told the girl it was, for she knew me averse to company at any time, and I had withdrawn to my chamber for the night; but he would not be eluded. He must see me, he said, this night. A tall and noble figure, in a foreign uniform, arose from the sofa at my entrance. The half-extinct lamp on the mantel could not conceal from me--my brother! My surprise almost overpowered me. I should have sunk upon the floor, had he not stepped to me and sustained me in his arms. "I see you are surprised, Jane," said he, in...
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