Volume V Part 61 (1/2)

”Done”

”Then let us go ho”

I did not tell hiot ho fresh, except a note fro to reserve all business for the next day

It was an hour after ood supper was served to us, and we fell to; for ratulated me, and ent to bed, and I slept profoundly till noon

When I awoke I breakfasted with Edgar, and told him the whole story, which would have ended with e, and he had not been keen enough to mark my condition I took him to my room, and shewed him my escritoire, my casket, and my will I then opened Goudar's letter, and read:

”I a, as she has gone to Ranelagh with Lord Grosvenor”

Although Edgar was a profligate, he was a sensible man, and my story made him furious He threw his arms around my neck, and told me he should always think the day on which he rescued me from death for so unworthy an object the happiest in his life He could scarcely credit the infamy of the Charpillon and her h I had not got the bills of exchange, as her hter's possession of the bills was sufficient evidence

Without infor him of my intention, I resolved that moment to have her arrested Before we parted ore eternal friendshi+p, but the reader will see before long what a penance the kind English me

The next day I went to the attorney I had e my story he said that I had an undoubted claim, and that I could arrest thetiistrate, who took ranted me a warrant The sae of the affair; but as he did not know the woo with hiht be several other woht ones

As Goudar would not have undertaken the delicate task of pointing the him myself

I made an appointment with him at an hour when I knew they would be all in the parlour He was to enter directly the door was opened, and I would come in at the saland all judicial proceedings are conducted with the uted The bailiff and his subaltern stepped into the parlour and I followed in their footsteps I pointed out the mother and the two sisters and then ht of the Charpillon, dressed in black, standing by the hearth, made iven ht have happened if the Circe had had the presence offor mercy

As soon as I had seen these woeance, which are very great, but yet a sign of unhappiness The rage in which I had arrested the three procuresses, and h killed me, shewed that I was not really cured To be so I ether

The next ratulated me on the bold step I had taken, which proved, he said, that I was either cured or more in love than ever ”I have just corand bitterly, and an attorney, who”

”Then you have heard what has happened?”

”Yes, I caone and I stayed till the three old sluts o with the constable They resisted and said he ought to leave them till the next day, when they would be able to find someone to bail them The two bravos drew their swords to resist the law, but the other constable disarmed them one after the other, and the three women were led off The Charpillon wanted to accoed best that she should remain at liberty, in order to try and set theo and see theement he would ement I would accept was the payht think themyself in part for the suht elapsed withoutany more of the matter The Charpillon dined with theood deal, for they had two rooms, and their landlord would not allow them to have their meals prepared outside the prison

Goudar toldh she knew she had only to call on ht ed to maintain that she was equally abominable, I th of mind than I; but whereas I had acted out of passion, her misdeeds were calculated, and tended solely to her own interests

For the whole of this fortnight I had sought for Edgar in vain, but one h spirits

”Where have you been hiding all this ti for you everywhere”

”Love has been keeping ot some money for you”

”For hers Giveto restore the for the last fortnight”

”I daresay she has, I have seen her weepwho delivered me from her chains as a protector Does she know that I owe my life to you?”

”She only knew that I ith you at Ranelagh when you saw her dancing instead of dying, but I have told her the whole story since”