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22 ALFRED DE ROSANN. CHAPTER XII. THE DEPARTURE. In the same desk, which had contained the will of the penitent La Motte, was a sealed document ad- dressed to De Rosann. This was the statement of the departed man relative to the circumstances attending the forgery, duly witnessed by two respectable house- keepers and by the French consul. De Rosann gladly possessed himself of this important deed, the contents of which he did not communicate even to Mr. Rob- son, for motives which scarcely require explanation. With Mrs. Clayton alone would the confession of La Motte’s crimes be chiefly availing; and Alfred antici- pated the pleasure he should experience whenche pre- sented himself before the conscientious mother, and produced the many recommendations he now bore in his favour, amongst which his sudden accession of wealth would not probably be the slightest. A few days after the performance of the funeral obsequies of the deceased La Motte, our hero was surprised by a visit from Belle-Rose, whose shabby clothes, dirty appearance, and unchanged linen, be- tokened one of those sudden reverses of fortune to which the adventurer was far from unaccustomed. His hat was nevertheless still inclined to the right side two inches out of the perpendicular; and he en- deavoured to make up by the increase of his swagger for the miserable appearance of his person. ‘De Rosann—my dear fellow,’’*cried Belle-Rose, throwing himself uninvited upon the sofa, and dirty- ing one of the cushions with his boot, “I understand you are in luck—a favourite of Madame Fortune— Gomichbooks,.com