Alfred de Rosann — page 28: what you’re looking at

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ALFRED DE ROSANN. 19 certain of being able to elude the vigilance of the Gendarmes, armed as he was with a passport, in which the most scrupulous could not detect a single flaw. He was about to visit another land, of whose glories, whose power, and whose resources he had heard so much, and it was a pleasant task that im- pelled him thither. He had seen Eloise—he had renewed with her, in the presence of Mr. Clayton, all their former vows. He was possessed of that gentle- man’s friendship; and he had good reason to hope that eventual success would crown all his fondest wishes. Belle-Rose carelessly questioned him as to the cause of his sudden gaiety, and was apparently satisfied with a trivial excuse, which to the meanest capacity would have seemed a prevarication; but he affected not to notice the blush that betrayed his friend’s momentary embarrassment, and continued to sip his Volnay with a connozsseur’s relish. When dinner was over, De ‘Rosann retired to his chamber, to arrange the various articles which he had purchased in the morning. A small portmanteau of black leather stood upon a chair, ready to receive the objects its owner might think it fit to be entrusted with, amongst which were the mysterious documents that had apparently worked so happy a change in his spirits. Our hero’s occupation was scarcely concluded, when Belle-Rose, accompanied by the porter of the hotel, entered the room; and having inquired of De Rosann if his portmanteau were ready, on receiving an an- swer in the affirmative, he desired the man to carry it down stairs, and lash it to the post-chaise. His orders were immediately obeyed, the bill was liber- ally settled, and the two travellers stepped into the carriage, which rolled away from the hotel as speedily as four horses could draw it, while the landlord de- clared, “* That perceptibly those gentlemen were in- disputably the most worthy guests he had accidentally seen during the last six months; and that he cordially hoped they would safely arrive at the end of their COPMIC OOO KS (C@)