Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 233: what you’re looking at

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220 ANGELINA; OR, to Lord Daltea, which, although she henoured his virtees, would make her wretched for life. At the mention of the name of Sir Vincent Rosenford, Lady Arlingham uttered a scream, and turned ghastly pale, trembling violently at the same time. *‘Recal your words, Emmeline,” cried Lady Amabel, in a voice of the deepest emotion; ‘‘for Heaven's sake endeavour to stifle your fatal passion ; feresumnn?? ‘* Gracious heaven! Lady Amabel,” interrupted Emmeline, her and Ma- tilda gazing upon her ladyship with the greatest astonishment, ‘‘ what do you mean ? why are you thus dreadfully agitated ?”’ ‘*Oh! donot ask me,” gasped forth Lady Arlingham! ‘do not ask me, un- less you would drive me mad ; do not give any encouragement to the sentiments with which the too powerfal accomplishments and graces of Sir Vincent have excited in your bosom. I cannot say more;—pray leave me to myself for a few minutes ;—this intelligence bhad———. Leave me, my dear girls, I im- plore ye !” ' Completely bewildered and astonished at the singular and mysterious be- havieur of Lady Arlingham, Emmeline and Matilda did as she desired. Weeks passediaway, and Lord Dalton was unremitting in his attentious to- wards Emmeline ; and her brother urged her te encourage his vows with even more carmestness and perseverance than ever; and suffice it to say, that, after the lapse of a few months, she reluctantly yielded, and became Lady Dalton, at the same time that the Baron de Morton was united to her cousin Matilda, Lerd Dalton purchased a beautiful estate near Arlingham Hall, so that he might not separate his lovely bride from her brother ; and if Emmeline was not supremely happy, the fondness and attention of Lord Edward rendered her at least contented, or so she appeared to be. A few months, however, had only glided away, when the whole of the family was thrown into a complete state of ’ distraction, to find that Lady Emmeline had eloped, and it was ascertained that the companion of her flight was Sir Vincent Rosenford. It is quite unnecessary for us to attempt to describe the grief, surprise, and disgust, excited in the breasts of Sir Eustace, and the friends of Lady Emme- lime upon the discovery of her flight, and after they received such indabitable proof that Sir Vincent Rosenford was her companion : it is quite sufficient to state that it was of the most intense description, more especially that of Sir Eustace, who was completely thunderstruck at the circumstance, and (although after being aware of the sentiments of Emmeline as regarded her husband and the preference she had given to Sir Vincent, it ought not to have been any matter to him) he not only condemned her for her adultery, but was firmly re- solved that nothing should ever induce him to acknowledge her for his sister again, unless she could fally, and most unquestionably establish her innocence of what now appeared to be so apparent. As for the anhappy husband of Lady Emmeline, he was in a complete state of distraction at her unexpected elope- ment; and, for several weeks after the distressing circumstance, he was in & state of utter phreazy. Every possible search was instituted after the fugi- tives, bat all efforts to discover any clue to the course they had taken was without effect. Lord Dalton’s heart was completely broken; he assured Sir Eustace of his forgiveness of his wife’s fatal indiscretion, but at the same time declared that nothing ‘should ever make him pardon her guilty sedacer, ond COMIC OOOKS. EO