Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 292: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXXI. AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS APPEARS AT HAZEL'S FINAL TRIAL. Hazel's counsel and Lord Nelson at once took measures to have the proceeuings of the court stayed until the person who, she said, could prove her in- nocence, and whom she had at last consented to pro- duce, could be summoned as @ witness. They would not reveal his identity, although the prosecuting attorney demanded it, and declared, upon their refusal, that the request was only a trick to gain time; but the judge decided that their peti- tion should be granted, and the case was therefore adjourned for three weeks. We will pass briefly over this time, during which Hazel continued to remain with the duchess, who now treated her with every mark of respect aud con- fidence, and to whom the young girl endeared herse}f more and more. Mrs. Stewart and Helena were highly incensed by the course her grace was pursuing, and manifested their displeasure by withdrawing themselves almost entirely from her society, and forbidding Belle to visit at her house while Hazel remained there. It was by no means a pleasant sight for Mrs. Stewart to witness the attentions which Hazel re- ceived from both her grace and Lord Nelson—to see her riding daily in their carriage, for they insisted that now she should go out with them—visiting places of interest, and being treated, in every re- spect, like an honored guest, It was plain to be seen, too, that Lord Nelson's heart was yielding its deepest homage to her; that he was oblivious of all other charms : : b Act society, while he never called upon thE Sere