Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. THE CANON OF WINDSOR. Trim, gentle hermit of the dale.--Goldsmith. "My child, will you do me a favour?" said Mr. Belamour the next evening, in a tone no longer formal, but paternal. "Take this packet" (he put one into the girl's hand) "to the light, and inform me what is the superscription." It was a thick letter, with a large red wax seal, bearing the well known arms of Belamour and Delavie, and the address was To Amyas Belamour, Esq., K.C., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, LONDON. To be opened after my death.'] Jovian Belamour. Dec. 14M, 1727. VOL. I. O "I thought so," said Mr. Belamour, when she returned to him with the intelligence. "Little did my poor brother guess how long it would be unopened! Will my gentle friend confer another obligation on me?" Aurelia made her ready assent, hoping to be asked to read the letter, when he continued, "I cannot read this myself. Even could I bear the light, the attempt to fix my eyes sends darts shooting through my brain, which would takeaway my very power of comprehension. But," he continued, "there are only two men living to whom I could entrust my brother's last words to me. One, your own good father, is out of reach; the other has frequently proffered his good offices and has been rejected. Would you add to your kindness that of writing to entreat my old friend, Dr. Godfrey, to favour with a visit one who has too often and ungratefully refused him admission." Feminine curiosity felt balked, but Aurelia was ashamed of the sensation, and undertook the task. Instructions were given her that she was to write-- "If Amyas Belamour's old Schoolfellow and Friend can overlook and pardon the undeserved Rebuffs to His Constancy and Solicitude for a lonely and sullen Wretch, and will once more come and...