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Chapter 47

           

           ‘Ialwayssaidit!’criedthebride,‘Iknewshewasnotacommonchild!Alas,sir!wehavenopowertohelpyou,forallthatwecoulddo,hasbeentriedinvain.’

           Withthat,theyrelatedtohim,withoutdisguiseorconcealment,allthattheyknewofNellandhergrandfather,fromtheirfirstmeetingwiththem,downtothetimeoftheirsuddendisappearance;adding(whichwasquitetrue)thattheyhadmadeeverypossibleefforttotracethem,butwithoutsuccess;havingbeenatfirstingreatalarmfortheirsafety,aswellasonaccountofthesuspicionstowhichtheythemselvesmightonedaybeexposedinconsequenceoftheirabruptdeparture.Theydweltupontheoldman’simbecilityofmind,upontheuneasinessthechildhadalwaystestifiedwhenhewasabsent,uponthecompanyhehadbeensupposedtokeep,andupontheincreaseddepressionwhichhadgraduallycreptoverherandchangedherbothinhealthandspirits.Whethershehadmissedtheoldmaninthenight,andknowingorconjecturingwhitherhehadbenthissteps,hadgoneinpursuit,orwhethertheyhadleftthehousetogether,theyhadnomeansofdetermining.Certaintheyconsideredit,thattherewasbutslenderprospectleftofhearingofthemagain,andthatwhethertheirflightoriginatedwiththeoldman,orwiththechild,therewasnownohopeoftheirreturn.Toallthis,thesinglegentlemanlistenedwiththeairofamanquitebornedownbygriefanddisappointment.Heshedtearswhentheyspokeofthegrandfather,andappearedindeepaffliction

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