but as we have now finished the bottle-they are villainous small ones! - I will set off on my return to Bridgwater. I shall soon revisit you, and in the mean while you will, of course, lose no time in preparing Miss Colyton to receive me as her lover."-So saying, he shook hands with the Squire, in fresh ratification of the treaty they had made, remounted his horse, and returned to his quarters, chuckling at the success of his negociation, at the immediate prospect of touching Edith's fortune, and the views of ulterior wealth that promised to reward the machinations he had yet in store. THE END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. |