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    ifa& ^ . w&fte-kmrt . ^ Smw tim - ^ m m ^ m n ^ p r ^ frequently alone than before , and I learned Uiat altbottga her father wished her marriage with the Frenchman * she . had *! f ? $ ?> fe $$ ^ teen seriously attached to him , She was B 0 $ * r no logger the playful , happy creature she had hitherto been ; she waited about the room and talked of me in her sleep > and ®? $ ftf MOW aud theu burst into tears * The affection , therefore , that subsisted between us became no secret in the family , aad

    I thought it prudent to change my quarters , Accordingly I applied to Colonel Leach for another billet ; he granted my request , and I removed to Saint les Marquoins , a pretty * seat * , locking little village off the main road . At the house of an old yqigpw , hpwever * who lived at Mouvres , I still corresponded viyfa Augustine , and enjoyed many a stolen interview with her . ^ tJiffmih , harassed by the remonstrances of her family , who insisted on her diverting her affections from me , she determined the old

    9 Q leaving her father ' s roof , and in the dusk of evening m # t D ^ jqtt Jt ^ house of widow , where we betrothed -om ^ sfeives to each other . On hearing of her elopement , her father unrelentingly pursued her . He went to Cambray , and applied tothe executors to deprive her of her patrimony ; but the Hw preventedtheir doing so . He then appealed to the military ai ^ fMrities f and one mornin g , about ten o ' clock , three gens-& ^ $$ fcs > to my surprise , entered my quarters in search of befr *

    I was about to give them a very rough reception , and some < tf iiyp : cpiiifades who happened to be with us , already bad ptfo * p ^ sed ducking tfeem , when the corporal , waTning me that I should be h ^ ld responsible for any ill-usage they received , nrpdi ^ ed ., a written order for her to return to her parents , ggned by General § ir John Lambert ; countersigned by Major JBelv ^ rd ^ Sir Andrew Bernard being at that time the comf ^ ant of Cambray . I saw that all remonstanee was vain M ; ¦ t ^ iere wras no alternative ; and , accompaftyiug her myself , Wflfa Qbliged , with a heavy heart , tp retrace her steps , $ x refection by her father was most unkind . £ ie confined her in a ^ m $ m , ike windows of which were secured and darkened by crpss-JbaTS of iron , the handy-work of thes smith of the % H ** iag ^ ,. w | i

    to ^ j ^ 9 © Diy priso n . permitted to ^ sist ers ; fcer i ^^ aU V w ^ re &pnt to her at long intervals , md scantily rsup-^| fef . y ^ priest too was sent for , who was paid a napoleon fSfjff W . W ^ f f fo ^ six d ^ ys in euccesja ion for ceJ eb rating roa « 6 ^ fl&AftEHXW ^ . ^^* . rl ? er aflfectiQn s might be turned from me ! But ^ ^ Egrgfjoi iron and the prayers of the piiest were aiike vain ? ^ iiS ^ BW ^^ W J $ Wt > ^ p ppptuijity to escape fotee ^ ^ mm ^ : ifai ^ S ^^^¦* ^^^^ ^^ i ^ rfva ^ , w « - ^ w «» t ^ galhetf ito CrfdiMBl & ** 4 K ^ p ) ivea at the chateau of the village , to jfelju ^ t fK # * hb

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/32/