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Bloundel began to fear her health was declining. Leonard Holt looked on in wonder and admiration, and if possible his love increased, though his hopes diminished; for though Amabel was kinder to him than before, her kindness seemed the result rather of a sense of duty than regard.
All three attempted to dart across the transept and gain the northern entrance, but they were Intercepted. Mr. Bloundel caught hold of Leonard's arm, and Rochester seized her whom he judged by the garb to be Amabel, while Parravicin, recognising Nizza Macascree, as he thought, by her dress, detained her. "What is the meaning of all this, Leonard?" demanded the grocer, angrily.
Three days afterwards, the Examiner of Health pronounced the grocer's house free from infection. The fatal mark was obliterated from the door; the shutters were unfastened; and Bloundel resumed his business as usual. Words are inadequate to describe the delight that filled the breast of every member of his family, on their first meeting after their long separation.
"You are not going to hang him?" inquired Mrs. Bloundel. "Do as I bid you," rejoined her husband, "and lose no time." As she was about to leave the room, the door opened, and Doctor Hodges entered, followed by Leonard and Stephen. "Mercy on us! what's the matter?" cried the former, in astonishment. "You are just arrived in time to prevent mischief," replied Mrs. Bloundel.
In spite of his efforts to resist the impression produced by the earl's warning, Leonard could not banish it from his mind; and though he did not for a moment think of abandoning his purpose, he resolved to attend the meeting armed. He told Mr. Bloundel he should go out that night, but did not state his object, and the grocer did not inquire it.
I am not now to blame. It is owing to my determination to disclose all to you that the earl has thus revealed himself. I might have deceived you further might have fled with him." "Forgive her! oh, forgive her!" cried Mrs. Bloundel "or, if any ill happens to her, you will be answerable for it." "Is this the truth, my lord?" asked the grocer. Rochester bowed stiffly in acquiescence.
Bloundel; "but can you insure my husband against the distemper?" "I can insure no one against contagion," replied Hodges; "but there is much in his favour. He has no fear, and takes every needful precaution. You must hope for the best. I think it right to tell you, that you will be separated from him for a month." "Separated from my husband for a month, doctor!" cried Mrs. Bloundel.
"As an accomplice in my daughter's abduction," replied Bloundel. "Here, Blaize Stephen, hold him while I call the watch. This is a most mysterious affair, but I will soon get at the bottom of it." By the grocer's directions, Pillichody, who very quietly entered the house, and surrendered his halberd to Blaize, was taken to the kitchen.
He is about your age, I have heard, and though a mere boy in years, is a veteran in libertinism. But, whoever you are, and whatever your rank and station may be, unless your character will bear the strictest scrutiny, I am certain Stephen Bloundel will never consent to your union with his daughter." "Nay, mother," observed Amabel, "you judge the gentleman unjustly.
Bloundel; but the perfect health she enjoyed, and which she attributed to the salubrious air of the downs, combined with her natural cheerfulness of disposition, made her look much the younger of the two. Her features, besides their kindly and benevolent expression, were extremely pleasing, and must, some years ago, have been beautiful.
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