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"Japhet," said the general to me as we were at table, "you have mentioned Lord Windermear very often, have you called upon him lately?" "No, sir, it is now two years and more since I have seen him. When I was summoned to town to meet you, I was too much agitated to think of anything else, and since that I have had too much pleasure in your company."
Mr Cophagus said I was right the terms were easily arranged, and I was independent. Still my advances with Susannah were slow, but if slow, they were sure. One day I observed to her, how happy Mr Cophagus appeared to be as a married man; her reply was, "He is, Japhet; he has worked hard for his independence, and he now is reaping the fruits of his industry."
From this mass of rational conjectures and sage hypotheses many satisfactory deductions might be drawn; but I shall content myself with the simple fact stated in the Bible viz., that Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet.
"Well, Japhet, I don't know I do not dislike our present life, yet I am not sorry to change it; but what are we to do?" "That remains to be considered: we have a good stock of money, fortunately, and we must husband it till we find what can be done." We took our suppers all together for the last time, Melchior telling us that he had determined to set off the next day.
I know he does not deserve any kindness from you; but it is a horrid death, and a horrid thing to die so loaded with crime." "Kathleen," replied I, "I will keep my word with you. Here is the key; take it up to-morrow morning and give it to Lady de Clare; tell her Japhet Newland sent it." "I will, and God bless you, sir." "Good-bye, sir," said Mrs McShane: "you have no time to lose."
One day, he met her and said to her, "O my lady, where is the promise thou madest me, in the palace of Japhet son of Noah, saying, 'Were I with my people, I would make shift to bring thee to thy desire?" And Sa'id said to her, "O Princess, I crave thine aid to enable him to win his will."
"Do," replied I, recovering from my reverie, for the information had again roused up all my dormant feelings "Do," replied I, "why, I shall set off for town this very morning." "In that dress, Japhet?" "I suppose I must," replied I, "for I have no time to procure another;" and all my former ideas of fashion and appearance were roused, and in full activity my pride recovered its ascendency.
"Is this the person, gentlemen, whom you received as an infant and brought up as Japhet Newland?" The governors declared I was the same person; that they had bound me to Mr Cophagus, and had seen me more than once since I quitted the Asylum. "Is this the Japhet Newland whom you received from these gentlemen and brought up to your business?"
I had replaced the remainder, when the key again turned in the door, and Melchior made his appearance. "How do you feel, Japhet, to-day?" "To-day!" replied I; "day and night are the same to me." "That is your own fault," replied he. "Have you considered what I proposed to you yesterday?" "Yes," replied I; "and I will agree to this.
"Recollect, Japhet, we are to be at the Adelphi hotel to-morrow at one o'clock come in time." I called upon Mr Masterton at the time appointed on the ensuing day, and we drove to the hotel in which my father had located himself. On our arrival, we were ushered into a room on the ground floor, where we found Mr Cophagus and two of the governors of the Foundling Hospital.
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