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"It is," rejoined Parravicin, "and, therefore, I have sought you." Thirlby arose, and accompanied the knight into the outer room, closing the door after him. More than a quarter of an hour it seemed an age to Leonard elapsed, and still no one came. Listening intently, he heard voices in the next room. They were loud and angry, as if in quarrel.
The extraordinary effect produced by Nizza Macascree on Thirlby the resemblance he had discovered between her and some person dear to him the anxiety he appeared to feel for her, as evinced by his recent search for her the mysterious connection which clearly subsisted between him and the piper all these circumstances convinced Leonard that Thirlby was, or imagined himself, connected by ties of the closest relationship with the supposed piper's daughter.
Not finding the earl at the place he had appointed to meet him, after waiting for a short time, he proceeded, towards his own house. On the way he was net by Thirlby and Parravicin, as previously related, and conducted to the house in Nicholas-lane. It will not be necessary to recapitulate what subsequently occurred.
"No, man, you may not," replied Parravicin, angrily. And then suddenly checking himself, he added, with forced calmness, "And so you parted with Mr. Thirlby on London Bridge, and you think he will return to Doctor Hodges's residence in Watling-street." "I am sure of it," replied Leonard. "I must see him without delay," rejoined Parravicin.
"She died about a fortnight ago of the plague," he said, "and is buried where she desired to be, beneath an old apple-tree in her garden." "Alas!" exclaimed Leonard, brushing away a tear, "her own foreboding is too truly realised." "I am about to visit the old piper," observed Thirlby to the apprentice. "Will you go with me?"
Johnson says: 'I have looked often, &c.; but he does not say 'he has been much informed, but only 'informed. Both letters are in the Gent. Mag. 1784, p. 893. Jortin's sermons are described by Johnson as 'very elegant. Ante, in. 248. He and Thirlby are mentioned by him in the Life of Pope. Works, viii. 254. Markland was born 1693, died 1776.
The surprise which Nizza must have experienced at such an address was materially lessened by what Leonard had just told her; and, after earnestly regarding the stranger for some time, she exclaimed, in a gentle voice, "My father!" Thirlby sprang to his feet, and would have folded her in his arms, if Doctor Hodges, who by this time had reached the couch, had not prevented him.
"I will never consent to this ill-assorted and dishonourable union; and, so far from permitting it, will oppose it to the utmost of my power. If this presumptuous apprentice dares to raise his views towards my sister, let him look to himself. Your safety lies in instant flight. The officers are in search of you." "They shall find me," replied Thirlby, sternly. "As you please," rejoined Argentine.
"My firm conviction is, that she is in the power of Sir Paul Parravicin," observed Leonard. "But it is impossible to say where she is concealed." "Then my last hope of finding her has fallen to the ground," replied Thirlby, with a look of great distress. "Ever since my recovery from the plague, I have been in search of her.
I have been in search of you, and have much to say to you. Will you meet me in this place at midnight tomorrow?" Leonard signified his assent. "I am in danger," pursued Thirlby, "for, by some means, the secret of my existence has been made known, and the officers of justice are in pursuit of me. I suspect that Judith Malmayns is my betrayer. You will not fail me?" "I will not," returned Leonard.
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