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In Prison

           Itwouldruinthee,andyethelpbutlittleinmycause.ButIthankthee,forthouhastgivenmebacksomewhatofmylostfaithinmykind."

           TheoldservantbecameveryvaluabletoHendonandtheKing;forhedroppedinseveraltimesadayto‘abuse’theformer,andalwayssmuggledinafewdelicaciestohelpouttheprisonbilloffare;healsofurnishedthecurrentnews.HendonreservedthedaintiesfortheKing;withoutthemhisMajestymightnothavesurvived,forhewasnotabletoeatthecoarseandwretchedfoodprovidedbythejailer.Andrewswasobligedtoconfinehimselftobriefvisits,inordertoavoidsuspicion;buthemanagedtoimpartafairdegreeofinformationeachtimeinformationdeliveredinalowvoice,forHendon’sbenefit,andinterlardedwithinsultingepithetsdeliveredinaloudervoiceforthebenefitofotherhearers.

           

           So,littlebylittle,thestoryofthefamilycameout.Arthurhadbeendeadsixyears.Thisloss,withtheabsenceofnewsfromHendon,impairedthefather’shealth;hebelievedhewasgoingtodie,andhewishedtoseeHughandEdithsettledinlifebeforehepassedaway;butEdithbeggedhardfordelay,hopingforMiles’sreturn;thenthelettercamewhichbroughtthenewsofMiles’sdeath;theshockprostratedSirRichard;hebelievedhisendwasverynear,andheandHughinsisteduponthemarriage;Edithbeggedforandobtainedamonth’srespite,thenanother,andfinallyathird;themarriagethentookplacebythedeath-bedofSirRichard.Ithadnotprovedahappyone.

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