189/210 "We have just discovered that the person calling himself Maurice Wyvil is no other than the Earl of Rochester." "Indeed!" exclaimed Leonard. Amabel has promised to forget him, and I have urged her to think of you." "Amabel," said Leonard, advancing towards her, and taking her hand, "I can scarcely credit what I hear. Will you confirm your mother's words ?" "Leonard," returned Amabel, "I am not insensible to your good qualities, and no one can more truly esteem you than I do. Nay, till I unfortunately saw the Earl of Rochester, whom I knew not as such, I might have loved you. |