He pictured the whole group assembled--the fervour of the grocer excited to an unwonted pitch by what had just occurred--the earnest countenances of his wife and the younger children--and the exalted looks of Amabel.

He could not see her--neither could he hear her voice--but he fancied how she looked, and in what terms she prayed--and it was no slight satisfaction to him to think that his own voice ascended to Heaven coupled with hers.
On quitting the hutch, he found Dallison conversing with Doctor Hodges.
The physician expressed great surprise at seeing him, and inquired how he came to have left his master's house.

Leonard related all that had happened, and besought his assistance in Nizza's behalf.
"I will do all I can for her," replied Hodges, "for I feel greatly interested about her.

But who is this Sir Paul Parravicin?
I never heard of him." "I know nothing more of him than what I have told you, sir," replied Leonard.

"He is a friend of the Earl of Rochester." "It must be a feigned name," rejoined Hodges; "but I will speedily find him out.