He felt assured young Myrvin was unhappy--on what account he knew not--but he was convinced he did not deserve the aspersions cast upon him; and, directly after the receipt of Emmeline's earnest letter, he came unexpectedly to the parish, made inquiries, with the assistance of Mrs.
Langford, and returned to Castle Terryn, perfectly satisfied that it would certainly be no disadvantage to his brother to be placed under the care and companionship of Arthur Myrvin.

He lost no time in imparting this opinion to his father; and Emmeline very quickly learned that the whole affair was arranged.

Lord Louis was wild with joy that Arthur Myrvin, whom he had liked at Oakwood, was to be his tutor, instead of some prim formidable, dominie, and to this news was superadded the intelligence that, the second week in February, the Rev.Arthur Myrvin and his noble pupil quitted England for Hanover, where they intended to make some stay.
Emmeline heard, and the words "will he not write me one line in farewell ere he leaves England ?" were murmured internally, but were instantly suppressed, for she knew the very wish was a departure from that line of stern control she had laid down for herself and him; and that letter, that dear, that precious letter--precious, for it came from him, though not one word of love was breathed,--ought not that to be destroyed?
Had she any right now to cherish it, when the aid she sought had been given, its object gained?
Did her parents know she possessed that letter, that it was dear to her, what would be their verdict?
And was she not deceiving them in thus retaining, thus cherishing a remembrance of him she had resolved to forget?
Emmeline drew forth the precious letter; she gazed on it long, wistfully, as if in parting from it the pang of separation with the beloved writer was recalled.

She pressed her lips upon it, and then with stern resolution dropped it into the fire that blazed upon the hearth; and, with cheek pallid and breath withheld, she marked the utter annihilation of the first and last memento she possessed of him she loved.
Mrs.Hamilton's anxiety on Emmeline's account did not decrease.

She still remained pale and thin, and her spirits more uneven, and that energy which had formerly been such a marked feature in her character appeared at times entirely to desert her; and Mr.Maitland, discovering that the extreme quiet and regularity of life which he had formerly recommended was not quite so beneficial as he had hoped, changed in a degree his plan, and advised diversity of recreation, and amusements of rather more exertion than he had at first permitted.