By him a letter was punctually received by Susan.

As the hour of Belding's return approached, her impatience and anxiety increased.

The daily epistle was received and read, in a transport of eagerness.

For a while her emotion subsided, but returned with augmented vehemence at noon on the ensuing day.
These agitations were too vehement for a feeble constitution like hers.
She renewed her supplications to Wallace to quit the city.

He repeated his assertions of being, hitherto, secure, and his promise of coming when the danger should be imminent.