Would you add to your kindness that of writing to
entreat my old friend, Dr. Godfrey, to favour with a visit one who
has too often and ungratefully refused him admission."
Feminine curiosity felt balked, but Aurelia was ashamed of the
sensation, and undertook the task. Instructions were given her
that she was to write--
"If Amyas Belamour's old Schoolfellow and Friend can overlook and
pardon the undeserved Rebuffs to His Constancy and Solicitude for
a lonely and sullen Wretch, and will once more come and spend a
Night at Bowstead, he will confer an inestimable Favour upon one
who is more sensible of his Goodness than when it has been
previously offered."
This letter, written in Aurelia's best Italian hand, on a large sheet
of paper, she brought with her the next evening. She was bidden to
fold down the exact place for the signature, which Mr. Belamour
proceeded to affix, and she was then to carry it to the candles in
the lobby, and there fold, seal, and address it to the Reverend
Edward Godfrey, D.D., Canon of Windsor, Windsor. She found the A.
Belamour very fairly written except that it was not horizontal, and
she performed the rest of the task with ladylike dexterity, sealing
it with a ring that had been supplied for the purpose.
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