 reason also encreased; and
now, when I had an opportunity of comparing him to such a man as Lord
Clancarryl, I felt all the horrors of my destiny! and beheld, with a
dread from which my feeble heart recoiled, a long, long prospect of life
before me--without attachment, without friendship, without love.

'I remained two months in Ireland; and heard nothing of Trelawny, 'till
a match having been made on the Curragh of Kildare, on which he had a
large bet depending, he came over to be present at it; and I heard with
regret that I was to return with him. While he remained in Ireland, his
disgusting manners, and continual intoxication, extremely displeased
Lord Clancarryl; and I lived in perpetual uneasiness. A few days before
we were to embark for England, George Fitz-Edward, his Lordship's
younger brother, came from the north of Ireland, where he had been with
his regiment, to Lough Carryl; but it was only a passing visit to his
family--he was going to England, and we were to sail in the same
pacquet.'

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At the mention of George Fitz-Edward, Lady Adelina grew more distressed
than she had yet been in the course of her narrative. Mrs. Stafford and
Emmeline testified signs of surprize. She observed it; and asked if they
knew him? Mrs. Stafford answered, they had some acquaintance with him;
and Emmeline remarked that she either never heard or had forgotten that
his father's second title was Clancarryl.

His very name seemed to affect Lady Adelina so much, and she appeared so
exhausted by having spoken so long, that tho' she told them she had but
little to add to her mournful story, they insisted upon her permitting
them to release her till the evening, when they would attend her again.







They found Lady Adelina in better spirits in the evening than they had
hoped for--She seemed to have been arguing herself into the composure
necessary to go on with her story.

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'As you have some acquaintance with George Fitz-Edward, I need not
describe his person or his manner; nor how decided a contrast they must
form with those of such a man as him to whom I was unhappily united.
This contrast, in spite of all my endeavours, was perpetually before my
eyes--I thought Fitz-Edward, who was agreeable as his brother, had a
heart as good; and _my_ heart involuntarily made the comparison between
what I was, and what I
