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The duke continued many moments on the spot where she had left him, without lifting his eyes from the ground—without moving, or speaking, or giving the smallest sign of the deep feelings by which he was overpowered; when suddenly Lord Glenarvon was announced.

The duke started back:—he would have denied him his presence. It was too late:—Glenarvon was already in the room. The cold dews stood upon his forehead; his eye was fixed; his air was wild. "I am come to restore your son," he said, addressing the duke. "Are you prepared for my visit? Has Lady Margaret obeyed my command, and confessed?" "I thought," said the duke, "that you had left Ireland. For your