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Rh "You have obeyed my orders, Barlow?" said he.

"Yes, Sir," answered the domestic, "I have taken the best house yet unoccupied, and when Mrs. Roberts (Brandon's housekeeper) arrives from London, every thing will, I trust, be exactly to your wishes."

"Good! And you gave my note to Lord Mauleverer?"

"With my own hands, Sir; his Lordship will await you at home all to-morrow."

"Very well! and now, Barlow, see that your room is within call—(bells, though known, were not common at that day) and give out that I am gone to bed and must not be disturbed. What's the hour?"

"Just on the stroke of ten, Sir."

"Place on that table my letter-case, and the inkstand. Look in, to help me to undress, at half past one; I shall go to bed at that hour. And—stay—be sure, Barlow, that my brother believes me retired for the night. He does not know my habits, and will vex