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Last scene of all, To close this strange eventful history. As you like it.

the next morning, Mr Ratcliffe presented Miss Vere with a letter from her father, of which the following is the tenor:—

, "The malice of a persecuting government will compel me, for my own safety, to retreat abroad, and to remain for some time in foreign parts. I do not ask you to accompany, or follow me; you will attend to my interest and your own more effectually by remaining where you are.