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 Seemed reasons strong enough for choosing him. And faithless? Ah! it needs a strong suspicion To overthrow the record of his service.

I fain bestow on him my confidence In every war and emprise save the contest Against his former countrymen and friends. Elsewhere so gallant,—here he is a coward; Elsewhere so active,—here he lacks in zeal. Hast thou forgot, that 'gainst his reputation Still lurks the old suspicion, treacherously To have surrendered Anahuac's Fort Three years ago, without one single shot? And even now he seems upon his mind To have some plan, that scents of mystery; For as a friend from Vera Cruz informs me, He has transferred his bank-account abroad.

[Eagerly.] He has? since when.

The day of our departure. But why so pensive now?

I must confess That Bradburn's act, though little in itself,