William Hamilton MY LIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF تیم "STORIES OF WATERLOO," "WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST," &c. &c. &c. Sir Anthony.-Come here, sirrah! who the devil are you? IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. The Rivals. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. MY LIFE. CHAPTER I. A VISIT-EMILY CLIFDEN-AND A DISCOVERY. Your love must live a maid at home, Taming of the Shrew. The Rivals. Two days more and no intelligence-my life monotonous as that of a mill-horse-I ate, drank, slept, walked in the garden, listened to the guitar, and wondered what had spirited Annette away, whose good offices to me were now discharged by deputy, in the person of a fair Fleming. I had imagined that when once able to move about, I should find small difficulty in satisfying my curiosity with a full discovery of my unknown protectors; but never was man more astray. My host was a phlegmatic Belgian, who adored his pipe and delighted in monosyllables-his wife deaf as a postand the attendant willing enough to communicate information, of which, however, her stock was rather scanty. All I could learn was, that my benefactors were English travellers, who had been interrupted in their tour by the unexpected advance of Napoleon; and that the old gentleman was laid up by a severe attack of gout, and the young lady a close prisoner in the drawing-room. Their names were Tomkins, or Thompson, or Thornton; and they were very wealthy, as they employed the best physician, and paid an exorbitant rent for their apartments. Moreover, it appeared that to the importunities of Mademoiselle I was indebted for my introduction to the mansion; and I could farther collect, that I should gratify the master and his man by shortening my visit, although the mistress and her Gala APR 16 1951 |