Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Fildes, Luke, Sir, 1844-1927 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 152
ever, that in the tenderness of your affection for him youwould be bitterly disappointed by so wide a departure from hisprojected life, forbore to tell you the secret, for a few days, andleft it to be disclosed by me, when I should come down tospeak to you, and he would be gone. I speak to you, and… … o t—( u I—( l:^ CO CO <^ O O w o DEVOTED. 121 couple parted, firmly, tliougli not without tears and sorrow, on theevening when you last saw them together. Mr. Grewgious heard a terrible shriek, and saw no ghastlyfigure, sitting or standing; saw nothing but a heap of torn andmiry clothes upon the…
