A few days subsequent to this incident, Redgill and Charley Warbeck met near the Exchange.
The former waited until the latter had passed into a bye street, when he accosted him.
Phillip’s manner was so cordial and hearty, as fully to disarm all suspicions which Charley might have formed of him.
Phillip “was intensely sorry” to hear of his misfortune, and swore roundly that he had been the first to petition the king for his pardon and release, and that “the chief judge had said to him” and “he had said to the chief judge” &c., so that Charles began to imagine Phillip was a very “good fellow” and not so bad as he had imagined.
Phillip knew perfectly well where Charles lived and promised to call, particularly when young Warbeck casually remarked that there were apartments vacant which Dame Worthington desired to let to a man and wife without family.
The interview concluded by Redgill asking Charley to take some brandy, and begging the loan of “five pounds for a day or two,” a request which Charley was not foolish enough to grant him.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTS OF MISS CLARA.
The sudden and unexpected return of Charles from prison, and the unmistakable tokens of affection he had shown to Miss Clara since his abrupt appearance in the parlour, and the unceremonious departure of Augustus Fumbleton, Esq., had so weighed upon the tender and susceptible feelings of that young lady, that she was somewhat bewildered and in a maze of delightful torment.