“And the more afflicted she was, the more the gallant young lord comforted her.
“His amusements were varied.
“He did all he possibly could to dispel the terrible gloom which possessed her; but all to no purpose.
“Her heart was gradually becoming petrified.
“From her lonely window she gazed for hours and hours at night.
“The song of nightingale borne upon the breeze, soothed her troubled soul, and tears flowed down her pallid cheek.
“Yet no murmur came from her.
“She believed that Charles—now Sir Charles—would prove faithful to her as she had been to him.
“Her hopes were doomed to be blasted.
“Months rolled by, and still Charles did not return.