(Whilst modest Hollybrand the paper took)
Produced a meet sensation!—hence a pause
Consistent with th’ importance of the cause.
Then George into the inner room withdrew
To scan the documents, in earnest, through:
He saw: believ’d the signature was real,
And also recognis’d the ancient seal.
V.
Strange it might seem—that George, this afternoon,
Should recollect—’though thirteen years had flown—