A pretty general meeting of stray couples now took place in the conservatory, and many were the observations made on our hero’s perilous couche. After viewing various other beauties of the place, our party, at length, agreed that it was time to proceed to Arandale, which they reached without further adventure.
Their arrival was soon followed by that of the Marquis of H⸺, and such other guests as were not of the immediate family circle.
CHAPTER XXIII.
… “In vain the sun hath set:
Light, his glorious attribute, remains,
And, in sportive triumph, takes ten thousand
Shapes.”
“The enchanter’s thunders roll afar, subside—