186 GLENOWEN, OR THE

I grieved that I had been thus deceived ;
and wept to. think how much—how
very much I must have suffered in his
esteem, from my seeming total deser-
tion of him.

“ On my return to England, an
event which had been unexpectedly de-
‘layed for near two years, I learnt that
the son of my friend and correspon-
dent, Mrs. Lloyd, officiated as curate
in the identical village of which Charles
Evelynn had been pastor. —_I_ was also
informed of the death of Mrs. Evelynn,
and the situation of their orphan chil-
dren. When settled in my new abode,
I repaired to Glenowen; I visited the
_grave of the friend and brother of my
youth.

It