I.
_Extract from the Advertising Columns of "The Times."_
"AN UNKNOWN FRIEND is requested to mention (by advertisement) an address
at which a letter can reach him. The receipt of the information which he
offers will be acknowledged by a reward of Five Pounds."
II.
_From Captain Wragge to Magdalen._
"Birmingham, July 2d, 1847.
"MY DEAR GIRL--The box containing the articles of costumes which you
took away by mistake has come safely to hand. Consider it under my
special protection until I hear from you again.
"I embrace this opportunity to assure you once more of my unalterable
fidelity to your interests. Without attempting to intrude myself into
your confidence, may I inquire whether Mr. Noel Vanstone has consented
to do you justice? I greatly fear he has declined--in which case I can
lay my hand on my heart, and solemnly declare that his meanness revolts
me. Why do I feel a foreboding that you have appealed to him in vain?
Why do I find myself viewing this fellow in the light of a noxious
insect? We are total strangers to each other; I have no sort of
knowledge of him, except the knowledge I picked up in making your
inquiries.
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