This discovery, taken in connection with all the
circumstances we know of, has had an effect on my mind which I cannot
describe to you--which I dare not realize to myself. Pray come and see
me! I have never felt so wretched about Magdalen as I feel now. Suspense
must have weakened my nerves in some strange way. I feel superstitious
about the slightest things. This accidental resemblance of a total
stranger to Magdalen fills me every now and then with the most horrible
misgivings--merely because Mr. Noel Vanstone's name happens to be mixed
up with it. Once more, pray come to me; I have so much to say to you
that I cannot, and dare not, say in writing.
"Gratefully and affectionately yours,
"NORAH."
III.
_From Mr. John Loscombe (Solicitor) to George Bartram, Esq._
"Lincoln's Inn, London, September 6th, 1847.
"SIR--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note, inclosing a letter
addressed to my client, Mr. Noel Vanstone, and requesting that I will
forward the same to Mr. Vanstone's present address.
"Since I last had the pleasure of communicating with you on this
subject, my position toward my client is entirely altered. Three days
ago I received a letter from him, which stated his intention of changing
his place of residence on the next day then ensuing, but which left me
entirely in ignorance on the subject of the locality to which it was
his intention to remove.
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