[The Disowned Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Disowned Complete CHAPTER V 1/2
CHAPTER V. Your name, Sir! Ha! my name, you say--my name? 'T is well--my name--is--nay, I must consider .-- Pedrillo. This accident occasioned a delay of some days in the plans of the young gentleman, for whom we trust very soon, both for our own convenience and that of our reader, to find a fitting appellation. Mr.Mordaunt, after seeing every attention paid to him both surgical and hospitable, took his departure with a promise to call the next day; leaving behind him a strong impression of curiosity and interest to serve our hero as some mental occupation until his return.
The bonny landlady came up in a new cap, with blue ribbons, in the course of the evening, to pay a visit of inquiry to the handsome patient, who was removed from the Griffin, No.
4, to the Dragon, No.
8,--a room whose merits were exactly in proportion to its number, namely, twice as great as those of No.
4. "Well, sir," said Mrs.Taptape, with a courtesy, "I trust you find yourself better." "At this moment I do," said the gallant youth, with a significant air. "Hem," quoth the landlady. A pause ensued.
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