9/42 Whoever will give such information as will restore her to her friends shall receive the above Reward. Apply at the office of Mr. Wyatt, Pendril, and Gwilt, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, London." Accustomed as Captain Wragge was to keep the completest possession of himself in all hum an emergencies, his own profound astonishment, when the course of his reading brought him to the mark on the linen of the missing young lady, betrayed him into an exclamation of surprise which even startled the ferryman. The traveler was less observant; his whole attention was fixed on the opposite bank of the river, and he left the boat hastily the moment it touched the landing-place. |