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Arthur Mervyn

CHAPTER IV
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By withdrawing myself from view I had lost the privilege of an upright deportment.

Yet the thought of spending the night in this spot was not to be endured.
Gradually I began to view the project of bursting from the closet, and trusting to the energy of truth and of an artless tale, with more complacency.

More than once my hand was placed upon the bolt, but withdrawn by a sudden faltering of resolution.

When one attempt failed, I recurred once more to such reflections as were adapted to renew my purpose.
I preconcerted the address which I should use.

I resolved to be perfectly explicit; to withhold no particular of my adventures from the moment of my arrival.


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