A single glance was sufficient to put my blood into motion.

I started and laid my hand upon the well-known packet.

It was that which enclosed the portrait of Clavering! I unfolded and examined it with eagerness.

By what miracle came it hither?
It was found, together with my bundle, two nights before.

I had despaired of ever seeing it again, and yet here was the same portrait enclosed in the selfsame paper! I have forborne to dwell upon the regret, amounting to grief, with which I was affected in consequence of the loss of this precious relic.