Then I got a boat, set out after her, claimed her--for I recognized her, of course--brought her ashore, and deposited her safe and sound in her own house.

What do you think of that ?" "Ormiston," said Norman, catching him by the shoulder, with a very excited face, "is this true ?" "True as preaching, Kingsley, every word of it! And the most extraordinary part of the business is, that her dip in cold water has effectually cured her of the plague; not a trace of it remains." Sir Norman dropped his hand, and walked on, staring straight before him, perfectly speechless.

In fact, no known language in the world could have done justice to his feelings at that precise period; for three times that night, in three different shapes, had he seen this same Leoline, and at the same moment he was watching her decked out in royal state in the rain, Ormiston had probably been assisting her from her cold bath in the river Thames.
Astonishment and consternation are words altogether too feeble to express his state of mind; but one idea remained clear and bright amid all his mental chaos, and that was, that the Leoline he had fallen in love with dead, was awaiting him, alive and well, in London.
"Well," said Ormiston, "you don't speak! What do you think of all this ?" "Think! I can't think--I've got past that long ago!" replied his friend, hopelessly.

"Did you really say Leoline was alive and well ?" "And waiting for you--yes, I did, and I repeat it; and the sooner you get back to town, the sooner you will see her; so don't loiter--" "Ormiston, what do you mean! Is it possible I can see her to-night ?" "Yes, it is; the dear creature is waiting for you even now.

You see, after we got to the house, and she had consented to become a little rational, mutual explanations ensued, by which it appeared she had ran away from Sir Norman Kingsley's in a state of frenzy, had jumped into the river in a similarly excited state of mind, and was most anxious to go down on her pretty knees and thank the aforesaid Sir Norman for saving her life.