Excerpt from The Rival Beauties, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel

The receipt of his cousin's letter at once hastened the return of Mortimer to Westrum, which he reached in the hope that he might anticipate her departure. We have already shown that he failed in his object; nor was his regret lessened by the desolate sensation created by the aspect of a companion-less house. Amid all his self-blame - for that he did feel much is certain, however unwilling he might be to admit the fact to himself - his annoyance was, moreover, increased upon perceiving around him every object on which his eye had been accustomed to rest: and of which he was well aware that Gertrude was the actual owner.

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