The sun no sooner appeared above the horizon, than her conductor was ready with his one-horse chair: and Emmeline being seated in it, and her little baggage adjusted, she left the door of the castle; where Maloney, who saw his favourite hopes vanish as he feared for ever, stood with a rueful countenance to behold her departure. However desirous she was of quitting a residence which had long been uneasy to her, and which was now become so extremely improper, such is the force of early habit, that she could not bid it adieu without being greatly affected. There she had passed her earliest infancy, and had known, in that period of unconscious happiness, many delightful hours which would return no more. It was endeared to her by the memory of that good friend who had supplied to her the place of a parent.