ABSTRACT
From a scene that had so painfully agitated him in London, and so baffled his philosophy, Delmont returned with eagerness to Upwood, where, in his own beloved hermitage, as he often called it, Medora, he hoped, waited to receive him with those smiles of tenderness and affection that have power to soothe every uneasy feeling, and restore to the heart the sweet sensations of hope and love; while in the understanding of her mother, and the steady and useful friendship of Mr. Armitage, he thought himself secure of finding counsel and relief against that dread of pecuniary distress, he now felt for the first time in his life; and which the conduct of his brother having created, was but too likely to perpetuate.
