ABSTRACT
Having obtained information to whom the carriage belonged, I flew towards the mansion of the noble owner; and without hesitation demanded to speak with Miss Woodford. The servants denied knowing any such person; and the man who had seized me by the collar instantly called the watch. I darted through the vestibule, and abruptly entered a parlour, where I found Amelia in the most extreme agitation, attended by his Grace of Heartwing and Doctor Pimpernel. She flew towards me. ‘Oh, Walsingham!’ said she, ‘how grossly have I been insulted!’ The Duke would have wrested her from my hold, but I whirled him from me, and he fell. The doctor asserted the purity of his intentions; and assumed the merit of having snatched Amelia from imminent danger: swore he had saved her life; and blamed my impetuosity, which misconstrued the whole adventure.
