'Come,' said she, seizing her lover"s arm, and dragging him onward:

'gracious heavens! I hope you haven"t killed him
'Come,' said she, seizing her lover"s arm, and dragging him onward:
'gracious heavens! I hope you haven"t killed him. Come, John, the time
is short, and we must make the most of it. That villain, as I tould you
before, is a villain. Oh! if you knew it! John, I have been the manes of
your disgrace and suffering, but I am willing to do what I can to remedy
that. In your disgrace, Ellen will be ready, in four days from this,
to become your wife. John, come to meet me no more. I will send that
villain"s innocent wife to your aunt Alley"s, where you now live". I
didn"t expect to see you myself; but I got an opportunity, and besides
she was too unwell to bring my message, which was to let you know what I
now tell you.'