Excerpt from The Old Irish Baronet, or Manners of My Country, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel I arrived in the land of liberty, be commenced, and hailed.' in holy grati tude, my return to the shores of England; when, without delaying, I set oti', as quick as post-horses could convey me, towards the 'haven of my tenderest wishes, the place, where I had left my wife and song It. Was in a sweet retired situation, a short distance from London on the Essex road; but as I drove through the metropolis, my eyes scarcely; recognized the places where I had frequently before been in. I at first thought of going on to the war office, to see how I should be received there; but my impatience to learn intelli gence of dearer subjects repelled that idea, and I hastened on with the ardour wmgofa lover, to meet the long-estranged ob jcet of my affection. Plicatio'n of my feelings rosemearly to agony; yet i had prudence enough to reflect, that was my Rebecca still an inhai bitant of it, 'i should be wrong to\appear abruptly before her, notwithstanding the alterations of my person were sritlicrent to disguise all immediate recollection, of me. I thereforeialightecl at a public-house ad joining, and summoning the hostess. To me, enquired of her whether the person I sought after yet resided atfthe place I mentioned? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.