The novels of Charles Brockden Brown, consisting of Wieland;or, The transformation. Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the year 1793. Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker. Jane Talbot. Ormond; or, The secret witness. Clara Howard; or, The enthusiasm of love. With a memoir of the author.

36 JANE TALBOT.
enced by representations of whose integrity I had no
means of judging.
I will not detain you longer by this conversation. Suffice it to say, that I positively refused to comply with his
wishes. The altercation that ensued was fortunately interrupted by the entrance of two or three visitants, and,
after lingering a few minutes, he left the house gloomy
and dissatisfied.
I have gone into these incidents with a minuteness that
I fear has tired you; but I will be more concise for the
future. These incidents are chiefly introductory to others
of a more affecting nature, and to those I must now hasten.
Meanwhile, I will give some little respite to my fingers.
LETTER VI.
To Henry Colden.
Thursday Morning, October 6.
As soon as my visitants had gone, I hastened to my
father. I immediately introduced the subject of which
my heart was full. I related the particulars of my late
interview with my brother; entreated him with the utmost
earnestness to make the proper inquiries into the state of
my brother's affairs, with whose fate it was too plain that
his own were inextricably involved.
He was seized with extreme solicitude on hearing my
intelligence. He could not keep his chair one moment at
a time, but walked about the floor trembling. He called
his servant, and directed him, in a faltering voice, to go
to my brother's house and request him to come immediately.
I was sensible that what I had done was violently adverse to my brother's wishes. Nevertheless, I urged my
father to an immediate explanation, and determined to be
present at the conference.
The messenger returned. My brother was not at home.
We waited a little while, and then despatched the messenger again, with directions to wait till his return. We
waited, in vain, till nine; ten; eleven o'clock. The mes