d snow. The murderer is in the
hands of justice, and though he be the friend of kings and
princes, [Mr. Emilius had probably heard that the Prince
had been at the club with Phineas] yet shall justice be
done upon him, and the truth of the Lord shall be made
to prevail. Mr. Bonteen has been very hostile to me,
believing evil things of me, and instigating you, my
beloved, to believe evil of me. Nevertheless, I grieve
for his death. I lament bitterly that he should have been
cut off in his sins, and hurried before the judgment
seat of the great Judge without an hour given to him for
repentance. Let us pray that the mercy of the Lord may
be extended even to him. I beg that you will express my
deepest commiseration to his widow, and assure her that
she has my prayers.

And now, my dearest wife, let me approach my own affairs.
As I have come out unscorched from the last fiery furnace
which has been heated for me by my enemies seven times
hot, so shall I escape from that other fire with which the
poor man who has gone from us endeavoured to envelop me.
If they have made you believe that I have any wife but
yourself they have made you believe a falsehood. You, and
you only, have my hand. You, and you only, have my heart.
I know well what attempts are being made to suborn false
evidence in my old country, and how the follies of my
youth are being pressed against me,--how anxious are proud
Englishmen that the poor Bohemian should be robbed of the
beauty and wit and wealth which he had won for himself.
But the Lord fights on my side, and I shall certainly
prevail.

If you will come back to me all shall be forgiven. My
heart is as it ever was. Come, and let us leave this cold
and ungenial country and go to the sunny south; to the
islands of the blest, [Mr. Emilius during his married life
had not quite fathomed the depths of his wife's character,
though, no doubt, he had caught some points of it
with sufficient accuracy] where we may forget these
blood-stained sorrows, and mutually forgive each other.
What happiness, what joys can you expect in your present
mode of life? Even your income,--which in truth is my
income,--you cannot obtain, because the tenants will not
dare to pay it in opposition to my legal claims. But of
what use is gold? What can purple do for us, and fine
linen, and rich jewels,