“Yes; there is a daughter, you know; a little chit of a thing; and I fear
Mr. Ingram may be caught before he knows where he is. It would be such a
pity, you know. He is going up the river with them, I hear. That, in
his place, is very foolish. They asked me, but I positively refused.”
Mr. Burton remarked that “In such a matter as that Mr. Ingram would be
perfectly able to take care of himself.”
“Well, perhaps so; but seeing what was going on, I thought it my duty to
tell you.” And so Miss Dawkins took her leave.
Mr. Ingram did go up the Nile with the Damers, as did an old friend of
the Damers who arrived from England. And a very pleasant trip they had
of it. And, as far as the present historian knows, the two lovers were
shortly afterwards married in England.
Poor Miss Dawkins was left in Cairo for some time on her beam ends. But
she was one of those who are not easily vanquished. After an interval of
ten days she made acquaintance with an Irish family—having utterly failed
in moving the hard heart of M. Delabordeau—and with these she proceeded
to Constantinople. They consisted of two brothers and a sister, and
were, therefore, very convenient for matrimonial purposes. But
nevertheless, when I last heard of Miss Dawkins, she was still an
unprotected female.
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