Not many more words passed between Mrs Lanson, and myself. I know not whether she noticed my confusion, as I stammered out some common-place, leave-taking speech. I was too much excited to know what I did; or whether my behaviour was remarked upon. It was not necessary for me to make a memorandum of the address thus given me. I had one already in my possession--which I had been carrying in my pocket for weeks. More than that, I had called at the house itself--on that occasion, when Captain Nowell accompanied me to the Bank. I know not why this discovery should have given my mind such a painful shock. Why should the thought, that Lenore had married a man with whom I was acquainted, cause me a more bitter pain than any I had yet experienced? Captain Nowell was a person, for whom I felt a sincere respect-- amounting almost to regard. Why then was I so disagreeably surprised, to discover that he was the man who had found the happiness, I had myself lost? I knew not; and I only sought an answer to this mental interrogatory--in the hope, that, by finding it, I might be able to correct some fault that existed in my own mind. I had accomplished the object of my journey; and yet I returned to London with a heart aching from disappointment. I had learnt where Lenore could be seen; and had gone all the way to Liverpool to obtain that information, which might have been mine at an earlier period--had I but hearkened to the request of Captain Nowell to visit him at his house. My reasons for keeping away from Denbigh Street were now ten times stronger than ever. I no longer felt a desire to see Lenore; and never wished to see Captain Nowell again. My desire to depart from London was greatly strengthened by the discovery I had made; and, much as I disliked Liverpool, I resolved to return to it--for the purpose of taking passage thence to Melbourne: as I had learnt that there were several Melbourne ships soon to sail from that port. On conferring with my brother William, he expressed his determination to remain in London. He had bought shares in a brewery; and had every prospect of doing well. He endeavoured to persuade me against returning to the colonies--urging me to go into some business in London, get anchored to a wife, and live happily like himself! Little did William suspect how impossible it would have been for me to follow his counsels. The arguments he used, only increased my desire to be gone; and I determined to start next day for Liverpool. Common politeness would not allow me to leave, without writing Captain Nowell a note. It was necessary I should let him know, that I had changed my mind about returning to the colonies in his ship. On the morning after this last duty had been fulfilled--before I had taken my departure for the train--Captain Nowell was announced; and I could not well avoid seeing him.