Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Juvenile fiction; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction
The bells rang merrily out when Captain Everard and his daughter,
accompanied by Madam Everard and several friends, drove up the avenue
once more to Stanmore. Harry Tryon, however, never became its master.
The charms of Miss Coppinger had for some time before captured the heart
of the gallant captain, and in a short time after this she became his
bride, and, ultimately, the mother of a considerable number of fine sons
and girls, of whom, notwithstanding, Mabel was not in the slightest
degree jealous, as she by that time could boast of an equal number of
her own. The fortune her godfather had given her, and a very handsome
settlement made by Mr. Kyffin, enabled her to accept Harry Tryon's hand.
At the same time, the Baron de Ruvigny consoled himself for his past
disappointments by marrying Sybella Coppinger, and both he and Harry
joined Mr. Coppinger's firm, and by the time a permanent peace was once
more restored to Europe, had become among the first merchants of London.
With regard to Captain Falwasser, or Rochard, as he also called
himself, he was a true patriot, though a royalist, and had for some
political cause been compelled to leave France before the outbreak of
the revolution. He had been introduced to Mr. Pitt, and had been
employed by him in gaining information of proceedings in France. For
this purpose he had engaged the famous smuggling lugger, from which he
could land without observation on either coast. Disguised in a variety
of ways, he had been able to traverse France. Had he been captured, he
knew well that his life would have been sacrificed. For many years he
persevered, and at length, escaping all dangers, settled down at
Lynderton, where he was ever an honoured guest at Stanmore. Paul
Gauntlett once more took up his former office at the park, which he held
to a green old age; and Jacob Tuttle came home with the loss of an arm,
and married his faithful Mary.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Roger Kyffin's Ward, by W.H.G. Kingston
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