Chap V Departure of the old man disapearance of Delancy transportation of O'Donell his arrival at the city his arrival at the palace; his interview with his cheif he finds Delancy end FINIS EDITED VERSION Preface The persons meant by the Chief of the city and his Sons are the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Duro and Lord Wellesly. The city is the Glass town. Henry O'Donell and Alexander Delancy are Captain Tarry-not-at-home and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places. Charlotte Bronte August the 17 1829 [3] A TALE BY CB July 28 1829 The search after happiness Chapter I NOT many years ago there lived in a certain city a person of the name of Henry O'Donell. In figure he was tall, of a dark complexion and searching black eye, his mind was strong and unbending, his disposition unsociable and though respected by many he was loved by few. The city where he resided was very great and magnificent. It was governed by a warrior, a mighty man of valour whose deeds had resounded to the ends of the earth. This soldier had two sons who were at that time of the separate ages of six and seven years. Henry O'Donell was a nobleman of great consequence in the city and a peculiar favourite with the governor, before whose glance his stern mind would bow and at his command O'Donell's selfwill would be overcome, and while playing with the young princes he would forget his usual sullenness of demeanour; the days of his childhood returned upon him and he would be as merry as the youngest, who was gay indeed. One day at court, a quarrel ensued between him and another noble, words came to blows and O'Donell struck his opponent a violent blow on the left cheek. At this the military King started up and commanded O'Donell to apologize. This he immediately did, but from that hour the spell of discontent seemed to have been cast over him and he resolved to quit the city. The evening before he put this resolution into practice, he had an interview with the King and returned quite an altered man. Before he seemed stern and intractable, now he was only meditative and sorrowful. As he was passing the inner court of the palace, he perceived the two young princes at play. He called them and they came running to him. "I am going far from this city and shall most likely never see you again," said O'Donell. "Where are you going?" "I cannot tell." "Then why do you go away from us, why do you go from your own house and lands, from this great and splendid city to you know not where?" "Because I am not happy here." "And if you are not happy here where you have every thing for which you can wish, do you expect to be happy when you are dying of hunger or thirst in a desert or longing for the society of men, when you are thousands of miles, of miles from any human being?" "How do you know that that will be my case?" "It is very likely that it will." "And if it was, I am determined to go."