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  • appointed in both. At last, a neighbouring

gentleman advanced the sum upon the laird's personal bond, and Hamilton soon after returned to the south. He had meanwhile arranged, by letters, the investment of his property, and the prolongation of his leave of absence, so that the six following months he could, without interruption, devote to love and his Eliza.