CHAPTER VI.
"Laden with honours, glory, fame,
The monarch's favour'd vassal came,
And o'er his veteran brow and mien
Mild grace and dignity were seen."
The health of Oriana, which had appeared to be perfectly re-established, again underwent a change; the condensed atmosphere of so large and crowded a city as London proved hurtful to her delicate constitution. Mrs. De Brooke, therefore, in her maternal anxieties, determined to resort with her daughter a second time to Bath.
The General being so situated as to deem it of the utmost importance to present himself at the War Office, in order that the promises there made him might not sink into total forgetfulness, he was under the necessity of remaining in London, reserving to himself Rosilia for his companion.
During the absence of her mother and sister, and when her father was engaged in business,
