The Wild Irish Girl, Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan

• Letter XXIV
• Horatio drops an exact quote he snooped written on Glorvina's book by a mystery writer:
• This I said, in the irascability of my jealous heart, for, though to warm for another, oh! how cold for me!
• Letter XXV
• The Prince asks Horatio to travel to Ulster with Father John:
• I need not tell you that I complied with this request with seeming readiness, but with real reluctance.
• Father John, the priest, and Horatio have their common debate:
• Weared by a conversation in which my heart now took little interest, I made the palinode of my prejudices, and concluded by saying, 'I perceive that on this ground I am always destined to be vanquished, yet always to win by the loss, and gain by the defeat; and therefore I ought not in common policy to cease to oppose, until nothing further can be gained by opposition.'
• Letter XXVIII
• Horatio is excited to return to Inismore... and reveal himself to Glorvina:
• In short, I had resolved to confess my name and rank to Glorvina, to offer her my hand, and to trust the affection of our fond and indulgent fathers for forgiveness.
• Horatio spies Glorvina sealing a letter, crying, kissing it, placing it on her bosom, and then giving it to the post boy:
• Motionless, transfixed, I leaned for support against the frame of the door until Glorvina, having finished her letter and sealed it, arose to depart; then I had the presence of mind to steal away and conceal myself in the dark recess of the corridor.
• Glorvina checks on Horatio, who is visibly ill. She worries that something worse has happened to her sick father, but Horatio assures her its just him:
• 'And therefore, Mortimer, is it nothing to Glorvina,' she softly replied;
• Horatio tricks the nurse to get some information about where Glorvina got her book, who Horatio now understands must be the mystery man receiving Glorvina's letter. The nurse gives Horatio the information he seeks:
• I found this mysterious visitant was some unfortunate gentlemen who had attached himself to the rebellious faction of the day, and who being pursued nearly to the gates of the castle of Inismore, had thrown himself on the mercy of the prince; who, with the romantic sense of honour which distinguishes his chivalrous character, had not violated the trust thus forced on him, but granted an asylum to the unfortunate refugee; who, by the most prepossessing manners and eminent endowments, had dazzled the fancy and won the hearts of this unsuspecting and credulous family; while over the minds of Glorvina and her father he had obtained a boundless influence.
• Horatio spies Glorvina meeting this mystery man outside the castle. He knows this man is her lover:
• My doubts were now lost in certain conviction; my trembling heart no longer vibrated between a lingering hope and a dreadful fear. I was deceived, and another was beloved.
• Horatio resolves to leave Inismore, never to return:
• I shall have then seen the castle of Inismore for the last time--the last time!
• Letter XXVII
• Letter XXIX
• Letter XXX
• Conclusion