er father's.

[_A&M_:

--"Something extraordinary (said Mrs. Vincent) has prevented her
coming. Perhaps she is ill." Alonzo shuddered at the suggestion. He
looked at his watch; it was half past eleven o'clock. Again he
hastily sallied out, and took the road to her father's.]

The night was exceedingly dark, being illuminated only by the feeble
glimmering of the twinkling stars. When he came within sight of the
house, and as he drew near, no lights were visible, all was still and
silent. He entered the yard, walked up the avenue, and approached the
door. A solemn stillness prevailed around, interrupted only by the
discordance of nightly insects. The dwelling was shrouded in darkness.
In Alida's room no gleam of light appeared.

[_A&M_:

The night was exceedingly dark, and illuminated only by the feeble
glimmering of the twinkling stars. When he came within sight of the
house, and as he drew near, no lights were visible, all was still
and silent. He entered the yard, walked up the avenue, and
approached the door.... A solemn stillness prevailed all around,
interrupted only by the discordance of the nightly insects, and the
hooting of the moping owl, from the neighboring forest. The dwelling
was shrouded in darkness. In Melissa's room no gleam of light
appeared.]

"They are all buried in sleep," said Theodore, deeply sighing, and I
have only to return in disappointment.

[_A&M_:

"They are all buried in sleep, (said Alonzo, deeply sighing) and I
have only to return in disappointment."
...]

Theodore now withdrew slowly from the place, and repassed the way he
came. As he went back through the garden, he found a person standing at
the foot of it, near the road. After a moment's scrutiny, he perceived
it to be Bonville.

[_A&M_:

Alonzo withdrew slowly from the place, and repassed the way he came.
As he jumped back over the garden wall, he found a man standing at
its foot, very near him; after a moment's scrutiny he perceived it
to be Beauman.]

"What, my chevalier, why are you here?" said he to Theodore. "Hast thou,
then, eluded the watchful eyes of Argus, and the vigilance of the
dragon?"

[_A&M_:

"What, my chevalier, [said he to Alonzo] such an adept in the
amorous science already? Hast thou then eluded the watchful eyes of
Argus, and the vigilance of the dragon!"]

[[In _Alonzo and Melissa_, "Argus" and "the dragon" are two