Clumber chase; or, Love's riddle solved by a royal sphinxA tale of the restoration . eward of £1,000 for tidings ofhis sons whereabouts, living or dead ; but all invain ! and in another fortnight the King receivedan answer to his autograph letter to Mrs. PhillidaBroderick, but not from her—she being confined * Irish for footman. 132 Clumber Ckase. 1670. to her bed, and too ill to write—but from hisMajest/s Physician in Ordinary, Sir John Baber,then in close attendance upon her. This letterstated that Captain Broderick was not, neitherhad he been, at Clumber Chase, where the lasttidings of him
Clumber chase; or, Love's riddle solved by a royal sphinxA tale of the restoration . eward of £1,000 for tidings ofhis sons whereabouts, living or dead ; but all invain ! and in another fortnight the King receivedan answer to his autograph letter to Mrs. PhillidaBroderick, but not from her—she being confined * Irish for footman. 132 Clumber Ckase. 1670. to her bed, and too ill to write—but from hisMajest/s Physician in Ordinary, Sir John Baber,then in close attendance upon her. This letterstated that Captain Broderick was not, neitherhad he been, at Clumber Chase, where the lasttidings of him were contained in a letter writtenby him to his aunt the day before he was to havesailed in The Surprise for Tangier. Every-one was unaffectedly sorry for this mysteriousand alarming disappearance; but everyone, ofcourse, both felt, and expressed their sorrow intheir own way;—and Mr. Pepys way was toremark— ^ 1 do feel much troubled at poor young Brode-ricks untoward fate ; but at all events^ I ammighty glad that Mr. Sheres is safe off toTangier! 1670. Clumber Chase. 133. CHAPTER YII. THE UNWELCOME GUEST. EITHER Dorothy nor Mrs. Nevillehad heard a syllable about GilbertBrodericks most strange and mys-terious disappearance on the eve ofLis intended voyage, for which he had been solong preparing, and for which every preparationhad been completed. It is true, they might haveheard of it weeks before from Oliver Hartsfoot,as soon as Ferrol had communicated it to him,but he was always reluctant to be the first bearerof ill-tidings to anyone, but more especially tothose he loved, and as Gilberts absence at Tan-gier was to have been for three years, he thoughtthat surely, long before that time had expired,the mystery must be solved one way or the other,if their worst fears were realized, and he had losthis life through some foul play. Come whenthey might, the tidings would only reach Dorothytoo soon ! and if, on the other hand, he re-ap-peared, and his absence, mysterious and
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