The String of Pearls (1850), p. 81

you here again, in order that I may tell you if I have made any discovery, and that you may tell me the same ; for my interest in Thornhill is that of a sincere friend, to say nothing of the deep interest in your happiness which I feel, and which now has become an element in^the transaction of the highest value?"
"I will come," said Johanna, "if I can come."
THE BARBER ACTS THE DUKE TO PAWN THE PEARLS.{Figure}
"You do not doubt?"
"No, no. I will come, and I hope to bring you some news of him in whom
you are so much interested. It shall be no fault of mine if I come not."
"He walked with her from the gardens, and together they passed the shop of Sweeney Todd, but the door was close shut, and they saw nothing of the barber,