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But I presume that , as a former servant of the family , he shares in the general attachment which all about her manifest for Miss Walladmor . On this account I have placed him on guard in the only station which is of any importance . It will be necessary , I must add , that he should go out of the way for a time after the escape of the prisoner . `` Wishing , my dear Miss Walladmor , in secret that success to your enterprize on this occasion -- which , on all other occasions , I shall be proud to wish you openly , -- I remain , with the greatest regard , `` Your faithful and devoted servant , `` 5 o'clock . `` CHARLES DAVENANT . '' This note relieved Miss Walladmor from much of her anxiety : for Thomas Godber was not only deeply attached to the family , having been a servant about the castle from his boyish days ; but of late he had been bound in a new tie of gratitude to Miss Walladmor by the sanction which she had given to his future marriage with Grace , to whom Tom had long been a zealous suitor . Grace was not less rejoiced on hearing of the arrangement which Sir Charles had made ; and answered for Tom 's services with the air of one who claimed more unlimited obedience from him , in the character of lover , than his colonel or his sovereign could exact of him in those of soldier and subject .