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In the morning Mr. Graham announced his intention of going in quest of Durward , and with a magnanimity quite praiseworthy , Uncle Timothy offered his _ hoss _ and wagon `` for nothin ' , provided Mr. Graham would leave his watch as a guaranty against _ his _ runnin ' off ! '' Just as Mr. Graham was about to start , a horseman rode up , saying he had come from Canandaigua at the request of a Mr. Bellmont , who wished him to bring letters for Mr. Graham and Miss Rivers . `` And where is Mr. Bellmont ? '' asked Mr. Graham , to which the man replied , that he took the six o'clock train the night before , saying , further , that his manner was so strange as to induce a suspicion of insanity on the part of those who saw him . Taking the package , Mr. Graham repaired to ` Lena 's room , giving her her letter , and then reading his , which was full of bitterness , denouncing him as a villain and cautioning him , as he valued his life , never again to cross the track of his outraged step-son . `` You have robbed me , '' he wrote , `` of all I hold most dear , and while I do not censure her the less , I blame you the more , for you are older in experience , older in years , and ten-fold older in sin , and I know you must have used every art your foul nature could suggest , ere you won my lost ` Lena from the path of rectitude . '' In the utmost astonishment Mr. Graham looked up at ` Lena , who had fainted .