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But , an affectionate glance at his wife , so happy and busy , made him resolute not to tell her what impended -LRB- he had been half moved to do it , so strange it was to him to act in anything without her quiet aid -RRB- , and the day passed quickly . Early in the evening he embraced her , and her scarcely less dear namesake , pretending that he would return by-and-bye -LRB- an imaginary engagement took him out , and he had secreted a valise of clothes ready -RRB- , and so he emerged into the heavy mist of the heavy streets , with a heavier heart . The unseen force was drawing him fast to itself , now , and all the tides and winds were setting straight and strong towards it . He left his two letters with a trusty porter , to be delivered half an hour before midnight , and no sooner ; took horse for Dover ; and began his journey . `` For the love of Heaven , of justice , of generosity , of the honour of your noble name ! '' was the poor prisoner 's cry with which he strengthened his sinking heart , as he left all that was dear on earth behind him , and floated away for the Loadstone Rock . The end of the second book .