XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. BOOK II I. II. III. IV. V. VI. A SECRET INHERITANCE. BOOK THE FIRST (Continued). THE RECORD OF GABRIEL CAREW. VOL. II. CHAPTER XIV. "I travelled for many months alone. I made acquaintances which never ripened into friendships, and seldom did twenty-four hours pass without my thoughts wandering to Silvain. Thinking it not unlikely that one or both of the brothers had returned to their home in Germany, I wrote several letters to them there, without receiving an answer. This portentous silence increased rather than diminished my interest in the man I loved