THE DISCARDED SON; OR, HAUNT OF THE BANDITTI : A Tale. IN FIVE VOLUMES. BY REGINA MARIA ROCHE, AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY; MAID OF THE HAMLET; A. K. NEWMAN & CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. 1825. SJK THE DISCARDED SON. CHAP. I. "Under how hard a fate are women born! WALL. ELIZABETH Could not conceive what could be the cause of the malignant and dis ainful glances she received from Mrs. Ruthven and Miss Rae. She had been introduced to them in a way to entitle her to their respect, and was fully sensible there was nothing in her own manner calculated to offend. If the rest of Mrs. Dunbar's visitors deported themselves in a |