knowher
change
of
nurses
.
"
"
I
do
not
doubt
your
care
,
love
,
but
I
fear
the
least
movement
will
disturb
this
poor
child
,
and
she
has
had
such
a
restless
night
,
I
want
her
to
sleep
as
long
as
she
can
.
Your
thoughtful
care
has
so
refreshed
me
,
that
I
feel
quite
strong
again
,
so
go
and
finish
your
breakfast
in
comfort
,
dearest
.
"
Caroline
very
unwillingly
obeyed
,
and
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
afterward
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
was
startled
by
the
sound
of
a
carriage
advancing
with
unusual
velocity
to
the
house
.
It
stopped
at
the
main
entrance
,
and
she
had
scarcely
time
to
wonder
who
could
be
such
very
early
visitors
,
when
a
loud
scream
,
in
the
voice
of
Emmeline
,
rung
in
her
ears
;
whether
of
joy
or
grief
she
could
not
distinguish
,
but
it
was
the
voice
of
her
child
,
and
the
already
tortured
nerves
of
the
wife
and
mother
could
not
bear
it
without
a
sensation
of
terror
,
amounting
to
absolute
agony
.
She
laid
Ellen
's
head
tenderly
on
the
pillow
,
watched
over
her
,
though
her
limbs
so
trembled
she
could
scarcely
support
herself
,
saw
with
intense
relief
that
the
movement
had
not
disturbed
her
quiet
sleep
,
and
calling
Mrs.
Langford
from
an
adjoining
room
,
hastily
descended
the
stairs
,
though
how
she
did
so
,
and
entered
the
breakfast-room
,
she
always
said
she
never
knew
.
Many
and
eager
and
glad
voices
were
speaking
at
once
;
the
very
servants
thronged
the
hall
and
threshold
of
the
room
,
but
all
made
way
for
her
.
"
Arthur
!
—
my
husband
!
"
she
did
find
voice
to
exclaim
,
but
every
object
but
his
figure
reeled
before
her
,
and
she
fainted
in
his
arms
.
It
was
some
time
before
she
recovered
,
for
mind
and
frame
had
been
too
long
overtasked
;
and
Mr.
Hamilton
,
as
he
clasped
her
in
his
arms
,
beseeching
her
only
to
speak
to
him
,
and
gazed
on
her
deathlike
countenance
,
felt
in
a
moment
that
great
as
his
anxiety
had
been
for
her
,
he
had
not
imagined
one-half
she
had
endured
.
His
voice
—
his
kiss
—
seemed
to
rouse
the
scattered
senses
,
even
more
effectually
than
Miss
Harcourt
's
anxiously
proffered
remedies
;
but
she
could
not
speak
,
she
only
looked
up
in
his
face
,
as
if
to
be
quite
,
quite
sure
he
had
indeed
returned
;
that
her
vague
fancies
of
danger
,
even
if
they
had
foundation
,
had
merged
in
the
most
blissful
reality
,
that
she
was
no
longer
alone
;
and
leaning
her
head
on
his
bosom
,
was
only
conscious
of
a
thankfulness
too
deep
for
words
;
a
repose
that
,
since
his
departure
,
she
had
not
known
for
a
single
day
.
Neither
she
nor
her
husband
could
believe
that
it
was
only
six
months
since
they
had
been
separated
.
It
seemed
,
and
to
Mrs.
Hamilton
especially
,
as
if
she
must
have
lived
through
years
in
that
time
,
it
had
been
so
fraught
with
sorrow
.
"
Not
one
word
,
my
own
dearest
!
and
only
these
pallid
cheeks
and
heavy
eyes
to
greet
me
.
Must
I
reproach
you
directly
I
come
home
,
for
,
as
usual
,
not
thinking
enough
of
yourself
;
forgetting
how
precious
is
that
self
to
so
many
,
your
husband
above
all
?
"
"
Nay
,
papa
,
you
shall
not
scold
mamma
,
"
said
Emmeline
,
eagerly
,
as
her
mother
tried
to
smile
and
speak
in
answer
.
"
She
ought
to
scold
you
,
for
not
sending
us
one
line
to
prepare
us
for
your
unexpected
presence
,
and
frightening
us
all
by
coming
so
suddenly
upon
us
,
and
making
mamma
faint
,
as
I
never
saw
her
do
before
.
Indeed
I
do
not
like
it
,
mother
darling
!
"
continued
the
affectionate
girl
,
kneeling
down
by
her
mother
,
and
clinging
to
her
,
adding
,
in
a
suppressed
,
terrified
voice
,
"
It
was
so
like
death
.
"
Mrs.
Hamilton
read
in
a
moment
that
Emmeline
's
playfulness
was
only
assumed
to
hide
strong
emotion
;
that
she
was
trying
very
hard
for
complete
control
,
but
so
trembling
,
that
she
knelt
down
,
literally
because
she
could
not
stand
.
It
was
such
a
proof
of
her
endeavor
to
profit
by
her
mother
's
gentle
lessons
,
that
even
at
that
moment
it
not
only
gave
her
the
sweetest
gratification
,
but
helped
her
to
rouse
herself
.
"
Indeed
,
I
think
you
are
perfectly
right
,
Emmy
,
"
she
said
,
quite
in
her
usual
voice
,
as
she
pressed
her
child
a
moment
to
her
,
and
kissed
her
cheek
,
which
was
almost
as
pale
as
her
own
.
"
I
will
not
submit
to
any
scolding
,
when
papa
himself
is
answerable
for
my
unusual
weakness
;
but
as
we
wanted
him
so
very
much
,
why
,
we
will
be
lenient
with
him
,
and
only
keep
him
prisoner
with
us
for
some
time
to
come
.
But
get
him
breakfast
quickly
,
Caroline
,
love
;
such
an
early
visitor
must
want
it
.
When
did
you
arrive
,
dearest
Arthur
?
"
she
added
,
looking
earnestly
in
his
face
,
and
half
wondering
at
the
expression
upon
it
,
it
seemed
to
speak
so
many
things
;
"
surely
not
this
morning
?
You
were
not
at
sea
in
yesterday
's
awful
storm
?
"
"
I
was
indeed
,
my
Emmeline
;
can
you
bear
to
hear
it
,
or
have
you
been
agitated
enough
already
?
I
have
been
in
danger
,
great
danger
,
but
our
Father
's
infinite
mercy
has
preserved
me
to
you
all
,
making
the
instrument
of
my
preservation
so
young
a
lad
and
slight
a
frame
,
I
know
not
how
sufficiently
to
bless
God
,
or
to
thank
my
preserver
.
"
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
hand
closed
convulsively
on
her
husband
's
;
her
eyes
riveted
on
his
countenance
as
if
she
would
grasp
his
whole
meaning
at
once
,
but
little
did
she
guess
the
whole
.
"
I
did
not
come
alone
,
"
he
added
,
striving
for
composure
,
and
even
playfulness
,
"
though
it
seems
I
was
such
an
important
personage
,
as
to
be
the
only
one
seen
or
thought
about
.
"
"
By-the-by
,
I
did
see
,
or
fancied
I
saw
,
Edward
,
"
rejoined
Caroline
,
who
,
at
the
news
of
her
father
having
been
in
danger
,
had
left
the
breakfast-table
,
unable
to
keep
away
from
him
,
even
that
short
distance
,
but
neither
she
,
nor
either
of
the
others
,
connecting
her
cousin
with
Mr.
Hamilton
's
words
,
and
not
quite
understanding
why
he
should
have
so
interrupted
the
most
interesting
subject
.
"
He
has
gone
to
see
Ellen
,
I
suppose
,
and
so
we
have
missed
him
.
Was
he
your
companion
,
papa
?
How
and
where
did
you
meet
him
?
"
"
Let
him
answer
for
himself
!
"
replied
Mr.
Hamilton
,
still
determinately
hiding
his
feelings
under
a
tone
and
manner
of
jest
,
and
leaving
his
wife
's
side
for
a
moment
,
he
drew
Edward
from
the
recess
of
the
window
,
where
all
this
time
he
had
been
standing
quite
unobserved
,
and
led
him
forward
.
"
Good
heavens
!
Edward
,
what
have
you
been
about
?
"
exclaimed
Miss
Harcourt
,
and
her
exclamation
was
echoed
by
Caroline
and
Emmeline
,
while
Mrs.
Hamilton
gazed
at
him
in
bewildered
alarm
.
He
was
deadly
pale
,
with
every
appearance
of
exhaustion
,
and
a
most
disfiguring
patch
on
his
left
brow
,
which
he
had
tried
in
vain
to
hide
with
his
hair
.
"
You
have
been
fighting
.
"
"
Only
with
the
elements
,
Miss
Harcourt
,
and
they
have
rather
tired
me
,
that
is
all
;
I
shall
be
well
in
a
day
or
two
.
Do
n't
look
so
terrified
,
dear
aunt
,
"
he
answered
,
with
the
same
attempt
at
jest
as
his
uncle
,
and
throwing
himself
lightly
on
an
ottoman
by
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
he
laid
his
head
very
quietly
on
her
lap
.
"
Fighting
—
and
with
the
elements
?
Arthur
,
dearest
Arthur
,
for
pity
's
sake
tell
me
the
whole
truth
at
once
;
it
can
not
be
—
"
"
And
why
should
it
not
,
my
beloved
?
"
(
there
was
no
attempt
at
jest
now
)
.
"
He
to
whom
your
care
has
preserved
a
sister
—
whom
your
indulgent
love
has
given
courage
to
resolve
that
error
shall
be
conquered
,
and
he
will
become
all
we
can
wish
him
—
whom
you
took
to
your
heart
and
home
when
motherless
—
God
has
mercifully
made
the
instrument
of
saving
your
husband
from
a
watery
grave
,
and
giving
back
their
father
to
your
children
!
"
"
To
be
associated
in
your
heart
with
other
thoughts
than
those
of
ingratitude
,
and
cruelty
,
and
sin
!
Oh
,
aunt
Emmeline
,
I
can
not
thank
God
enough
for
permitting
me
this
great
mercy
,
"
were
the
only
words
poor
Edward
could
speak
,
when
the
first
intensity
of
his
aunt
's
emotion
was
in
some
degree
conquered
,
and
she
could
look
in
his
young
face
,
though
her
eyes
were
almost
blinded
with
tears
,
and
putting
back
the
bright
hair
which
the
rain
and
spray
had
so
uncurled
,
as
to
lay
heavy
and
damp
upon
his
pale
forehead
,
she
imprinted
a
long
,
silent
kiss
upon
it
,
and
looking
alternately
at
him
and
her
husband
,
seemed
powerless
to
realize
any
other
thought
.
Mr.
Hamilton
briefly
,
but
most
eloquently
,
narrated
the
events
of
the
previous
night
,
dwelling
only
sufficiently
on
his
imminent
peril
,
to
evince
the
real
importance
of
Edward
's
extraordinary
exertions
,
not
to
harrow
the
feelings
of
his
listeners
more
than
need
be
.
That
the
young
officer
's
determined
opposition
to
the
almost
angrily
expressed
opinions
of
Captain
Harvey
and
old
Collins
as
to
the
better
landing-place
,
had
saved
them
from
the
effects
of
the
huge
wave
,
which
had
burst
like
a
water-spout
a
minute
after
they
had
all
leaped
in
safety
on
shore
,
almost
overwhelming
the
projecting
sand
to
which
Collins
had
wished
to
direct
the
boat
,
and
so
proving
at
once
Edward
's
far
superior
nautical
knowledge
,
for
had
they
steered
there
,
the
frail
bark
must
inevitably
have
been
upset
,
and
its
crew
washed
by
the
receding
torrent
back
to
sea
.
Harvey
and
Collins
acknowledged
their
error
at
once
,
and
looked
eagerly
for
Edward
to
say
so
to
him
,
but
he
had
vanished
the
moment
they
had
achieved
a
safe
landing
,
to
Mr.
Hamilton
's
annoyance
,
for
he
had
not
the
least
suspicion
who
he
was
,
and
only
longed
to
express
,
if
he
could
not
otherwise
evince
his
gratitude
,
Collins
and
Grey
refusing
the
smallest
credit
,
declaring
that
if
it
had
not
been
for
this
young
stranger
officer
,
of
whom
they
knew
nothing
,
not
even
his
name
,
not
a
man
would
have
stirred
;
that
for
any
fisherman
or
mere
ordinary
sailor
to
have
guided
the
boat
to
and
from
the
sinking
vessel
,
in
such
a
sea
,
was
so
impossible
,
that
no
one
would
have
attempted
it
;
old
Collins
ending
,
with
the
superstition
of
his
class
,
by
a
declaration
,
that
his
disappearance
convinced
his
already
more
than
suspicion
,
that
it
was
some
good
angel
in
a
boy
's
likeness
;
for
Arthur
Hamilton
would
never
have
been
permitted
so
to
perish
:
an
explanation
,
Mr.
Hamilton
added
,
laughingly
,
that
might
suit
his
Emmy
,
but
was
rather
too
fanciful
for
him
.
However
,
his
young
preserver
was
nowhere
to
be
found
,
but
,
to
his
extreme
astonishment
,
and
no
little
relief
(
for
now
that
he
was
so
near
home
,
his
anxiety
to
hear
of
all
,
especially
Ellen
,
whom
he
scarcely
dared
hope
to
find
alive
,
became
insupportable
)
,
Mr.
Howard
suddenly
stood
before
him
,
grasping
both
his
hands
,
without
the
power
,
for
a
minute
or
two
,
to
speak
.
Mr.
Hamilton
overwhelmed
him
with
questions
,
scarcely
giving
him
time
to
answer
one
before
he
asked
another
.
They
had
nearly
reached
the
hotel
,
when
Captain
Harvey
's
bluff
voice
was
heard
exclaiming
—
"
Here
he
is
,
Mr.
Hamilton
;
he
is
too
exhausted
to
escape
our
thanks
and
blessings
now
.
What
could
the
youngster
have
tried
to
hide
himself
for
?
"
But
before
Mr.
Hamilton
could
make
any
rejoinder
,
save
to
grasp
the
young
man
's
hands
strongly
in
his
own
,
Mr.
Howard
said
,
eagerly
—
"
Oblige
me
,
Captain
Harvey
;
take
that
boy
into
our
hotel
,
it
is
only
just
round
the
corner
;
make
him
take
off
his
dripping
jacket
,
and
give
him
some
of
your
sailor
's
stuff
.
He
is
not
quite
strong
enough
for
his
exertions
to-night
,
and
should
rest
at
once
.
"
Captain
Harvey
bore
him
off
,
almost
carrying
him
,
for
exertion
and
a
variety
of
emotions
had
rendered
him
faint
and
powerless
.
"
Do
you
know
him
,
Howard
?
who
and
what
is
he
?
"
But
Mr.
Howard
did
not
,
perhaps
could
not
reply
,
but
hurried
his
friend
on
to
the
hotel
;
and
entered
the
room
,
where
,
having
called
for
lights
,
and
all
the
ingredients
of
grog-punch
,
which
he
vowed
the
boy
should
have
instead
of
the
brandy
and
water
he
had
called
for
,
they
found
Edward
trying
to
laugh
,
and
protesting
against
all
coddling
;
he
was
perfectly
well
,
and
he
would
not
go
to
bed
,
and
could
not
imagine
what
right
Captain
Harvey
had
to
be
a
sailor
,
if
he
thought
so
much
of
a
storm
,
and
a
blow
,
and
a
wetting
.
"
Nor
should
I
,
if
you
were
sailor-rigged
;
but
what
business
have
you
with
this
overgrown
mast
of
a
figure
,
and
a
face
pale
and
delicate
as
a
woman
's
?
"
And
so
like
his
dying
mother
it
was
,
that
Mr.
Hamilton
stood
for
a
moment
on
the
threshold
,
completely
stupefied
.
We
leave
our
readers
to
imagine
the
rest
;
and
how
Captain
Harvey
carried
the
seemingly
marvelous
news
that
the
brave
young
officer
was
Mr.
Hamilton
's
own
nephew
,
over
the
town
,
and
in
every
fisherman
's
hut
,
in
a
miraculously
short
space
of
time
.
We
may
as
well
state
here
at
once
,
to
save
farther
retrospection
,
that
Mr.
Hamilton
,
by
the
active
and
admirable
assistance
of
Morton
,
had
,
after
a
three
months
'
residence
at
Feroe
,
perceived
that
he
might
return
to
England
much
sooner
than
he
had
at
first
anticipated
;
still
he
did
not
like
to
mention
even
the
probability
of
such
a
thing
to
his
family
,
till
perfectly
certain
himself
.
Morton
never
ceased
persuading
him
to
name
a
period
for
his
return
,
knowing
the
comfort
it
would
be
to
his
home
;
but
Mr.
Hamilton
could
not
bear
the
idea
of
leaving
his
friend
in
his
voluntary
banishment
so
many
months
sooner
than
they
had
reckoned
on
.
When
,
however
,
the
letters
came
from
Oakwood
,
detailing
Edward
's
return
,
and
the
discoveries
thence
proceeding
,
his
anxiety
and
,
let
it
be
owned
,
his
extreme
displeasure
against
his
nephew
,
prompted
his
return
at
once
.
Morton
not
only
conquered
every
objection
to
his
immediate
departure
,
but
tried
,
and
in
some
measure
succeeded
,
to
soften
his
anger
,
by
bringing
before
him
many
points
in
Mr.
Howard
's
letter
,
showing
real
,
good
,
and
true
repentance
in
the
offender
,
which
a
first
perusal
of
a
narrative
of
error
had
naturally
overlooked
.
The
seas
,
however
,
were
so
fearfully
tempestuous
and
the
winds
so
adverse
,
that
it
was
impossible
either
to
leave
Feroe
,
or
get
a
letter
conveyed
to
Scotland
,
for
a
full
fortnight
after
the
Siren
's
last
voyage
.
Nothing
but
the
extreme
urgency
of
the
case
,
increased
by
the
fact
that
the
detention
of
the
Siren
at
Wick
had
given
Mr.
Hamilton
a
double
packet
of
letters
,
but
the
second
,
though
dated
ten
days
later
,
gave
the
same
hopeless
account
of
Ellen
,
could
have
made
him
attempt
a
voyage
home
in
such
weather
;
yet
he
felt
he
could
not
rest
,
knowing
intuitively
the
misery
his
wife
must
be
enduring
,
and
scarcely
able
to
bear
even
the
thought
of
what
seemed
most
probable
,
that
Ellen
would
be
taken
from
her
,
and
the
aggravated
trial
it
would
be
.
The
voyage
was
a
terrible
one
,
for
length
and
heavy
gales
.
More
than
once
they
wished
to
put
into
port
,
that
Mr.
Hamilton
might
continue
his
journey
by
land
,
but
their
only
safety
seemed
keeping
out
at
sea
,
the
storm
threatening
to
dash
them
on
rock
or
shoal
,
whenever
in
sight
of
land
.
By
the
time
they
reached
the
Land
's
End
—
they
had
come
westward
of
England
,
instead
of
eastward
,
as
they
went
—
the
vessel
was
in
such
a
shattered
and
leaky
condition
,
that
Captain
Harvey
felt
and
acknowledged
,
she
could
not
weather
out
another
storm
.
The
calm
that
had
followed
the
heavy
gales
,
gave
hope
to
all
;
even
though
the
constant
shiftings
of
the
wind
,
which
was
now
not
more
than
what
,
in
sailor
's
parlance
,
is
called
a
cat's-paw
,
prevented
their
making
as
much
way
as
they
desired
.
At
length
they
were
within
twenty
miles
of
Dartmouth
,
and
not
a
doubt
of
their
safety
disturbed
them
,
until
the
darkening
atmosphere
,
the
sullen
rise
and
suppressed
roar
of
the
billows
,
the
wind
sobbing
and
wailing
at
first
,
and
then
bursting
into
that
awful
gale
,
which
we
have
before
described
,
banished
every
human
hope
at
once
.
The
rudder
snapped
;
every
half-hour
the
water
gained
upon
the
hold
,
though
every
man
worked
the
pumps
.
There
was
not
a
shred
of
canvas
,
but
the
masts
,
and
yards
,
and
stays
bent
and
snapped
like
reeds
before
the
blast
.
To
guide
her
was
impossible
;
she
was
driven
on
—
on
—
till
she
struck
on
a
reef
of
rock
about
a
mile
,
or
less
,
perhaps
from
Dartmouth
.
Then
came
their
signals
of
distress
,
as
a
last
lone
hope
,
for
the
crew
of
the
Siren
were
all
too
good
seamen
to
dare
believe
a
boat
could
either
be
pushed
off
,
or
live
in
such
a
sea
.
Their
wonder
,
their
hope
,
their
intense
thankfulness
,
when
it
was
discovered
,
may
be
imagined
.
The
rest
is
known
.
"
And
how
did
you
get
this
disfiguring
blow
,
my
dear
Edward
?
"
inquired
his
aunt
,
whose
eyes
,
it
seemed
,
would
turn
upon
him
,
as
if
impossible
to
connect
that
slight
figure
with
such
immense
exertions
—
though
some
time
had
passed
,
and
a
social
,
happy
breakfast
,
round
which
all
still
lingered
,
had
enabled
them
to
subdue
too
painful
emotion
,
and
only
to
be
conscious
of
the
most
deep
and
grateful
joy
.
"
Pray
do
not
call
it
disfiguring
,
aunt
;
I
am
quite
proud
of
it
.
Last
night
I
could
have
dispensed
with
such
a
striking
mark
of
affection
from
the
poor
Siren
,
though
I
really
hardly
felt
it
,
except
that
the
blood
would
trickle
in
my
eye
,
and
almost
blind
me
,
when
I
wanted
all
my
sight
and
senses
too
.
But
this
morning
Mr.
Howard
has
made
such
a
kind
fuss
about
it
,
that
I
think
it
must
be
something
grand
.
"
"
But
what
did
you
hide
yourself
for
,
Ned
?
"
demanded
Emmeline
,
all
her
high
spirits
recalled
.
Her
cousin
hesitated
and
a
flush
mounted
to
his
forehead
.
"
It
was
fear
,
Emmeline
;
absolute
fear
!
"
"
Fear
!
"
she
repeated
,
laughing
;
"
of
what
?
of
all
the
bogies
and
spirits
of
the
winds
and
waves
,
whose
wrath
you
dared
,
by
venturing
to
oppose
them
?
Nonsense
,
Edward
!
you
will
never
make
me
believe
that
.
"
"
Because
you
do
not
know
me
,
"
he
answered
,
with
startling
earnestness
.
"
How
can
your
gentle
nature
understand
the
incongruities
of
mine
?
or
loving
your
father
as
you
do
,
and
as
he
deserves
,
comprehend
the
dread
,
belief
in
his
unpitying
sternness
to
youthful
error
,
which
from
my
childhood
he
held
—
he
holds
—
my
fate
,
forgiveness
or
exposure
,
and
how
could
I
meet
him
calmly
?
Emmeline
,
Emmeline
,
if
I
had
been
but
as
morally
brave
as
I
may
be
physically
,
I
should
have
had
nothing
to
dread
,
nothing
to
hide
.
As
it
is
,
uncle
Hamilton
,
judge
,
act
,
decide
as
you
would
,
if
I
had
not
been
the
undeserved
means
of
saving
you
—
it
will
be
the
best
for
me
;
"
and
,
rising
hurriedly
,
he
left
the
room
before
any
one
could
reply
.
"
But
you
will
forgive
him
,
papa
;
you
will
try
him
again
;
and
I
am
sure
he
will
be
morally
brave
,
too
,
"
pleaded
Emmeline
;
her
sister
and
Miss
Harcourt
joining
in
the
entreaty
and
belief
,
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
looking
in
his
face
without
uttering
a
word
.
Mr.
Hamilton
's
answer
seemed
to
satisfy
all
parties
.
Ellen
meanwhile
had
awoke
,
quite
refreshed
,
and
all
pain
gone
,
been
dressed
and
conveyed
to
her
daily
quarters
,
the
events
of
the
morning
entirely
unknown
to
her
;
for
though
the
joyful
news
,
spreading
like
wildfire
through
the
house
,
had
reached
Mrs.
Langford
's
ears
,
and
made
her
very
happy
,
she
had
quite
judgment
enough
,
even
without
a
message
to
the
effect
from
her
mistress
,
to
keep
it
from
Ellen
till
carefully
prepared
.
"
What
can
I
say
to
my
little
Ellen
for
deserting
her
so
long
?
"
inquired
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
playfully
,
as
she
entered
her
room
,
about
twelve
o'clock
,
after
a
long
private
conversation
with
her
husband
.
"
I
wish
you
would
tell
me
you
had
been
lying
down
,
dear
aunt
;
it
would
satisfy
me
better
than
any
other
reason
.
"
"
Because
you
think
it
would
do
me
the
most
good
,
dearest
.
But
look
at
me
,
and
tell
me
if
you
do
not
think
I
must
have
been
trying
some
equally
efficacious
remedy
.
"
Ellen
did
look
,
and
so
radiant
was
that
kind
face
with
happiness
,
that
she
was
startled
.
"
What
has
happened
,
aunt
Emmeline
?
You
have
heard
from
my
uncle
,
"
she
added
,
her
voice
trembling
.
"
What
does
he
say
?
—
will
he
—
"
"
He
says
,
you
must
summon
all
your
smiles
to
greet
him
,
love
;
for
he
hopes
to
be
with
us
very
,
very
shortly
,
so
you
will
not
wonder
at
my
joy
?
"
Ellen
tried
to
sympathize
in
it
;
but
Mrs.
Hamilton
soon
saw
that
her
perhaps
near
dread
of
what
should
be
her
uncle
's
judgment
on
her
brother
and
herself
,
prevented
all
pleasurable
anticipation
of
his
arrival
,
and
that
the
only
effectual
way
of
removing
it
was
to
let
them
meet
as
soon
as
possible
.
CHAPTER
XIII
.
FORGIVENESS
.
Three
days
after
Mr.
Hamilton
's
arrival
,
a
cheerful
party
assembled
in
his
wife
's
dressing-room
,
which
,
in
its
elegant
appurtenances
—
signs
as
they
were
,
of
a
most
refined
and
beautiful
taste
—
certainly
deserved
a
higher
appellation
;
but
boudoir
,
Percy
had
always
declared
,
did
not
harmonize
at
all
with
the
old
English
comforts
of
Oakwood
,
and
he
would
not
have
a
French
word
to
designate
his
mother
's
room
especially
.
Ellen
was
on
her
sofa
working
;
Edward
,
who
she
thought
had
only
returned
that
morning
,
at
her
side
,
reading
;
Caroline
and
Emmeline
,
drawing
,
the
one
with
some
degree
of
perseverance
,
the
other
with
none
at
all
.
It
seemed
as
if
she
could
not
sit
still
,
and
her
wild
sallies
,
and
snatches
of
old
songs
,
repeatedly
made
Miss
Harcourt
look
up
from
her
book
,
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
from
her
work
,
surprised
.
"
Emmeline
,
I
can
not
draw
,
"
exclaimed
Caroline
,
at
length
;
"
you
are
making
the
table
as
restless
as
yourself
.
"
"
Why
can
you
not
say
it
was
moved
by
an
irresistible
sympathy
?
It
is
most
extraordinary
that
you
will
still
speak
plain
matter-of-fact
,
when
I
am
doing
all
I
can
to
make
you
poetical
.
"
"
But
what
am
I
to
poetize
on
now
,
Emmeline
?
—
the
table
,
or
yourself
?
because
,
at
present
,
they
are
the
only
subjects
under
consideration
,
and
I
really
can
not
see
any
thing
very
poetical
in
either
.
"
"
Not
even
in
me
,
Lina
?
"
archly
replied
Emmeline
,
bending
down
so
that
her
face
should
come
before
her
sister
,
instead
of
her
copy
,
which
was
a
very
pretty
,
small
marble
figure
.
"
Now
,
if
you
were
not
the
most
determined
piece
of
prose
in
the
world
,
you
would
find
poetry
even
in
my
face
.
"
For
,
lo
!
the
artist
no
more
gazed
On
features
still
and
cold
;
He
stood
,
bewilder
'd
and
amazed
,
As
living
charms
unfold
.
"
As
if
touch
'd
by
yon
orient
ray
,
The
stone
to
life
had
warm
'd
;
For
round
the
lip
such
bright
smiles
play
,
As
never
sculptor
form
'd
.
There
,
Caroline
,
that
is
what
you
ought
to
have
felt
.
If
I
can
make
poetry
on
my
own
face
—
"
"
Poetry
on
yourself
!
Why
,
Emmeline
,
I
thought
you
were
repeating
a
verse
of
some
old
poet
,
with
which
I
am
unacquainted
.
I
really
beg
your
pardon
.
I
did
not
know
your
favorite
Muse
had
dubbed
you
follower
as
well
as
worshipper
.
"
"
Nor
did
I
till
this
moment
.
She
feared
for
her
reputation
near
such
a
love
of
prose
as
you
are
,
and
so
touched
me
with
inspiration
.
I
am
exceedingly
obliged
to
her
;
but
even
if
I
failed
to
make
you
poetical
,
Caroline
,
you
might
have
emulated
Cowper
,
and
instead
of
singing
the
'
Sofa
,
'
sung
the
'
Table
.
'
Indeed
I
think
a
very
pretty
poem
might
be
made
of
it
.
Look
at
the
variety
of
tasteful
and
useful
things
laid
on
a
table
—
and
there
it
stands
in
the
midst
of
them
,
immovable
,
cold
,
insensible
just
like
one
on
whom
we
heap
favors
upon
favors
,
and
who
remains
so
wrapped
in
self
,
as
to
be
utterly
indifferent
to
all
.
Now
,
Caroline
,
put
that
into
rhyme
,
or
blank
verse
,
if
you
prefer
it
;
it
is
a
new
idea
,
at
least
.
"
"
So
new
,
"
replied
her
sister
,
laughing
,
"
that
I
think
I
will
send
it
to
Percy
,
and
request
him
to
turn
it
into
a
Greek
or
Latin
ode
;
it
will
be
so
much
grander
than
my
English
version
.
You
have
so
astonished
mamma
,
Emmeline
,
by
your
mad
mood
,
that
she
has
actually
put
down
her
work
.
"
"
I
am
so
glad
!
"
replied
Emmeline
,
springing
to
her
mother
's
side
;
"
I
like
other
people
to
be
as
idle
as
myself
.
"
"
But
there
is
a
medium
in
all
things
,
young
lady
,
"
answered
her
mother
,
half-gravely
,
half
in
Emmeline
's
own
tone
;
"
and
I
rather
think
your
conscience
is
telling
you
,
that
it
is
not
quite
right
to
desert
one
Muse
for
another
,
as
you
are
doing
now
.
"
"
Oh
,
but
my
drawing
must
wait
till
her
Muse
inspires
me
again
.
Poetry
does
not
always
come
,
and
her
visits
are
so
delightful
!
"
"
Then
I
am
afraid
you
will
think
me
very
harsh
,
Emmeline
;
but
delightful
as
they
are
,
I
must
not
have
them
always
encouraged
.
If
you
encourage
the
idea
of
only
working
when
the
fit
of
inspiration
comes
upon
you
—
in
plain
words
,
only
when
you
feel
inclined
—
you
will
fritter
life
away
without
one
solid
thought
or
acquirement
.
You
think
now
,
perhaps
,
habituated
as
you
are
to
employment
,
that
this
is
impossible
;
but
you
are
just
of
an
age
to
demand
very
strict
watchfulness
over
yourself
to
prevent
it
.
Now
that
you
are
emerging
from
the
routine
of
childhood
's
lessons
,
and
too
old
to
be
compelled
to
do
that
which
is
right
,
and
—
rendering
your
task
of
control
more
difficult
—
more
susceptible
to
poetry
,
and
what
you
term
inspiration
,
than
ever
,
you
must
try
and
infuse
a
little
of
Caroline
's
steady
,
matter-of-fact
into
your
poetry
,
instead
of
almost
despising
it
,
as
so
cold
and
disagreeable
.
Now
,
do
not
look
so
very
sad
,
and
so
very
serious
,
love
,
and
jump
at
the
conclusion
that
I
am
displeased
,
because
I
speak
seriously
.
I
love
your
joyousness
far
too
dearly
to
check
it
,
or
wish
you
to
do
so
,
especially
in
your
own
family
;
but
just
as
you
have
learned
the
necessity
of
,
and
evinced
so
well
and
so
feelingly
,
control
in
emotions
of
sorrow
,
my
Emmeline
,
so
I
am
quite
sure
you
will
trust
my
experience
,
and
practice
control
,
even
in
the
pleasant
inspiration
of
poetry
and
joy
.
"
Emmeline
sat
very
quiet
for
several
minutes
;
she
was
just
in
that
mood
of
extreme
hilarity
which
renders
control
excessively
difficult
,
and
causes
the
least
check
upon
it
to
be
felt
as
harsh
and
unkind
,
and
almost
to
bring
tears
.
She
was
not
too
perfect
to
escape
from
feeling
all
this
,
even
though
the
person
who
had
caused
it
was
the
mother
she
so
dearly
loved
;
but
she
did
not
give
way
to
it
.
A
few
minutes
'
hard
struggle
,
and
the
momentary
temper
was
so
conquered
,
that
,
with
an
even
more
than
usually
warm
kiss
,
she
promised
to
think
quite
seriously
on
all
her
mother
said
;
and
,
an
effort
far
more
difficult
,
was
just
as
joyous
as
before
.
"
I
have
made
so
many
mistakes
in
my
drawing
,
mamma
,
I
really
do
not
think
I
can
go
on
with
it
to-day
;
do
let
me
help
you
,
I
will
take
such
pains
with
my
work
,
it
shall
be
almost
as
neat
as
yours
;
and
then
,
though
my
fingers
are
employed
,
at
least
I
may
go
on
talking
.
"
Mrs.
Hamilton
assented
,
telling
her
she
might
talk
as
much
as
she
pleased
,
with
one
of
those
peculiar
smiles
of
approval
which
ever
made
Emmeline
's
heart
throb
,
for
they
always
told
her
,
that
the
thoughts
and
feelings
,
and
secret
struggle
with
temper
,
which
she
imagined
must
be
known
only
to
herself
,
her
mother
by
some
mysterious
power
had
discovered
,
and
rewarded
.
"
Edward
what
are
you
so
deep
in
?
—
'
Fragments
of
Voyages
and
Travels
'
—
I
thought
it
was
something
much
deeper
than
that
by
the
deep
attention
you
are
giving
it
.
You
should
dip
in
oceans
,
not
in
fragments
of
water
,
Ned
.
"
"
I
did
not
feel
inclined
for
the
exertion
,
"
he
replied
,
smiling
.
"
Do
you
know
,
"
she
continued
,
"
when
I
first
read
that
book
,
which
I
did
merely
because
I
had
a
lurking
sort
of
affection
for
a
handsome
cousin
of
mine
who
was
a
sailor
,
I
was
so
charmed
with
the
tricks
you
all
played
in
the
cockpit
,
that
I
was
seized
with
a
violent
desire
to
don
a
middy
's
dress
,
and
come
after
you
;
it
would
have
made
such
a
pretty
story
,
too
;
but
I
did
not
think
mamma
and
papa
would
quite
approve
of
it
,
so
I
desisted
.
Should
I
not
make
a
very
handsome
boy
,
Edward
?
"
"
So
handsome
,
"
he
replied
,
again
smiling
,
"
that
I
fear
you
would
not
have
preserved
your
incognita
half
an
hour
,
especially
with
those
flowing
curls
.
"
"
My
dear
Emmeline
,
do
tell
me
,
what
has
made
you
in
this
mood
?
"
asked
Ellen
;
"
last
week
you
were
so
sad
,
and
the
last
three
days
you
have
been
—
"
"
Wild
enough
to
frighten
you
,
Ellen
;
ah
,
if
you
did
but
know
the
reason
.
"
"
You
had
better
satisfy
her
curiosity
,
Emmy
,
"
said
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
so
meaningly
,
that
Emmeline
's
ready
mind
instantly
understood
her
.
"
Tell
her
all
that
did
occur
in
that
awful
storm
three
days
ago
,
as
poetically
and
lengthily
as
you
like
;
no
one
shall
interrupt
you
,
if
you
will
only
be
very
careful
not
to
exaggerate
or
alarm
.
"
Edward
gave
up
his
seat
to
his
cousin
,
and
Emmeline
launched
at
once
into
a
most
animated
description
of
the
storm
and
the
shipwreck
,
and
the
rescue
;
cleverly
contriving
so
to
hide
all
names
,
as
to
elude
the
least
suspicion
of
either
the
preserved
or
the
preserver
having
any
thing
to
do
with
herself
,
Ellen
becoming
so
exceedingly
interested
,
as
to
lose
sight
of
the
question
which
at
first
had
struck
her
,
what
this
could
have
to
do
with
Emmeline
's
wild
spirits
.
"
You
do
not
mean
to
say
it
was
his
own
father
he
saved
?
"
she
said
,
as
her
cousin
paused
a
minute
to
take
breath
;
"
your
tale
is
becoming
so
like
a
romance
,
Emmy
,
I
hardly
know
how
to
believe
it
.
"
"
I
assure
you
it
is
quite
true
;
only
imagine
what
my
young
hero
's
feelings
must
have
been
,
and
those
of
the
family
,
to
whom
he
gave
back
a
husband
and
a
father
!
"
"
I
should
think
them
so
intense
,
so
sacred
,
as
to
be
hardly
joy
at
first
,
and
scarcely
possible
to
be
imagined
,
even
by
your
vivid
fancy
,
Emmy
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
,
Ellen
,
but
I
think
I
can
imagine
them
;
you
may
shake
your
head
,
and
look
wise
,
but
I
will
prove
that
I
can
by-and-by
.
But
what
do
you
think
of
my
hero
?
"
"
That
I
should
like
to
know
him
,
and
admire
him
quite
as
much
as
you
can
desire
—
and
who
told
you
all
this
?
"
"
One
of
the
principal
actors
in
the
scene
?
"
"
What
,
has
your
penchant
for
any
thing
out
of
the
common
way
reached
Dartmouth
,
and
old
Collins
brought
you
the
tale
?
"
"
No
,
"
replied
Emmeline
,
laughing
;
"
guess
again
.
"
"
William
Grey
?
"
"
No.
"
"
One
of
the
rescued
crew
who
may
know
my
aunt
?
"
"
Wrong
again
,
Ellen
.
"
"
Then
I
can
not
guess
,
Emmeline
;
so
pray
tell
me
.
"
"
You
are
very
silly
,
Ellen
;
were
not
Mr.
Howard
and
Edward
both
at
Dartmouth
at
the
time
?
why
did
you
not
guess
them
?
Not
that
I
had
it
from
either
.
"
"
Edward
!
"
repeated
Ellen
,
"
did
he
know
any
thing
about
it
?
"
"
More
than
any
one
else
dearest
,
"
answered
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
cautiously
,
but
fondly
;
"
put
all
Emmeline
's
strange
tale
together
,
and
connect
it
with
my
happiness
the
other
morning
,
and
I
think
your
own
heart
will
explain
the
rest
.
"
"
More
especially
with
this
speaking
witness
,
"
continued
Emmeline
playfully
putting
back
Edward
's
hair
,
that
Ellen
might
see
the
scar
.
She
understood
it
in
a
moment
,
and
clasping
her
arms
round
her
brother
's
neck
,
as
he
knelt
by
her
,
tried
hard
to
prevent
emotion
,
but
could
not
,
and
burst
into
tears
.
"
Tears
,
my
little
Ellen
;
I
said
I
would
only
be
greeted
with
smiles
,
"
exclaimed
a
rich
,
deep
voice
close
beside
her
,
and
before
she
had
time
to
fear
his
presence
,
she
felt
herself
clasped
with
all
a
father
's
fondness
in
her
uncle
's
arms
;
her
head
resting
on
his
shoulder
,
and
his
warm
kiss
on
her
cheek
.
"
Edward
!
"
was
the
only
word
she
could
speak
.
"
Do
not
fear
for
him
,
my
dear
Ellen
;
true
repentance
and
a
firm
resolution
to
amend
are
all
I
ask
,
and
if
his
future
conduct
really
prove
them
,
the
errors
of
his
youth
shall
be
forgotten
,
as
if
they
had
never
been
.
"
"
And
—
and
—
"
"
I
know
all
you
would
say
,
my
dear
child
.
I
did
think
there
could
be
no
excuse
,
no
palliation
,
for
your
sin
;
but
even
if
I
still
wish
the
temptation
had
been
resisted
,
you
have
indeed
suffered
for
it
,
more
than
the
harshest
judgment
could
desire
;
let
it
be
forgotten
as
entirely
and
as
fully
as
it
is
forgiven
.
"
In
a
very
few
minutes
Ellen
's
composure
was
so
fully
restored
,
and
her
heavy
dread
so
subsided
,
that
the
relief
seemed
to
her
almost
a
dream
.
Could
it
be
possible
that
it
was
the
relative
she
had
pictured
as
so
harsh
and
stern
,
and
pitiless
to
youthful
error
,
who
had
drawn
a
chair
close
by
her
sofa
,
and
caressingly
holding
her
hand
in
his
,
and
looking
so
kindly
,
so
earnestly
,
in
her
altered
face
,
was
trying
to
amuse
her
by
telling
her
so
many
entertaining
things
about
Feroe
and
Mr.
Morton
,
and
his
voyage
home
,
and
alluding
to
her
brother
's
courage
,
and
prudence
,
and
skill
,
in
such
terms
as
almost
brought
the
tears
again
?
Mr.
Hamilton
was
inexpressibly
shocked
at
the
change
which
mental
and
bodily
suffering
had
wrought
in
his
niece
.
There
is
always
something
peculiarly
touching
,
and
appealing
to
the
best
emotions
,
in
youthful
sorrow
or
suffering
of
any
kind
;
and
her
trial
had
been
such
an
aggravated
one
—
combining
such
agonized
remorse
,
for
an
act
,
which
the
harshest
judgment
,
knowing
all
points
of
the
case
,
could
scarcely
pronounce
as
other
than
involuntary
,
with
the
most
heroic
,
but
perfectly
unconscious
self-sacrifice
,
and
not
only
terror
for
her
brother
's
fate
,
but
an
almost
crushing
sense
of
misery
for
his
faults
,
that
the
pallid
face
,
and
frame
so
delicately
fragile
,
had
still
deeper
claims
for
sympathy
and
cherishing
than
even
when
caused
by
ordinary
illness
.
The
loss
of
her
unusually
luxuriant
hair
,
except
the
soft
bands
which
shaded
her
face
,
visible
under
the
pretty
little
lace
cap
,
made
her
look
much
younger
than
she
really
was
,
and
so
delicately
transparent
had
become
her
complexion
,
that
the
blue
veins
were
clearly
traceable
on
her
forehead
,
and
throat
,
and
hands
;
the
dark
,
soft
lash
seemed
longer
than
before
,
as
it
swept
the
pale
cheek
,
the
brow
more
penciled
,
and
the
eye
,
whether
in
imagination
,
from
her
friends
knowing
all
she
had
endured
,
or
in
reality
,
was
so
expressive
of
such
deep
,
quiet
feeling
,
that
the
whole
countenance
was
so
altered
and
so
improved
,
that
it
seemed
as
if
the
heavy
,
sallow
child
was
rapidly
changing
into
one
of
those
sweet
,
lovable
,
heart-attracting
girls
,
who
,
without
any
actual
beauty
,
can
never
be
passed
unnoticed
.
At
Ellen
's
request
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
,
as
soon
as
she
was
strong
enough
,
read
with
her
,
morning
and
evening
,
the
devotional
exercises
which
were
read
below
to
the
assembled
family
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
soon
perceived
,
and
with
no
little
pain
,
that
Ellen
shrunk
from
the
idea
of
being
well
enough
to
rejoin
them
,
in
actual
suffering
.
Here
again
was
an
effect
of
that
same
vivid
imagination
,
of
whose
existence
,
until
the
late
events
,
in
one
so
quiet
,
seemingly
so
cold
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
not
the
least
idea
of
.
Ellen
had
been
so
long
accustomed
to
be
silent
as
to
her
feelings
,
in
fact
,
carefully
to
conceal
them
,
that
much
as
she
might
wish
and
intend
to
be
unreserved
,
her
aunt
feared
it
would
cause
her
some
difficulty
to
be
so
,
and
she
could
not
hope
to
succeed
in
controlling
imagination
,
unless
she
were
.
That
night
,
however
,
Ellen
's
unreserved
confidence
gave
her
hope
.
When
the
devotional
exercises
,
in
which
she
had
joined
with
even
more
than
usual
earnestness
and
fervor
,
were
concluded
,
she
said
,
with
almost
Emmeline
's
confidence
,
as
she
laid
her
hand
on
her
aunt
's
—
"
I
am
so
very
,
very
happy
to-night
,
dear
aunt
,
that
I
am
afraid
I
do
not
think
enough
of
what
is
past
.
I
did
so
dread
my
uncle
's
return
—
so
tremble
at
what
his
sentence
would
be
on
Edward
and
myself
,
that
even
your
kindness
would
not
remove
the
weight
;
and
now
,
that
I
have
found
it
all
so
groundless
,
and
he
is
so
kind
—
so
indulgent
,
I
am
so
relieved
,
that
I
fear
I
must
have
thought
more
of
his
anger
than
the
anger
of
God
.
My
sin
remains
the
same
in
His
sight
,
though
you
and
uncle
Hamilton
have
so
fully
forgiven
it
,
and
—
and
—
I
do
not
think
I
ought
to
feel
so
happy
.
"
"
Indeed
,
my
dear
Ellen
,
I
think
you
may
.
Our
Heavenly
Father
is
still
more
merciful
than
man
,
as
Mr.
Howard
so
clearly
proved
to
you
,
in
the
long
conversation
you
had
with
him
.
We
know
,
by
His
Holy
Word
,
that
all
he
asks
is
sincere
repentance
for
sin
,
and
a
firm
conviction
that
in
Him
only
we
are
made
sufficiently
righteous
for
our
penitence
to
be
accepted
.
I
believe
,
Ellen
,
that
His
forgiveness
was
yours
,
long
before
I
could
give
you
mine
,
for
He
could
read
your
heart
,
and
saw
the
reason
of
your
silence
,
and
all
the
remorse
and
suffering
,
which
,
from
the
appearances
,
against
you
,
I
might
not
even
guess
;
and
that
,
in
His
compassionating
love
and
pity
,
He
permitted
your
increased
trial
;
ordaining
even
the
failure
of
the
relief
to
Edward
,
to
convince
you
,
that
,
not
even
in
such
a
fearful
case
as
yours
,
might
error
,
however
involuntary
,
prosper
.
I
can
trace
His
loving
providence
even
in
the
fact
of
your
finding
one
more
note
than
you
wanted
,
that
discovery
might
thence
come
,
which
,
without
such
a
seeming
chance
,
was
,
humanly
speaking
,
impossible
.
He
has
shown
compassion
and
love
for
you
and
Edward
,
in
the
very
sufferings
He
ordained
.
So
do
not
check
your
returning
happiness
,
fearing
it
must
be
unacceptable
to
Him
.
Try
to
trace
all
things
,
either
of
joy
or
sorrow
,
to
Him
.
Associate
Him
with
your
every
thought
,
and
believe
me
,
my
own
Ellen
,
your
very
happiness
will
both
draw
you
nearer
to
Him
,
and
be
an
acceptable
offering
in
his
sight
.
"
Ellen
listened
eagerly
,
gratefully
;
she
felt
as
if
,
with
every
word
Mrs.
Hamilton
said
,
the
film
of
doubt
and
vague
fancies
was
dissolving
from
her
mind
,
and
,
after
a
short
pause
,
she
said
—
"
Then
you
do
not
think
,
aunt
Emmeline
,
my
inability
to
pray
for
so
long
a
time
,
was
a
proof
that
God
had
utterly
forsaken
me
?
It
made
me
still
more
wretched
,
for
I
thought
it
was
a
sure
sign
that
I
was
so
irredeemably
wicked
,
He
had
left
me
to
the
devices
of
my
own
heart
,
and
would
never
love
or
have
mercy
on
me
again
.
Even
after
you
had
quite
forgiven
me
,
and
proved
to
me
my
promise
was
a
mistaken
one
and
not
binding
,
I
still
felt
the
difficulty
to
pray
,
and
it
was
so
painful
.
"
"
Such
inability
is
very
often
so
entirely
physical
,
my
dear
Ellen
,
that
we
must
not
think
too
much
about
it
.
Our
simple
duty
is
to
persevere
,
however
little
satisfactory
our
devotions
;
and
put
our
firm
trust
in
our
heavenly
Father
,
that
He
will
heal
us
,
and
permit
His
countenance
so
to
shine
upon
us
again
,
as
to
derive
comfort
from
our
prayers
.
Your
inability
before
your
illness
was
the
natural
consequence
of
Mr.
Howard
's
severe
representations
,
which
he
has
since
assured
me
,
he
never
would
have
used
,
if
he
could
have
had
the
least
idea
of
the
cause
of
your
silence
.
You
,
my
poor
child
,
were
suffering
too
much
,
from
a
complete
chaos
of
conflicting
feelings
and
duties
,
to
be
able
to
realize
this
,
and
I
am
not
at
all
astonished
,
that
when
you
most
yearned
for
the
comfort
of
prayer
and
trust
,
the
thought
that
by
your
silence
you
were
failing
in
your
duty
to
me
and
so
disobeying
God
,
should
utterly
have
prevented
it
.
Since
your
severe
illness
the
inability
has
been
entirely
physical
.
As
strength
and
peace
return
,
you
will
regain
the
power
,
and
realize
all
its
comfort
.
Try
,
and
under
all
feelings
trust
in
and
love
God
,
and
do
not
be
too
much
elated
,
when
you
can
think
seriously
and
pray
joyfully
,
nor
too
desponding
when
both
fail
you
.
In
our
present
state
,
physical
causes
alone
,
so
often
occasion
these
differences
of
feeling
in
hours
of
devotion
,
that
if
we
thought
too
much
about
them
,
we
should
constantly
think
wrong
,
and
be
very
miserable
.
Try
and
prove
your
desire
to
love
and
serve
God
,
in
your
daily
conduct
and
secret
thoughts
,
my
Ellen
,
and
you
will
be
able
to
judge
of
your
spiritual
improvement
by
action
and
feeling
,
far
more
truly
and
justly
than
by
the
mood
in
which
you
pray
.
"
The
earnestness
of
truth
and
feeling
was
always
so
impressed
on
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
manner
,
whenever
she
addressed
her
youthful
charge
,
that
her
simplest
word
had
weight
.
Happy
indeed
is
it
when
youth
—
that
season
of
bewildering
doubt
and
question
,
and
vivid
,
often
mistaken
fancies
,
and
too
impetuous
feeling
—
has
the
rich
blessing
of
such
affectionate
counsels
,
such
a
friend
.
Why
will
not
woman
rise
superior
to
the
petty
employments
and
feelings
too
often
alone
attributed
to
her
,
and
endeavor
to
fit
herself
for
such
a
thrice
blessed
mission
;
and
by
sympathy
with
young
enjoyments
—
young
hopes
—
young
feelings
,
so
attract
young
affections
,
that
similar
counsels
,
similar
experiences
,
may
so
help
and
guide
,
that
the
restless
mind
and
eager
heart
quiesce
into
all
the
calm
,
deep
,
beautiful
characteristics
,
which
so
shine
forth
in
the
true
English
wife
—
the
true
English
mother
!
A
fortnight
after
Mr.
Hamilton
's
arrival
,
Ellen
was
well
enough
to
go
down
stairs
for
part
of
the
day
,
and
even
to
read
and
write
a
little
.
She
was
so
very
anxious
to
recommence
her
studies
,
which
for
many
months
had
been
so
painfully
neglected
,
that
it
was
a
great
trial
to
her
,
to
find
her
head
was
not
yet
strong
enough
for
the
necessary
application
.
There
were
many
,
very
many
privations
and
trials
,
attendant
on
convalescence
after
so
severe
an
illness
,
known
only
to
Ellen
's
own
heart
,
and
to
her
aunt
's
quick
sympathy
;
and
she
very
quickly
learned
in
them
the
meaning
of
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
words
regarding
religion
in
conduct
and
feeling
,
as
well
as
in
prayer
.
She
tried
never
to
murmur
,
or
dwell
on
the
wish
for
pleasures
which
were
denied
her
,
but
to
think
only
on
the
many
blessings
which
surrounded
her
.
It
was
not
an
easy
task
so
to
conquer
natural
feeling
,
especially
as
the
trial
and
its
conquest
was
often
known
only
to
herself
;
but
the
earnest
wish
,
indeed
,
to
become
holy
in
daily
conduct
,
as
well
as
in
daily
prayer
,
never
left
her
mind
,
and
so
enabled
her
at
length
fully
to
obtain
it
.
If
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
wanted
evidence
of
her
husband
's
public
as
well
as
domestic
worth
,
she
would
have
had
it
fully
now
.
His
danger
and
his
preservation
once
known
,
letters
of
regard
and
congratulation
poured
upon
him
,
and
Montrose
Grahame
made
a
journey
down
to
Oakwood
expressly
to
welcome
back
,
and
express
his
individual
gratitude
for
his
friend
's
safety
to
his
youthful
preserver
.
But
Edward
so
shrunk
from
praise
or
admiration
,
that
his
uncle
,
rejoicing
at
the
feeling
,
would
not
press
him
,
as
he
had
first
intended
,
to
accompany
him
to
Oxford
,
where
he
went
to
see
his
sons
.
Percy
rated
him
soundly
in
a
letter
for
not
coming
.
Herbert
seemed
,
as
if
he
could
only
think
of
his
father
's
danger
,
and
thank
God
for
his
safety
,
and
for
permitting
Edward
to
be
the
means
.
So
great
was
the
desire
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
to
re-assemble
all
their
happy
family
once
more
,
before
Edward
left
them
,
that
the
young
men
made
an
exception
to
their
general
rule
,
and
promised
to
spend
Easter
week
at
home
.
It
was
early
in
March
,
and
anticipated
by
the
home
party
with
the
greatest
delight
.
CHAPTER
XIV
.
THE
RICH
AND
THE
POOR
.
"
We
have
had
such
a
delightful
excursion
,
mamma
.
Ellen
,
how
I
do
wish
you
could
have
been
with
us
!
"
joyously
exclaimed
Emmeline
,
as
she
ran
into
the
usual
sitting
room
,
one
of
those
lovely
afternoons
,
that
the
first
days
of
March
so
often
bring
,
promising
spring
long
before
she
really
comes
.
"
It
is
such
a
picturesque
cottage
,
and
Dame
Collins
,
and
Susan
,
and
a
host
of
little
ones
,
look
so
nice
,
and
so
clean
,
and
so
pretty
,
and
happy
;
it
does
one
's
heart
good
to
look
at
them
.
"
"
Are
you
sure
you
can
not
find
another
adjective
to
apply
to
them
,
Emmy
?
You
have
heaped
so
many
together
,
that
it
is
a
pity
you
can
not
find
a
few
more
.
"
"
But
they
really
do
look
so
comfortable
,
and
are
so
grateful
for
all
you
and
papa
have
done
for
them
:
Emmeline
's
description
for
once
,
is
not
too
flowing
,
"
rejoined
the
quieter
Caroline
,
who
had
followed
her
sister
into
the
room
.
"
And
were
they
pleased
with
your
visit
?
"
asked
Ellen
.
"
Oh
,
delighted
!
particularly
at
our
making
their
pretty
little
parlor
our
dining-room
,
and
remaining
so
long
with
them
,
that
they
could
show
us
all
their
comforts
and
conveniences
,
without
any
bustle
.
"
"
Mrs.
Collins
is
really
a
sensible
woman
.
Do
you
not
think
so
,
mamma
?
"
inquired
Caroline
.
"
Yes
,
my
dear
.
She
has
brought
up
her
own
large
family
and
her
poor
orphan
grandchildren
so
admirably
,
in
the
midst
of
their
extreme
poverty
,
and
bears
such
a
name
for
kindness
among
her
still
poorer
neighbors
,
that
I
truly
respect
and
admire
her
.
She
is
quite
one
of
those
in
whom
I
have
often
told
you
some
of
the
very
loftiest
virtues
are
to
be
found
;
and
yet
to
see
her
,
as
she
trudges
about
in
her
homely
,
humble
fashion
,
never
dreaming
she
is
doing
or
has
done
any
thing
remarkable
in
her
hard-working
life
,
who
would
suspect
it
?
"
"
Only
look
,
Ellen
,
how
beautifully
our
collection
will
be
increased
,
"
continued
Emmeline
,
who
just
at
that
moment
was
only
alive
to
pleasure
,
not
to
contemplation
,
even
of
goodness
,
in
which
she
much
delighted
,
and
pouring
into
her
cousin
's
lap
a
basket
of
beautiful
shells
and
other
marine
treasures
.
"
Papa
has
just
given
us
a
new
cabinet
in
time
,
though
he
only
thought
of
it
as
a
place
for
his
Feroe
curiosities
.
To
think
of
his
remembering
our
tastes
even
there
!
"
"
But
where
did
you
get
these
from
?
"
"
Why
,
the
children
were
playing
with
some
,
which
were
so
perfect
,
I
could
not
help
admiring
them
,
and
Mrs.
Collins
was
in
a
bustle
of
pleasure
that
I
liked
any
thing
so
trifling
,
because
she
could
gratify
me
,
and
she
made
me
take
all
these
,
adding
,
that
her
good
man
would
be
sure
to
look
out
for
some
more
for
us
;
for
when
I
told
her
they
not
only
pleased
me
,
but
my
poor
invalid
cousin
,
who
was
Edward
's
sister
,
you
should
have
seen
how
her
eyes
sparkled
.
"
"
Oh
,
you
have
quite
won
the
dame
's
heart
,
Emmy
!
"
said
Miss
Harcourt
.
"
What
with
talking
to
her
,
and
to
Susan
,
and
playing
with
every
one
of
the
children
,
and
making
them
tell
you
all
their
plays
and
their
schooling
,
and
then
gathering
you
a
nosegay
,
telling
them
it
should
adorn
your
room
at
home
!
"
"
And
so
it
shall
,
"
gayly
interrupted
Emmeline
;
"
I
desired
Robert
to
put
them
in
water
directly
,
for
they
were
very
pretty
,
and
I
like
them
better
than
the
best
bouquet
from
our
greenhouse
.
"
"
I
do
not
quite
agree
with
you
,
Emmeline
,
"
said
Caroline
,
smiling
.
"
Not
you
,
Lina
,
who
ever
thought
you
would
?
by-the-by
,
I
never
saw
you
so
agreeable
and
natural
in
a
poor
man
's
cottage
in
my
life
.
What
were
you
saying
to
Dame
Collins
?
actually
holding
her
hand
,
and
something
very
bright
shining
in
your
eye
.
"
"
Dear
Emmy
,
do
not
run
on
so
,
"
whispered
Ellen
,
as
she
noticed
Caroline
's
cheek
crimson
.
Emmeline
was
at
her
side
in
a
moment
,
with
an
arm
round
her
neck
.
"
Caroline
,
dear
,
forgive
me
.
I
did
not
mean
to
tease
you
;
only
it
was
unusual
,
was
it
not
?
"
"
I
was
trying
to
tell
Mrs.
Collins
all
I
thought
of
her
husband
's
share
in
saving
our
dear
father
,
Emmy
.
I
forgot
all
of
folly
and
pride
then
.
"
"
You
are
very
seldom
proud
now
,
dearest
Lina
,
and
I
was
the
foolish
one
not
to
have
guessed
what
you
were
saying
,
with
out
tormenting
you
.
Mamma
,
do
you
know
I
have
such
an
admirable
plan
in
my
head
?
"
"
First
tell
mamma
,
"
interrupted
Caroline
,
"
that
William
Grey
has
chosen
to
be
a
partner
with
Collins
in
the
more
extended
fishing
and
boating
business
,
which
papa
has
secured
them
,
instead
of
entering
into
business
by
himself
;
this
has
been
settled
since
you
were
there
,
I
think
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
dear
,
I
did
not
know
it
;
but
Mrs.
Collins
must
like
it
,
for
she
regretted
very
much
that
her
sons
were
all
scattered
in
different
trades
,
and
her
little
grandson
,
whose
taste
pointed
to
the
sea
,
was
not
old
enough
to
go
out
with
his
grandfather
.
"
"
But
only
listen
to
my
plan
,
mamma
,
dear
!
William
Grey
and
Susan
Collins
can
not
possibly
see
much
of
each
other
,
without
falling
in
love
;
and
they
will
make
such
an
industrious
,
pretty
couple
,
and
papa
will
give
them
a
cottage
to
themselves
,
and
I
will
go
to
their
wedding
!
"
"
Just
such
a
plan
as
I
should
expect
from
