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summoned to our presence T And at these words the r&vereml Isfiy fang the beli furiously , but without m ©? ihg a muscle of b&t sallaw > la # e--eaj > -einshHfted vfeage . It chanced that the houseiiiaid was passftig tfe doo £ of thfc
breakfast-parlour just as the alaruin sounded ; and conjeetuHng tWtfcdffie constitutional accident of gout ,, indigestion , apo ^ leky , or what not , had occurred to his reverence , set her official thyrsus ( called * genista , ' or < brom , in Saxon , though the pretty tree has degenerated into ' broom' with the lower orders ) upright against the wall , and entered hastily with expectant looks .
e Tell Vespasian , ' ejaculated his reverence , Ho bring up the hot rolls this instant / e Love , ' said the lady > sternly , ' you forget . Setoira ! send the cook here—we do not want breakfast just yet . ' Semira curtsied low , and disappeared coweringly . c Do you not think , ' said his reverence , shifting his seat , after a long pause > c that this matter might possibly be deferred till the afternoon ? '
' By no means , Dr . Wizbeach ; it is far too serious . Faith is too serious a thing to admit of the least delay where doubt hangs over the awful pit . I can neither sleep , drink , nor eat , for thinking of it . ' ' * Pity , love , pity ; you should not suffer these things to take so powerful a hold upon your sensibility—a-hem !—I wonder what
o ' clock it is ?' After a silent interval of several minutes , during which the lady remained with her eyes fixed upon the fire * ( her expression of countenance being uncommonly suggestive , had a physiognomical theologian beheld it , ) while his reverence continued to dally with the handle of hfe tea-cup , and pry inspect ! vely into its cold vacuity , the door slowly swung on its hinges , and Amelia entered , pulling doftn her sleeves , adjusting her'kerchief , and setting herself to
rights all over . ^ Close the dtior , * said Mrs . Reverend Wizbeach ; the doctor has sbmetfatng very important to question you Upon / * Me , tiaum ! yes , mum . ' * Dr . Wizbeach , the cook is waiting / * Aihetti ! - ^ It is a shocking and most reprehensib le thirty , Afcttelia Stains , that a woman at your time of life , one , too , vrhd
hath eVetmore borhe a respectable and upright character , at least td tfee present period , should now degenerate into evil ways and bacfasiiding of spirit , forgetful of the lawful established faith wherein your infant years were nurtured , and whereupon all your hopes were taught and Tcommande 4 most implicitly and imperatively to rest , both here and hereafter . Believing tnat you would continue in the same , I admitted you as an : han'dih 0 id intdrny house . A-hem ! You have ever conducted yourself , siiice fteYe ydli Skute ^ ojoutn ^ d , with honesty , sobftety , industry , kti& , as I
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/14/
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