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thai her > wauid tev ^ stoppeiebiiitfsrt ^ afi'dtdt& $ ikiat ) T&ttem \ fi&ot&at divorce ; and assuredly never would the file of Doctifetf &famtioii& have * exhibited # t work eloquent foiliarf gwfevfefflafespTrrrrs sri 8 A Heihadsat sometatnerwittt more dfi ^ b « E ^ yttl | ai ^ phfl 0 » ojftjyiii fcisfihoaglrts / wken little rHaTdldefatiEnred ' th ^ tooth . SRheiafijfeaitance of thechild called up the calm linage ol hi ^ dyiiig ^ Srfeil 4-
fether , and chdnged the current of the doctor ' s thoughts 'kn&ife ^ iingsj aaageriand animosity sank rebuked Jbefor ^ the > impressidiis of the morning , and > taking the boy ' s hand , he left the library . eib In the midst of this ^ domestic storm Harold received a kinder reception from Mrs . Xtoennan , and made a quieter settlement in her abode , than he would otherwise have done ; for she feared * fco attempt any further exasperation of her husband ' s temper . M
But real reformation of conduct only grows from ^ bttvictekfti produced upon the mind , not from fears . The disposition ^ m ? d habits of Mrs . Drennan speedily took their accustdi ^< e 4 emiySe , and a new and lamentable consequence of their prejudicial influence gradually ensued . Harold was an acute , sensitive child , he was directly dependent upon her for his domestic comforts , 5
and she had the power of inflicting punishment "uj * t > h % irR fbV and she had the power of inflicting punishment tij ^ iti % irR ftrjr means of privation ; thus she operated upon all his Iowter feelfoks , and they were brought into action , and overgrew his hi ^ er ^ filings . He discovered , with almost intuitive petietratidnV that ^ He could at any time conciliate Mrs . Drennan , or put hfcriu & * && € } & humour , by telling her a ridiculous story of any of her neigh&oifrs
or joining her in a malicious review of their character . ^ I ^^ j ^ recepts of Dr . Drennan were feeble of effect when opposed < : t 6 ^ 4 iJmctical course of this kind ; and his well meant , but in ^ fFeeti ^ e teicTiing ^ served no ot her purpose thaa to add hypocrisy t& fetafi > ifl s otherfaults .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' " •>¦ '' *• <<[>' ¦ i ^ * d The youth gradually fell under the stigma of the * wnol ^ iieiglibourhoodj being convicted of a hundred instance ^ of WiTfurfalse hood and wanton mischief . Dr . Drennan , for kli ' oflKHfeb ^ ot aii 1 i
unusually flagrant nature , was induced to inflicto i < Mm'i ( Mi e punishment . Harold felt the deepest reseritme ' tit , ti ^ <^ % fefei vnetl upon revenge . He poisoned Saneho , iiow are agetf cK ^ liur ^ and apparently the creature on earth which Dr . Drenna ^ 'lpvBd ^^ . The consequences of this act were dreadful : thrtfu'gfr sf ^ iJAp' ^ SLrelessness the poison used on this occasion wa ^ d ^ nikriunfcatefl ^ ro someliquidj of which Mrs . Drennan drank—hfef d ^ ath Vra- ^ ffie result . -n ' '! ' * -u : " > ' ' ?•
Suspicion instantly attached to Dr . Drennan ; for the Hircjitbstances of his domestip inquietude were well knpifri . Witli tlie calmness of conscious innocence h ^ went tp . p ^ 6 tk- '^ i ! b ^ rB '' W ^ ndt the slightest evidence on whteh t 6 groAiilrf k boi ^ ctio ^ irid ^ e Wis acquitted by a jury ; hot s ^ hy hi ^ iieig ^ D ^ irfs i ' Sl * Sjfev W& MisV sunm ® ^ e > idle and > dfe * igU ^ Vatrit ^ ktid fK ^ Utb ^ sb ^^ Jf ^ Wlt
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/9/
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