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famil y of ^ the r E 5 r $ ndpn& and to hinpb Bu ^^ y , b $ < J , 4 been tfle fir ^ mover in what seemed to him . a ™ ^ my , jla ^ , in particular . Accordingly , he looked about in his nejghbourbqpd , and in every newspaper where advertisements could be found , for a tutor likely to suit his purpose . At last , one appeared which seemed (to promise all the requisites . s A middle-aged man , who had had an university education , &c . &c . / earnest desire for the advancement of his pupils , '/ acquisition of true power , ' ' strength / ' progression , ' ' elevation . '—' That ' s it ! ' and he read over and over again the
catchwords , each time imbuing them more strongly than before with his own especial meaning . The advertisement was answered , the references exchanged , and in a few days the new tutor was installed in his office . And a blessed one it was . The sanguine high-hearted spirit of his pupil , which was already running to an extravagant and ill-directed luxuriance , was timely
placed under judicious training . Channels were daily made for the noble torrent of enthusiasm , which , for want of guidance like his ,, would else have rushed headlong in mad impulse , have Wasted itself in overleaping its banks , have brought desolation where it should have ministered to beauty and happiness . Meantime the bachelor contented himself in the choice he had made of
deputy guardian to his nephew , and renewed his old habits of visiting amongst the adjacent families , frequenting all places of public resort within reach , races , county balls , &c , to see what new scions were growing up who it might be advisable to
graft on the Brandon stock . A husband for Emma was the first tfciug to be looked after , as she was two years Walter ' s senior . Many and many a regret did the old man waste over her want of beaut y ; for the sweet , quiet , gentle expression , which dwelt in features that would have approached to insignificance but for that added charm , was too unobtrusive to flatter the hopes of her ainjbitious uncle . He would have had the girl heir to a face that wauld have been of itself a fortune , and then have left Walter all
the concentrated wealth of the family . As it was , he feared lest (he should be obliged ' to serve her as I do you , ' and he looked at hjs gun as he spoke , —load her , to make her go off . ' Meantime , all unconscious of the plots and manoeuvres that were making the brain of their uncle so busy , nephew and niece
were progressing according to their different natures . Though totally unlike in character , they possessed for each other a strong and undeviating attachment . Walter ' s noble spirit of romantic enthusiasm , noble because it was wholly untinged by self-interest , led him to look upon Emma ' s gentleness as something to be
sheltered and protected by him , a treasure to be so carefully tend e d th ^ t no rude influence might come in contact with her to shock the sensitiveness of her nature j and , though his tutor would frequentlyren ^ onstr ^ te with him on his excessive indulgence , his unconscioUs ministering to a morbid Bera ^ biUty , which prevented
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 464, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/28/
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