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it— " Keeper of the King ' s Conscience ;*—ay , now we hare it ! and a match for any earl's daughter . Well , my boy , ' be added aloud , ' let it be the law , if you like ; but you will have to work hard—very hard , and 'c Dear uncle , may I interrupt you ? The same notion that
prevented my entering the army or the church , applies , with almost equal force , to the law . My tutor and my conscience together have long ago settled the question for me . The latter pleaded hard not to be outraged , and I gave her a promise , and that promise I mean to keep , that I never will voluntarily place myself in circumstances which will render me deaf to her voice . Some
there may be who can stand the trial ; but the temptation is hard to bide , and I for one will not run the risk / The bachelor was stunned , and it was some time before he recovered speech ; at last it came . ' And pray what is to become of you ? I suppose you would like to live a quiet lazy country life all your days ? Never , sir , never , if I can prevent it !'
'Or I either , uacle ; I mean to devote myself to literary parsuits , and 'c Literary fiddlesticks ; what will that do for you ? do not all poets starve , or deserve to be starved ? Who ever heard of an author ' s rising to distinction ? Who ever heard of an author a being anything but poor ? And do you think I shall be brought to
consent to such a thing ? never , sir , never !* and he walked up and down the room , boiling with rage , uttering a torrent of words , which , from the excess of his passion , could hardly be distinguished , except the expressions which , every now and then , coming with peculiar emphasis , arose like a beacon of warning , ' never , sir , never . ' At last he stopped to take breath , waited a few seconds ,
and then made a final gathering up . Fixing his eyes strongly on Walter , he said , * I tell you what , sir , I will give you your choice of the army or the law , which is as much as you can cjlpect , and more than you deserve . I give you till to-morrow to consider of it , and if you do not then think proper to come to your senses , I shall '—here he paused , for he had not quite made up his mind as to what he should do;— ' take measures accordingly / uttered in what was meant to be a tone of threatening solemnity * concluded the sentence and the conversation as he turned hasUnr
out of the room . Though startled by the suddenness of the crisis , Walter was in no way dismayed . , and he repaired to his best firieud , his tutor , to advise with him as to his future course . He found his abler in the study , and , as she had ever shared his entire confidence , he proceeded as gentl y as he could to tell her all that had happened . Counsel he knew she could offer none ; U * urs were all she could give , and entreaties that he would not leave her . Waller well knew that here would be his trial . He couaotod her as well as he
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The Aclrtu , 467
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/31/
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