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T f&fO&yJWQ became Aessr frequent * though their , ravages weurefjiJl visible iu his pale , wasted , trembling frame , which seeflag 4 * Ht tf 3 . . brft $ ? fe might scatter it into fragments * Day after day di 4 he continue in this state ; day after day did those around h * aa trifle tlbe n ^ arks of visible decline . What was to be done ? T here was no selfishness in Walter ' s grief ; there was no hope from an appeal to his reason ; he did not voluntarily yield to grief—she * &ftd suddenly come upon him and crushed him ; and to have exjpeqted him to have made an effort to recover from the shock , would Jbtave
been as reasonable as to have expected activity of brain in a zu $ ui on whom a heavy weight had fallen . The only chance of his r « - covery seemed to rest on a complete change of circumstance ^ choosing those which were the best fitted to restore the tone pf his mind , when once a consciousness of exteraals came back upop him . Accordingly they determined to remove him from Loodop . ; and as the cottage which we have formerly mentioned was vacant , and its nearness to his sister made it desirable , she was
urged to prepare it for his reception as speedily a $ possible . Lady Brandon , whose anxiety and affection for her brother bad increased by time , and the eventful circumstances it had brought with it , needed no second hint ; and with all the promptness ^ pf
which her nature was capable , aud with unceasing activity ( r ^ re , from the indolent habits she had contracted ) , exerted herself to prepare a new home for her brother ' s reception . With the in- ? stinctive tact which is so frequent and so beautiful a characteristic in woman—the kindness which almost deserves the name of
Genius , in the suddenness and refinement of its inspirations , — the externals which she contrived to place around him were such as could only bring with them pleasant associations ; at the same time she carefully removed all those which were likely to awak en the memory of past misery . Books of a lighter kind , —such works of art as were within the reach of her private purpe , - —'
flowers , —all placed in twilight rooms where no glare might break in upon the aching eyes of the sufferer , —even to the murmur of honey-bees in the garden and the contrivance of a fountain on the lawn , where the cool drip of the falling shower on some water lilies beneath might lull the sense of the sufferer into repose . Nothing was forgotten that her hands , head , or heart could achieve , to aid in restoring her unhappy brother to life , for hi *
p resent mere existence scarcely deserved the name . To Upland ue came ; and it was not long before the blessing they so earnestly desired waited upon their efforts . The peace , the freedom , tin * freshness , the beauty , the old familiar interchange with natufQ , the careful introduction of the gentle excitements of a country life , 4 JUL came like mild sunshine upon the chilled soul of Walter The Jkoog locked , up springs were unloosened , floods of teum d ^ fl ^ dted j * nd , where there had been a dreary doaext , gwn ? tag * of < wa&in * fortuity . .,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 515, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/15/
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