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chose tbi select i / had o no rigb * toitttftKev f and < ft | # \ igte thfciilg * nity , migtit ^ Tacco 4 uitedi small by these wb <> wei ^' du « Jilil * ttl tp . a wider sir ay , yet the lave nf pirnrrr in ntrnug iir ( hf TfilifeUtii heart , jmade ^ ome that were- there beat more quiikiy thiii&il&k&tim the thought of an election even by these simple Village 1 ^ hlktrefci . r ^ i ^ r . ¦ & ^^ , r At the moment that Mrs . Fenton and Percy enterea the' c&ftte ^ the choice had fallen upon Flora Brandon , and a universal sbe **
of acelaxaation filled the air . The coronation procession tmfi formed , and began to move , to the sound of music , round th ^ circle towards the throne . The foremost children bore the reg&iia on a cushion of greenest moss ; the crown of freshest , brightest roses , and the sceptre the long stalk headed with its large whjte cluster of peerless garden lilies . For a moment there was a paused when Percy Fenton , suddenly advancing from the circle , offered his hand to Flora , to lead her forward . They reached the mossy throne ; he seated her within * it , and while another loud slre&l
resounded , he placed the crown upon her brows , and the sceptre in her hands , and hailed her ' The Hose Queen ! ' Seldom m eyes looked upon a lovelier group . With Flora there was rfoite of that shrinking self-consciousness which , by whatever narte ^ may be designated , says , as distinctly as possible , ' I am wragif up m my own sensations too much to sympathize heart afid aout with those around me . ' Flora ' s heart was with those around hei §
and her heart was in her eyes to tell them so . She was her owto sweet and radiant self , in all save a slight assumption of what is supposed to be queenly dignity , which was sufficiently atoned fe # by the smile of arch humour playing about the corners of hrtr mouth . Percy looked like what he was—a man inspired . Ke had come into the circle with listless gait , with an air of indi ^ ference , partly induced by the excessive warmth of the weather acting on a languid temperament , and partly from dislike to leave his accustomed retirement , which , with the abundance * of
books of every kind , and every other external his heart cDttM wish , he seldom exchanged for the society his mother led trim into without regret . For a few moments he had stood like a staitife , entranced by what he saw ; the next instant he darted forwattJ , and found himself by Flora ' s side , carried thither by an rmptrf » strange and bewildering , inasmuch as it was one he eould tttx resist . To those who were accustomed to sights and ftoenes uC * somewhat similar kind , and to whom Percy s peculiar character
and habits were unknown , such a circumstance appeared onl y as one of the customary forms of the world . To Flora it was simply regarded as an appropr iate dramatic action to the scene ; by Mwi Fenton—who , though deeply impressed with the beauty of tike scene , was still completely engrosfled by her eon , and those futtnnr prospects which , strong as her affection wan , she could ne + er ontiprl y forget *—it was bailed as the awakeHmg of that spirit % m& ocrgy . wkich she Jelt to be absolutely beoeaHHry to bis fei « tfe ^ ( fe ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/25/
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