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    \ vitkdrem '\ 'Wtohfrr&tf > hoUr * h& party # && ^ thtfP ^ G&f Itf'fc&BL droi 5 ah&fcmg fa&Tawthe *^ duittey was fittlafce * FkA-tt ^ at ^ lftft ^ W of the occafticm . A r ^ iartion of a ibtmet ^ s ^^ W ^ f ^ J ^ iAi ^ called tttwfci Sir Jstmes , who still held the title d ^^^ fMt Tikd te ^ left in mi pmsemidn by the bachelor uncle iti ' trust f <* t ^ gfrfc 4 fN 6 Walter . A flaw had been pointed out in the eonttyw ^ y £ k& * im

    only that—the right to make such conveyance was cdntfc&fcdj iiftf , as Sir James had declared to Walter , with very strong groiitUfc against him . Walter felt the whole exigencies of the ts&eJ Tb Uplands he had always looked with confidence as a finttr restingplace , even should declining health prevent his making his ittL come what it now was by his still continuing in the pursuit of fetis

    literary vocation . Here all seemed to fail ; the indisposition'lit had been labouring under seemed in the present exdtirtg felt * - cumstances like coming death , and he looked at Flora with af fefcfe full of the agonizing anxiety he felt , and which he was ill able ^ conceal . By the time he reached London he was almost in a 6 tate of exhaustion , but he could not be prevailed on to take rest until

    he had achieved , as nearly as depended upon himsel f ! What bk came to do . He selected such papers as were necessary a * rf %# down tty write to an old friend , on whose honest legal oprrtfdn W might rely , as to how far the matter was gone on either sii ^ < 6 t whether a content would be necessary . While her father w * 6 t $ if 6 the kvwyer , Flora wrote to Percy , giving him an account of ttll

    they had to expect , and telling him the state of health hi which it found her father . She was going to say ^ * Collie k ' fb us quickly ; ' but no , she would not write what would irtipiy any doubt of his doing so on the instant . It was late * , feitid they retired for the night — not to rest . Walter ' s hag * Wd

    face haunted Flora ' s imagination ; and the father himself step ? not , but paced his room in a state of nervous agitation which ^ Hd not allow of a moment ' s repose . They met the next ttiorrtitig ett the breakfast table . A packet , secured with red tape , Was * miiA upon it . Walter ' s face blanched , his hand trembled , hid ftYy £ 4 ¥ s

    were already upon the seal , when flora sprung forward tfftd arrested his hand . 'A moment , my father !—touch net thht packet till you can look with calmness on the worst . Whatsis the worst ? What is house , what is land , what is wesAth , -, iWfcfc * pared with the possession of your own untainted honwir ? wlllft is it compared with the love of her who now throws hfcr ^ e jf < iii your feet , and implores you for her sake- —for the sake » toP 4 fte

    mother who first placed her within your arms—to bear with fcHfc tude the trial that awaits you ? What is its amaotit ? Whythfc whole Tailey , the whole county , the whole wdrld is not wolth thdl paio face , this trembling hand . ' < My child , my noUe chil ^ if » fonthee that the fcce is polet lor th ^ e tbaC tills fr » ndifrfemt * Nft 4 ifush , hiiahi ray father . You Wr ^ Mtg me ; fem wr ^ og y 6 to * 9 * 1 lgve—my , mother ;^ love . » Warv you not « adh > 0 * ta * r % < | J ^^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 529, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/29/