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f Tell mtf again where you are , dear child , ( of I have mislaid your last letter , &nd rifiy poor head is so bewildered ; ' Flo * a namfcd the address ; Lady Brandon took out her themoTtfiidumbook ,-but the tears would not let her write ; Flora wrote * it for her . c And now , dear , dear aunt , good bye—do not be thus distressed—do not be anxious for us—I am sure- it will be well # ith
him , and that is ail I want to tnake me '—happy she would havG said , but * content' was the word for her future . She hurried away . Sir James listened for the closing of the hall-door > and then addressed his daughter . ' Emma , if your cousin becomes an actress , I shall be under the necessity of requesting you to abstain from association with her . ' e Very well , papa , ' said Emma , while poor Lady BTandbii , who could no longer restrain her sobs , retreated from the room . c Your mamma has too much
sensibility , and allows it sometimes to encroach upon the bounds of propriety . You had better go to her , Emma ; and tell her 1 shall order the carriage at three , and that I particularly wish , while matters are in this state , that your cousin may not be seen in it ; and stay , Emma , I also must request that it may not be seen standing at the door of their lodgings ; but perhaps it is better that I should speak to your mamma myself upon the
subject . ' The eternal' Very well , papa , ' which so often said so very ill for the daughter , was Emma ' s rejoinder , and she left the rotom . As the day of Flora ' s public trial approached , a neur life seemed to possess her . Conscious as she was of her being about to try the issue of beggary or independence , and , what was of far deeper importance , the restoration of her father , which she felt
to be dependent on her success , —yet feeling , as she did for the first time , omnipotence of will in the employment of her own powers , and that those powers gained strength from the vigorous exercise into which they had of late been roused , —the immensity of the result but imparted new energy to all her actions . Added to her father ' s long-cherished feelings and opinions , whicli had
become hers , the sanctity of her purpose elevated her far above the prejudices and impurities that still cling closely around and impede the progress of the profession she had adopted ; and she prepared for her coming trial with a feeling of devotedness , and a power of affection prompting to strong purpose , that mad « her , indeed , seem very little ' lower than an angel- !'
The day arrived ! the former part of it passed in a profound quiet , that alone , to an acute observer of the different workings of human nature , would have been a sufficient voucher for her success . She left her father ' s room , to make what arrangements were necessary before her departure for the theatre . For a moment she hesitated whether to return , lest some circumstance
mig ht arise , some string be touched , the vibration of which mi ght disturb her self-possression ; btit the old habit prevailed . He was seated , as she had left him , m a large arm-chair , watchhtg ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/15/
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