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Ufcjfeia chitt ^ tke war . ; 4 * y » t * ing « i ^ -fle ^ m ^ a ^^ th ^ y . m » 4 e their \ mytkwmQh tkm » hirkw -bUi ^ U , ainl ^ i tt ^ a ^ oa ^ ^ ^^ U , Of 1 irt » dhiw ' had beea hailed W Flora as a blessed , ptoof qf returning eottmoosB 8 fl » v ^ ut now , when about to take the ma&t important step she had ever adventured , and when her father ' s sympathy would have been so precious to her , the absence of all
intelligence between them * at a time when there should have been so mueh , > made the tears spring to her eyes . c And is it thus , my father , I must go forth , and without a blessing from thee ?— Better as it i& ; better than that thou shouldst suffer the anxiety that would be thine at this moment , couldst thou read my purpose ; and yet it ia for thee—for thee ! ' and she kissed him again and agakk , atod folded him to her bosom , and lifted up her eyes and hir heort in prayer to Heaven that he might be restored to her ; and 4 &en , with more earnestness than usual , she gave her
accustomad look into his eyes of wistful search after the intelligence , that had so long deserted them . Surely his eyes recognized her *? -No ; it was fancy ! Another kiss , and : she turned towards the door ; his head moved , his eye followed her , — she was at his feet in an instant ; but whether the violence of her movement had
checked , returning consciousness , or whether his change of position had been merely accidental , she could not tell , as he relapsed iBto his former state of indifference . The manager and his kind little wife were waiting , to receive her . In selecting a character for her first appearance , Flora had cautiously avoided taking one that might in any way act upon her own personal feeling . Juliet , the one so often selected , had
at ence been rejected by her . Often had she read it with Percy ; often had she talked over improvements in its representation ; and' in her loneliness recalled a remark which he had made in je * t > while regretting the want of spirituality in the fat middleaged'gentleman usually selected to play the gentle Romeo . ' If ever ywk Were to play Juliet , dear Flora , I would stipulate that they should let you play it to your own Romeo ! ' ' . Yes , Percy , I
am indeed dependent on myself , but how little I then thought it would be through your desertion—no , not desertion—loss !' Accordingly Flora had selected her old character of Portia , as one little likely to bear upon her own peculiar history and feelings . The girlisn heroine , wno had years before uttered the apostrophe to . M « rcy , in the library of . Brandon Hall , had lost none of her
beauty ; time had rather added a treasure of strengthened feelings , tempered by ripened judgment , the loftiness of her purppse giving . her steadiness to employ both in their fullest exercise . tier fttory had be ^ n freely circulated amongst all those whom it etott reach , and her greeting . waa unusually eucourag ii * g ; \> ut 4 * put lua mneh ab * ttth * Lta remark it as anything ebe but the MtftuUimedk meedi ta a myr cutpirant . lttfye v gr . ace , an < i digmty , and delicacy of the earlier scenes , attracted and charmed her au-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 580, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/16/
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