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dience ^ ther ctfetaraffed ? tofabyvmtk * completed 4 mt imtcamfku « H * own sf fertfg ptrt * ptfs % <* om »* lihi ** fed it *** lf . end bc ^ MIK ¥ i'W « M £ N * to with the lofty bmritvg- of the feigfc *»< kiled Portia . < ¦ lint estoMftge into fhepresertce of the Duke and the assembled > c *>« rt ^ r * s a momeftt that stood alone , to be remembered ki the annals of dramatic hrstory . She canrfe armed with a cause just and ha ^^ e redeem another from bondage , to free one most dear to her front
suffering . She did as her will had prophesied , as her appeal to her father had promised , * triumph through all ; * and the whole house rose , as the curtain fell , to give vent to its enthusiasm i& universal acclamation . She hurried from the theatre , nofe wi&mg to receive the accustomed shower of plaudits ; her kind friend , the manager , speaking for her , in the words of simple arackearoej * truth , and , in alleging the reason for her absence , securing te her
a further amount of popularity . Arrived at home , Flora , wfes mot long in seeking her father ' s room . As she entered , the rkmp which had been studiously placed so as to avoid the pillow of the invalid , flashed full upon her figure . She was habited hvVhifee ; a long white veil floated over her shoulders . ' Ha ! ' said a voiee from the bed , * art thou come at last ? Long : years have I j
m ^ j ^ f mourned for thee , long have I waited for thee . ' Flora was at her father ' s side in an instant ; ' Come , come / and his head sank on the pillow . For awhile Flora hardly dared breathe to herself what was her fear ; she listened , and soon it was to hear the low deep breath of sleep . She hastily divested herself of her stage costume , and again returned to her station by the bed . She continued there for some time , when her father changed his position . She
arranged his pillow , took his hand , and gave his cheek that kiss of affection , which in other days had never failed of a return . His eyes opened ; * Flora' was the first word he uttered . This time Flora was guarded . * Flora !* again he repeated * ' Yes , papa / came for answer , but in a voice that from its excessive suppression sounded as from the depths of a sepulchre . ' My child , where are you V and Flora's lips were fastened to his forehead .
' Where have I been ? Why are you crying V and Flora could no longer restrain her sobs . * What is the matter , Flora ? . I have had a dream , I have seen an angel , your mother ! sheeaHto to me ; alas ! she is gone—gone ; but my child , my little Flora I have you . Why do you weep ? You are with your father , yfcii are my dear , dear child , —we are happy ! ' From that hoar Walter
slowly recovered ; recovered to hear and tremble at all the ertntf that had so rapidly changed their mode of existence . Flam ' s complete and increasing success , her uninterrupted and improved Health , and the gloom that never failed to rather on hew b * ow when he spoke anxiously of her newly-adopted caree r * soon made him discontinue any afittsjons tt > it but such a » wem ; encoufagJNM& One oth ^ r subject was entirely suppressed , though < . oftent < i&i # JiM other ' s eyes tney < # uld read their unspoken thoughts * Pefiejr ' s
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/17/
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