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ton ' s prejudices , he saw nothing but a hopeless struggle as the coBsequmee tif 19 » continued association of mVdaughterwith her son . iTkataii thetfe considerations worked together , and not for good to poor Waiter ' s health of body and peace of mind , may be easOy imagined , nor is it to be wondered that they finally reduced him to the state in which we last left him .
Mora ' s shriek , as her father fell , summoned the whole household to her side . George was foremost in the group ; he waited not an instant , but went in search of the nearest medical help . Meanwhile every possible means were used for Walter ' s reanimation , and at last a faint sigh relieved Flora from her worst fears . He unclosed his eyes , but no look of recognition came from them ; vacantly they wandered from side to side . c Father , dear father , speak to me ! look at me ! it is Flora ! she will be your comfort ! All is well ! do you not know me ? it is Flora , —Flora !* again she repeated ; and , after each successive sentence had failed in its intent to recal him to his senses , in a sort of desperate agony she knelt
down close to him , and whispered her mother ' s earliest name distinctly in his ear , but with a half-feartulne 3 s lest she should rouse even a stronger intelligence than she desired . For the first time the one name remained unanswered by its accustomed thrilling response , and the lids again closed over his speechless eyes . George returned with the hope of instant succour , and by the time his master had been conveyed to his chamber it had arrived .
Flora Wisely felt the necessity of communicating as much of her father ' s previous state of mind as might assist in a decision . An overwrought system , which would require time and the most extreme care to restore it , was the verdict . He might remain a longer or a shorter period in this state of torpor . The utmost importance was attached to the speedy security of as hopeful a set of circumstances , around him as his friends could command , that
when his brain recovered from the shock it had sustained , he might not suffer a relapse from a continuation of the anxiety that haa occasioned it . The medical man departed . ' Can I do any thing , Miss Flora ? ' said George , with a quivering voice and eyes filled with tears . * Thank you , George , no ; when you hear this bell Ting , you will come ; it is such a comfort to see your face , instead 6 f a stranger ' s . '—* Thank you ! thank you ! ' said George ; and Flora was left alone . Quite alone she could not feel : the
reliance with which , she looked to Percy ; the feeling that in him she had a brother ; that he could advise with her as to the best plan at directing the energy she felt so strong within her , and materially help her in carrying k into execution ; the recollection of the strong sympathy that bad sprung up between them , gave her a feeling of trust and thaafcfcilness even in the midtrt of circumstance * unusually trying ^ to one . whose life had been spent in a round of altnoept uninterrupted enjoyment . She could arrange nothing till he came ; m evert thought for her father ' s comfort
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 572, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/8/
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