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© hilled . Instead of this , however , he seemed to be softened by Wfc T « qr sudnesainto still greater tenderness for the few objects h £ could ) Afid dftred love ; and Mary , yearning- over him like a bird over its wouftdtd mate , longed to stretch out her feeble wings , and if she could not shelter him , to share the blow that was levelled at his peace . "—Vol . i ., p . 11 ) 1 .
The following scene is finely true to such a character as A Haft ' s . He had * unknown to his father , cherished a little spaniel which he had saved from drowning-. This was a grave offence , and One evening he was detected ; for , being missed from his appointed station at his studies , and James , who could sometimes tell the
whole truth , having given the required direction where to fiad him , he was met just as he had stooped to give " the last lingering stroke to the silky sides of his favourite previous to their return home : "u His father , clad in the full terrors of magisterial authority , stood before him . " ' Whose dog is that ? ' was the first question that passed his lips . " * Mine , ' said Allan , actually trembling , not for himself , but for hjs
friend " A , few more questions followed , as to where and how the animal had been procured , and then the party walked silently to the house , the dog " all the while ( as such creatures will when they are wished at the antipodes , so that they are not seen ) making himself as conspicuous as he could , by running before them in the path , barking , cocking his tail , and even jumping up to the powerful hand of Stephen Grey . " ' The fellow is possessed , ' said Allan to himself ; but they soon reached the stable yard , where his father calling to one of the grooms , bade him tie a weight to the dog ' s neck , and cast him without delay into the deepest pond .
" A fiery glow of passion , as burning - and as deep as ever wrecked the human mind , rushed to the cheek and the brow of the indignant boy . Ho saw his favourite lick the hand of has destroyer , while the man in brutal tones bade him lie down and be hanged . " ' If the dog must die , it shall be by my hand / said Allan , and darting forward he plunged a knife into its heart . A burst of childish tears gushed from his eyes as quickly as the life blood followed from the wound , and seating himself upon the ground , he supported the head of the dying animal , nor ceased from his caresses till the last agony was past . " Stephen Grey and his groom were equally at a loss to account lor this extraordinary scene . "—Vol . i ., p . 72 .
The character of Mary , the heroine of the book , is so admirably true to nature in all her early life , that one who can nnaVrstartd her is able to pronounce beforehand how she will behave under her supposed circumstances , and even to pr ^ tftyet some of the events which are certain to befal her . But fcow ^ As the close of the story she fails in interest . We must introduce her further to our readers in order to be understood . , In her capacity of general sympathiser , and depository of all
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/27/
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