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    to succour faer , to cherish her ? - ^ now that she is without a * home , and perhaps is so 6 h to be without a father ? Atid I > > vho felt * her sworn . brother ; ' —? yes , her sworn bnother ! who have taught hett to rely on nle , to look to me ! and well might I , in return / for &U « he has done forme . What was I before I knew her ?— -ra listless

    worm , a elod . Through her I live , I breathe , I move , and feel that I have an immortal soul , bidding me strive upward and onward * the more to be like her—the more to be near her ; and , O , would to God I might say , the more to deserve to lo ^ e her ! Oh ! not now—not now , my mother , let this blow come * I promise you I will withhold all knowledge of that love from her ;—I promise you to be no more than I have seemed to be ; aay , to be more guarded ; but , O , force me not to the misery of

    degradation m my own eyes ; and , what is far worse , scorn and execration as a heartless , worldly , contemptible wretch in her ' s ! ' * Mr& . Fenton (waited till the feeling excited by this outbreak had a little subsided . Percy , you are misjudging ; you are supposing that Miss Brandon ' s feeling is stronger for you than it is ; you are totally ignorant of its extent , i The reliance upon you is that of a mere

    acquaintance ; she has never realized the feeling , for she has never been in circumstances to require it . The grief you would givei liter by your withdrawal could not be half what would be that of your mother at your refusal to grant what she so earnestly implores . There are other reasons which make a continuation of your friendship unadvisabie ; which , when you know , you will be less warmly disposed for a continuation of your present intimacy than you are now . ' c What reasons ? ' ' Nay , Percy , is that look of defiance what I deserve ? ' ' Mother , forgive me ; you know not what I suffer : ' and he pressed his hands tightly against his throbbing browsi ' You do not know that Flora ' s mother was an actress .

    . Nay , listen : you do not know that , in all probability , a reverse of fortune may tempt her , with the undoubted talent she possesses , to adopt the same disgraceful profession / ' I do know it ;< I know all ; I know that her mother was an angel , like herself ! Disgraceful ! I , too , had that feeling once : O , how I spurn myself that I could have it ! Disgraceful ! nay , it is a g lorious one . Look what she could do , with her loveliness , her truth ; her purity of soul , and her beautiful enthusiasm . How she might teaen others to worship her ; and , in worshipping her , to aspire ,

    though at a humble distance , to be like her . O , what a bright example she would be to a world thirsting after beings like her to lead them on to that perfection which all mi g ht attain , if all had equal chance ! ' * Percy ! what means this infatuation ? Is it possible that if Flora Brandon wen * : to become an actress , you would take her for a wife ?* ' * tTake her ! O , were the hope but imae at this momantl . i / JTo watehh otver . faery to j guard hery ) to 'cherish her , to shield » her from every breath thdt could chill her , to help hor as far as my

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    Th * Aklreks , 585

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 585, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/21/