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    dbm ** & t * y * & thai ; no pottfcm ef Mr > Onm * * yrttftoi Lf / mm iMfailnl From MsrWfeer he tad received eempamtrffclr * trt * , and mtoh his wife still fess . But during the war mercmntrftrgrimfc were immense , and Mr . Green was a bold and ' OftMCffom sptett * lator . His gains were enormous ; and as he felt tiimself W be the architect of his own fortune , so he determined to beqvfegth it as he himself chose .

    ' The will was reed , and , to the inexpressible mortification ef his children , he left the sister wholly dependant upon the brother . To- the latter he left his whole fortune , on condifckm tehat he should marry his cousin within ten days after she should hare completed her twenty-second birth-day ; failing that condition- *—whether by the refusal of either party or the death of the ladytile whole of Mr . Green * s property was to be bestowed in certain portions upon certain charities , only excepting one hundred pounds per annum to each of his children . To each of those sfciklren this eccentric will gave pretty nearly equal annoyancebut they eaeh displayed it differently . Emily changed her formerly insolent manner for one of equally remarkable sycophancy — -awhile her brother , who had ever behaved kindly to his * cousin , nofcr assumed a sternness of manner-towards her . and busied

    himself in seeking some means by which to set aside his father ' s will . Thmt , hewtfrer , he found to be utterly impossible . The detaihr , to the minutest technicality ,, had been skilfully cared for—H&nd poor Edward acknowledged , with a sigh , that he had no alterwa- ^ ttot hut beggary or an ill-assorted marriage . As' the day for hfe dfrewkm , upon which so much depended , drew near , the confersafcieM betWeen himself and his sister were frequent . She well

    hnfew his generosity , and knew ^ therefore , that her interest would be safe if he saved the property by compliance with the wilL And hence it was that sne now fawned upon her cousin , and endeavoured to show her brother that he might marry worte if h » had his * wn unfettered choice . " And besides / ' said Emily , in one of thes ^ co nversations , " Anne is evidently mwch attached to y » n and 1 do really think that your manner towards her has been such as to confirm her attachment , by leading her to believe

    » your * . ** 4 flfcfjr attachment ! And to her ! Mori de ma vie ! An if a flStitt fefeitnot show some kindness to a pauper coumii wftfcdut straightway feHktg in love with her round shoulders , beetle brow / and inimitably bandy legal However , needs must when the d «* j | drives , m I shall een marry the amiable deformity at the lalfctf fifty allowed by the will—and separate from her oa the « MlieslvfMtriA > le day afterwards /* Before Emily could reply to tfcfo > 0 Ufi BJiy s ^ mueh in accordahce with her own feeling « ^ a hteavy fcll in th » tdjolniiiff room reminded them that they had be $ it mpm ** 0 *< x * f fcy hidf shut ^ Idiw doom from ike urfortajH ** gm of w ^ gm they tm& been talking , fergetful , in their e * f *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1835, page 670, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2650/page/42/