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Father And Son.
hours before he took jtossession . I could not , I think , have been more careful ; and really , Sydney , by the way in which you are pleased to catechise me , one Avould imagine that I Avas incapable of regulating my OAvn house . " " My dear Caroline , you Avell knoAV that my inquiries were not intended to infer anything of the sortand that I have the
, most perfect confidence both in your judgment and kindness of heart ; but we are placed in so delicate a position Avith my father , he has made such enormous sacrifices for us , that I could not brook that he should for an instant imagine us capable of preferring the convenience of comparative strangers to his own ; and really he now secludes himself so perpetually
, that he requires every comfort in his own apartments that Ave can collect about him . " And the Avell-meaning but weak young man Avas right . Mr . Leicester , the self-denuded master of the lordly mansion Avhich he had inherited from his ancestors , did indeed each day seclude himself moi-e and more . He had long refused to admit
the belief that he could be looked upon as an intruder and a burthen under his OAvn roof , and Avhen he Avas at length reluctantly compelled to do so , the process was a cruel one ; he wrestled with his OAVU reason , and anxiously lvatched for some indication to the contrary , long after he had ceased to hope that any such would be A ouchsafed by the heartless Avoman
whom he had enriched ; as the Egyptians were Avont to lay their dying relatives upon the threshold of their dwellings , in the hope that some pjilgrim from a far land might pass by , gifted with a healing power , and save the sufferer .
Long , however , ere he Avas subjected to the last humiliation which Ave have recorded , the hideous truth became all-apparent to the aged man ; his son , it was true , ever met him with a smile , and solicitous inquiries as to his health and welfare , but he Avas always immersed in pleasure , or so absorbed by his beautiful young wife , that he saAv little of him , save when at
rare intervals he joined the party in the draAving-room ; upon which occasions the ostentatious attentions of Mrs . Leicester , while they tended to heighten his own disgust , excited the admiration of her guests . Only one happiness remained to him on earth , and for that one he was indebted to his grandchild and namesakeMontaguthe future lord of the domain—a
, , glorious boy now verging on his fifth year , full of life , energy , and affection , Avho would at all times abandon his sports , and escape from the pettings and praises of his mother ' s circle , to sit on his little stool at the feet of the old man , listening Avith a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Father And Son.
hours before he took jtossession . I could not , I think , have been more careful ; and really , Sydney , by the way in which you are pleased to catechise me , one Avould imagine that I Avas incapable of regulating my OAvn house . " " My dear Caroline , you Avell knoAV that my inquiries were not intended to infer anything of the sortand that I have the
, most perfect confidence both in your judgment and kindness of heart ; but we are placed in so delicate a position Avith my father , he has made such enormous sacrifices for us , that I could not brook that he should for an instant imagine us capable of preferring the convenience of comparative strangers to his own ; and really he now secludes himself so perpetually
, that he requires every comfort in his own apartments that Ave can collect about him . " And the Avell-meaning but weak young man Avas right . Mr . Leicester , the self-denuded master of the lordly mansion Avhich he had inherited from his ancestors , did indeed each day seclude himself moi-e and more . He had long refused to admit
the belief that he could be looked upon as an intruder and a burthen under his OAvn roof , and Avhen he Avas at length reluctantly compelled to do so , the process was a cruel one ; he wrestled with his OAVU reason , and anxiously lvatched for some indication to the contrary , long after he had ceased to hope that any such would be A ouchsafed by the heartless Avoman
whom he had enriched ; as the Egyptians were Avont to lay their dying relatives upon the threshold of their dwellings , in the hope that some pjilgrim from a far land might pass by , gifted with a healing power , and save the sufferer .
Long , however , ere he Avas subjected to the last humiliation which Ave have recorded , the hideous truth became all-apparent to the aged man ; his son , it was true , ever met him with a smile , and solicitous inquiries as to his health and welfare , but he Avas always immersed in pleasure , or so absorbed by his beautiful young wife , that he saAv little of him , save when at
rare intervals he joined the party in the draAving-room ; upon which occasions the ostentatious attentions of Mrs . Leicester , while they tended to heighten his own disgust , excited the admiration of her guests . Only one happiness remained to him on earth , and for that one he was indebted to his grandchild and namesakeMontaguthe future lord of the domain—a
, , glorious boy now verging on his fifth year , full of life , energy , and affection , Avho would at all times abandon his sports , and escape from the pettings and praises of his mother ' s circle , to sit on his little stool at the feet of the old man , listening Avith a