Isthatit?’heasked;andthesilencetheelderspreservedplainlysaid,OnMary’sheangbosomthisbegging-petitionwasread。
AndthatitwasscarcelyabargainthatshewhohaddrenhimwildShouldsharenowthefruitsofhisvalour,thewomenexpressed,astheysmiled。
ThefamilyprideoftheBridgemanswascomforted;still,withcontempt,Theylookedonamonieddamselofmodestyquitesoexempt。
’Ogemeforcetotellthem!’criedMary,andevenasshespoke,Ashoutandahushofthechildren:asiononallofthembroke。
Wheeled,pale,inachair,andshattered,thewreckoftheirherowasseen;