5/24 Hardship she could not bear; the second alternative she shrank from on account of her child; she determined to face her father. She came one Sunday evening, found Mr.Woodstock at home, and, without letting the servant say who was come, went up and entered his presence, the child in her arms. Abraham rose and looked at her calmly. Her disappearance had not troubled him, though he had exerted himself to discover why and whither she was gone, and her return did not visibly affect him. She was a rebel against his authority--so he viewed the matter--and consequently quite beyond the range of his sympathies. |