Alas! for the repentant boy! no such reception awaited him.

His father did not so much as turn his eyes upon his son, and, during the meal, maintained a frigid silence.

Andrew ate but a few mouthfuls.

He had no appetite for food.

On leaving the table, he went into one of the parlors, whither he was followed in a little while, by his younger brother, Edward, who was, by nature, almost as hard and unsympathsizing as his father.