My folly"-- "Father!" exclaimed Fanny--"it is I--not you--that must bear reproach.

A word might have saved all.

Weak, erring child that I was! Oh! that fatal secret which almost crushed my heart with its burden! Why did I not listen to the voice of conscience and duty ?" "Let the dead past rest," said Mr.Markland.

"Your error was light, in comparison with mine.

Had I guarded the approaches to the pleasant land, where innocence and peace had their dwelling-place, the subtle tempter could never have entered.