And the man died poor,--not in want, not in want ?" "Comfort yourself, worthy sir; he had at the last all that sickness and death require, except one assurance, which I ventured to whisper to him,--I trust not too rashly,--that his daughter would not be left unprotected.

And I pray you to reflect, my dear sir, that--" Sir Miles did not wait for the conclusion of the sentence; he rose abruptly, and left the room.

Mr.Fielden (so the good priest was named) felt confident of the success of his mission; but to win it the more support, he sought Lucretia.

She was then seventeen: it is an age when the heart is peculiarly open to the household ties,--to the memory of a mother, to the sweet name of sister.

He sought this girl, he told his tale, and pleaded the sister's cause.