You will have wealth, station--a name among the first in the gentry of England.

But, above all, you will have the happiness to think that your forbearance for a time has saved me, and, it may be, our children, sweet one!--from poverty and--" "It is enough," interrupted the girl; and the expression of her countenance became serene and elevated.

"It is for you--for your sake.
I know what you hazard: how much I must owe you! Forgive me, this is the last murmur you shall ever hear from these lips." An hour after these words were spoken, the marriage ceremony was concluded.
"Caleb," said the bridegroom, drawing the clergyman aside as they were about to re-enter the house, "you will keep your promise, I know; and you think I may depend implicitly upon the good faith of the witness you have selected ?" "Upon his good faith ?--no," said Caleb, smiling, "but upon his deafness, his ignorance, and his age.

My poor old clerk! He will have forgotten all about it before this day three months.

Now I have seen your lady, I no longer wonder that you incur so great a risk.