"Your trials have been very great, and so were those of the poor creature we both of us deplore.

But she is at peace, and therefore we need not lament her." "Alas!" exclaimed Leonard, mournfully, "I am now only anxious to rejoin her." "It is selfish, if not sinful, to grieve in this way," rejoined Mr.
Bloundel, somewhat sternly.

"You must bear your sorrows like a man.

Come home with me.

I will be a father to you.