4/21 "I have never seen more grace and refinement. I often look at Walter, and recall her, with her beautiful brown hair and blue eyes. How short her course was, too! I think she died at eighteen." "Do tell me about her, uncle," said Alice. Have you never told Alice her history, cousin ?" "No, it is almost too sad a tale for Alice's ear, and there is something holy, in my mind, in the recollection of the sorrows of that young person. If the grave would give up its secrets--but it will, it will--the time will come for justice to all, even to poor Ellen Haywood. |