The Old Dower House : a Tale of Bygone Days / By the Author of "the Young Prima Dona", the Belle of the Family", &c, &c, &c 1
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" It must die, I tell you," were Guy's part- DOWER HOUSE. /7 ing words as the family separated for the night, and vexation had turned him cross and im- patient, '* it must die, so don't teaze me, mother, about lamps and candles. I'll watch it by moonlight rather than not watch it at all, for before the sun rises again, it must be dead" 78 THE OLD CHAPTER VIIL Such is the hour, yet not a sound is hearcl^ No sights are seen, no melancholy bird Sings tenderly and sweet ; but all the air Is thick a...nd motionless, as if it were A prelude to some dreadful tragedy. ' John Neal. Lady Hester construed this speech, with the words, '' lamps and candles" into something like a tacit promise, that Guy would substitute the moon for them during his vigil, and when about midnight he passed her door, she felt more relieved than sorry, on hearing that the precious spaniel had breathed its last. All was now profoundly quiet, and Abbeys- DOWER HOUSE. 79 lans and its inhabitants were wrapped in deep repose, so Lady Hester sought her pillow.
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