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the law as it would, her father’s memory would
now be held as the memory of an honest man;
that he had, as she had said, copied, not forged
the will. .Mr. Goulding declared he should find
it difficult to forgive himself for having so long
prevented the old furniture from being.sent, as-
suring her, the dread*that Mabel was unfit to
contend with the privations to which the lives
of humble men are doomed, made him tremble
for the happiness of the young friend who had
been consigned to his care by a dying mother ;
he feared to renew the intomppree, until her
character was developed ; e poor Mabel
had little thought how closely she was watched
along the humble and thorny paths she had to
traverse.

Sarah Bond’s spirit was so chastened, that
she regretted nothing save the shadow cast upon
her father’s grave ; and now that was removed,
she was indeed happy. She assured the rector
how useful adversity had been to them—how
healthful it had rendered Mabel’s mind—and
how much better, if they recovered what had
been lost, they should know how to employ
their means of usefulness. Mr. Lycight’s con-
gratulations were not so hearty as Mr. Gould-
ing’s$ he felt that now he was the curate and
Mabel the Meiress; and he heard the kind good
night which Mabel spoke with‘a tingling ear.
He was proud in his own way; and pride, as
well as his affection, had been gratified by the

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