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perty, that any one act of liberality on her part
might be considered a reproach to his memory ;
her habits struggling with her feelings, leading
me to the conclusion that she would never have
become, even with the expanding love of her
niece to enlarge her views, thoroughly unmana-
cled from the parsimonious habits of her father,
but for her lesson in adversity, which, instead
of teaching as it does a worldly mind, the value
of money, taught her higher nature its proper
uses.

It was/beautiful to see how Mabel grew into
her aunt’s virtues; and even Mr. Goulding was
startled by the energy and thoughtfulness of her
character. She soon convinced Mr. Lycight
that-her prospects grew brighter in his love ;
and for a time he was romantic enough to wish
she had continued, penniless, and he had been
born a peer, to prove his disinterested affection.
This, however, wore away, as man’s romance
always does, and he absolutely became recon-
ciled to his. bride’s riches. Sarah Bond was
living a very few years ago, beloved and ‘hon-
oured, the fountain of prosperity and blessing
to all who needed. There was no useless ex-
penditure, no show, no extravagance in “ the
establishment” at the old manor house; but it
was pleasant to perceive the prosperity of the
poor in the immediate neighbourhood ; there
was evidence of good heads and kind hearts,
superintending all moral and intellectual im-