102 EGLANTINE OR

so truly depict the great deeds done by that prince.
What courage inspires the heart which possesses the
noble desire to distinguish itself through all time!
but when we content ourselves to work for the pre-

sent moment, we need not the courage nor those

   

TRICHOM

“CK Otizm,

talents which inspired our forefathers to brave so
many dangers.’
Eglantine listened to her mother with the greatest
attention. Not very long ago she would have re-
mained insensible to the charms _of her conversation,
her indolence preventing her from taking anyinterest in
it ; but her late misfortunes had produced an alteration
in her as sudden as it was astonishing. Her character
was altogether changed. She reflected, and took a
delight now to converse on interesting and instructive