FAIRY PALACE. 51

The children, who saw nothing in the
incident, but that a fine lady, such a
lady as they had never before seen, had
been walking in the church-yard, and
had sat and kneeled down upon dear
Papa’s grave, performed their task with-
out either curiosity or enquiry, and
went home without once recurring to
the subject.

On the following morning, Charles,
deeply impressed by the ceremony of
the preceding evening, spoke affect-
ingly of his parents, whose loss he de-
plored with tears; and enquired of
Dame Morgan what be must do when
he wasa man? “ I have no friend,”
said he, * but you; and if Tam with-
out money, and can do nothing, how
am I to maintain my dear sister, who

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