170 GLENOWEN, OR THE

“ But I neglected to take the care of
her I ought to have done,” said Charles,
sobbing violently, ‘* and which I pro-
mised I would do, most sacredly pro-
mised, and no longer deserve to retain
this your most precious gift. Take
then, oh noble Peribanou! the watch I
have so justly forfeited; and forgive, if
you can, a fault I am resolved never to
repeat.”

“Generous and most excellent youth,”
exclaimed Peribanou, in a tone of rap-
ture, ‘ the fault, of which you confess
yourself to have been guilty, has served
only to elucidate a principle of innate
virtue, which, by increasing my esteem,
renders you still dearer to my heart.
Take back the watch ; and with it, not
my forgiveness, for I have nothing to

forgive,