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To relieve beauty in distress was one of the first laws of ancient chivalry; and no knight ever accomplished that vow with greater ardour than I did on this occasion. Paris, November 7, 1801. My impatience is at length gratified.
My dear M. Doublet, I am going to frighten you," said he, laughing. "I am going to make you utter cries of distress." "Me! my lord?" "You!" "I will do all in my power to satisfy your lordship." "I am going to spend a great deal of money, M. Doublet an enormous amount of money." "What of that, my lord? We are able to do it well able to do it."
"What in the name of heaven shall I do?" asked Legrand, seemingly in the greatest distress. "Do!" said I, glad of an opportunity to interpose a word, "why, come home and go to bed. Come now! that's a fine fellow. It's getting late, and, besides, you remember your promise." "Jupiter," cried he, without heeding me in the least, "do you hear me?" "Yes, Massa Will, hear you ebber so plain,"
But as she scarcely heeded him, and as he was bursting with the desire to confide in some one, he led her away and in a low voice said to her: "Guess what I have done!" "But what I don't know." "Guess." "I cannot. I don't know." "Well, I have told Mme. Rosemilly that I wish to marry her." She did not answer, for her brain was buzzing, her mind in such distress that she could scarcely take it in.
He stared, knitted his brows, and then lifted them in inquiry as he turned to Celia. "Poor man!" she said readily, in tones loud enough to reach Theron. "It is our neighbor, Father, the Rev. Mr. Ware. He hit upon my name in the register quite unexpectedly, and I had him come up. He is in sore distress a great and sudden bereavement. He is going now.
You ought to have seen the humility with which she accepted his suggestions, and the distress which his censures caused her. All the time that the rehearsal lasted she kept her eyes steadily fixed upon him, watching like a submissive slave to catch the wishes of her master.
Put the case that the mind of that philanthropist were clouded by sorrow of his own, extinguishing all sympathy with the lot of others, and that while he still has the power to benefit others in distress, he is not touched oy their trouble because he is absorbed with his own; and now suppose that he tears himself out of this dead insensibility, and performs the action without any inclination to it, but simply from duty, then first has his action its genuine moral worth.
A few hours afterwards, a man knocked, and announced himself as the inspector. He found the situation of the family truly miserable; inquired into all their circumstances, and satisfied himself that their distress was not occasioned by any misconduct on their part. But the bird was again the stumbling-stone.
My knowledge of the worldly principles of Lord Raymond, would have ever prevented me from applying to him, however deep my distress might have been. It was in vain that I repeated to myself with regard to Adrian, that his purse was open to me; that one in soul, as we were, our fortunes ought also to be common.
But upon a post "in fair capital letters" was carved the word "Croatoan." This was the name of a neighbouring island inhabited by friendly Indians. There was no cross or sign of distress carved over the letters. And when the Governor saw that he was greatly comforted. He spent some time searching about for other signs of the colonists.
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