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Oswald hastened to pick it up; and in restoring it to her, said in Italian, that an humble mortal like himself might venture to place at the feet of a goddess that crown which he dared not presume to place on her head . Corinne thanked Lord Nelville in English, with that pure national accent that pure insular accent, which has scarcely ever been successfully imitated on the continent.

'I daresay, he said, 'the bull will be shy at first, and he'll have to be goaded into the arena. 'But goads hurt, Alice said. 'They don't hurt the bull, Oswald said; 'his powerful hide is too thick. 'Then why does he attend to it, Alice asked, 'if it doesn't hurt? 'Properly-brought-up bulls attend because they know they ought, Oswald said.

The White Mouse, ever docile and obedient, shoved the baby into the arms of the nearest person, who had to take it or it would have fallen a wreck to the ground. This nearest person was Oswald. He tried to pass it on to the others, but they wouldn't. Noel would have, but he was busy kissing Dora and begging her not to.

Oswald thanked Hotspur heartily for the gift, for he, himself, had felt that he needed a second charger, but had been reluctant to ask his father for the money required to buy one; for the expenses of repairing the hold, after the last Scotch invasion, had been heavy, and gold was a scarce commodity at Yardhope. He started at daybreak the next morning, riding the fine horse Hotspur had given him.

And just as she said 'I almost, Dicky pulled too hard and Oswald felt himself toppling on the giddy verge of the big flower-pots. Putting forth all his strength our hero strove to recover his equi-what's-its-name, but it was now lost beyond recall. 'You've done it this time! he said, then he fell heavily among the flower-pots piled below.

When we unexpectedly meet this memento mori, when it is nature and not man that speaks to our soul, the impression we receive is much deeper. Oswald felt the most calm and gentle sensations when, at sunset, he entered the garden of San Giovanni e Paolo. The monks of this monastery are subjected to a much less rigid discipline, and their garden commands a view of all the ruins of ancient Rome.

Oswald attended the parish church with Sir Donald and Esther. Having from early childhood felt the restraints of religious training, Oswald yielded to the sweet solemnity of the hour.

Indeed, as I know I shall be permitted to go out with Oswald, it will be hard if a stray buck does not find its way to the cottage." Thus did they continue talking over matters till they arrived at the cottage. Alice came out to them, saying to Humphrey "Well, Humphrey, have you brought my geese and ducks?"

Yet worse followed, for at their climax, the mimic Oswald having gone quite off his head, the Hobbs person, still with the preposterous affectation of taking me off in speech and manner, was persuaded by the stricken mother to sing. "Sing that dear old plantation melody from London," she cried, "so that my poor boy may know there are worse things than death."

At the end of the fortnight Roger's wound, although not completely healed, was in such a state that it permitted his sitting on horseback, and Oswald became anxious to be off.