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Leave London, and you are safe. Trust to me." "And where shall I go?" "Look you, Jasper; you have worn out this old world no refuge for you but the new. Whither went your father, thither go you. Consent, and you shall not want. You cannot discover Sophy. You have failed in all attempts on Darrell's purse.
Richard Veneer that gives you such a spite against him, Sophy?" asked the Doctor. "What I' seen 'bout Dick Veneer?" she replied, fiercely. "I'll tell y' what I' seen. Dick wan's to marry our Elsie, that 's what he wan's; 'n' he don' love her, Doctor, he hates her, Doctor, as bad as I hate him!
He was struck with the truth of this representation, and decided to cut down his establishment. But he was forestalled by Sophy, the parlour-maid, who said one evening that she wished to leave him. 'And why? said the parson. 'Sam Hobson has asked me to marry him, sir. 'Well do you want to marry? 'Not much. But it would be a home for me. And we have heard that one of us will have to leave.
Before it grew dark the earth was white as far as the eye could see; the snow fell all night too, and when Sophy opened the door in the morning, it lay on the threshold as high as her waist. In the single glimpse of sunshine that flashed forth, how dazzling the earth looked! The fields around, the valleys beneath, the river, the pond, and the hills beyond, all were white.
After my return home, I had my usual evening reception, and, among other pleasant incidents of plantation life, heard the following agreeable anecdote from a woman named Sophy, who came to beg for some rice.
'Yes, the doctrine can only be consistently held by a solitary man. 'Where would we be but for inconsistency? exclaimed Ulick. 'I do not like to hear you talk in that manner, said Sophy. 'Inconsistency is mere weakness. 'Ah! then you are the dangerous character, said Ulick, with a droll gesture of sheltering himself behind the chair.
The sight touched both George and Darrell; but Darrell of the two was the more affected. Sophy started in some confusion, and as, in quitting the room, she passed by Darrell, he took her hand gently, and scanned her features more deliberately, more earnestly than he had ever yet seemed to do; then he sighed, and dropped the hand, murinuring, "Pardon me."
The letter was so sensible and affectionate, that Mr. Kendal congratulated his son upon such an advantageous outset in life. Gilbert made slight reply, but the next morning Sophy sought Albinia out, and with some hesitation began to tell her that Gilbert was very anxious that she would intercede with papa not to send him to Calcutta. 'You now, Sophy! cried Albinia.
Now you see, I am not what is called Demonstrative, a long word, Sophy, which means, that I don't show to you always how fond I am of you; and, indeed," he added ingenuously, "I am not al ways aware of it myself.
She was provided with all appliances for religious comfort and teaching; she had medicines for the sick and surgical help for the wounded; she carried every necessary protection against the agonising "sea blisters" which torture the fishermen in the winter season. And this vessel of many comforts was called the "Sophy Traill." She is still busy about her work of mercy.
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