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See the proceedings of the confederation at Nantes. "Si plures sunt ii quibus improbe datum est, quam illi quibus injuste ademptum est, idcirco plus etiam valent? Non enim numero hæc judicantur, sed pondere. Quam autem habet æquitatem, ut agrum multis annis, aut etiam sæculis ante possessum, qui nullum habuit habeat, qui autem habuit amittat?
Must I then mourn over thee, thou promising one must I say with the epigrammatist "`Hoc jacet in tumulo, raptus puerilibus annis, Jacob Faithful domini cura, doloroque sui? "True, most true. Thou hast quitted the element thou so joyously controlledst, thou hast come upon the terra firma for thy grave? "`Sis licet inde sibi tellus placata, levisque, Artifices levior non potes esse manu.
But what who ?" as Violet handed her a bunch of Scotch heather, her eyes dancing with mirth and pleasure as she did so, for at the sight of the flowers a crimson flush had suddenly suffused Annis' cheek. "You see what," she said, "and the who is Cousin Ronald.
"In a few days, sir, should she continue to gain strength as she seems to be doing now. I have no doubt she will be very glad to see both you and Cousin Annis." "Yes; I must go along, for I want to see both the boy and his mother. Marian will make a sweet mother, I think; and Arthur an excellent father," said Annis.
She longs to see the lady who is now Sister Clare at St. Katharine's in London, and it is well not to let her and Annis brook the long sea voyage. 'There, Jean! I'd brook ten sea voyages rather than hold myself beholden to an Englishman! quoth James. 'Nevertheless, there are letters and messages that it is well to confide to so trusty and wise-headed a knight as Glenuskie, returned the Bishop.
The Yule-dough, cunningly moulded into the likeness of a little babe, had been carefully laid by as a sovereign protector from the evils of fire, floods, carnage, and so say some ancient writers from the bite of rabid dogs. Annis Vane, decked out in the bravest array her altered fortunes would permit, knelt by the blazing hearth.
The quantity of mother-of-pearl-shell, communibus annis, sold there is two thousand piculs, at six dollars a picul. The fishery is partly carried on by the Malays, and partly by the Chinese; the large pearls they endeavor to conceal as much as possible, from a law that all pearls above a certain size of right belong to the sultan.
The cook turned a deaf ear, however, and declining in emphatic language to step ashore and take something, went and sulked in the galley. At dinner-time a telegram came from Annis, and the next morning brought a letter from her which the skipper read aloud to the proud father.
"Shall we make any move in the matter to-night, my dear?" asked Violet. "I think not, except to talk it over with your mother and grandparents." "Yes, that will be the better plan," said Violet. "And mother will be the one to make the suggestion to Cousin Annis and persuade her to adopt it." "Yes; there will be no need of persuasion as regards the gentleman's share in the matter."
"No," said Annis, drawing back sharply; "it wouldn't be right." Afraid he had gone too far, Wilson's cowardice got the better hand again. "What wouldn't?" he asked, with an awkward attempt at innocence. A tiny but ominous sparkle in Miss Gething's eye showed her opinion of this unfairness. "I beg your pardon," he said humbly. "What for?" asked Miss Gething innocently in her turn.
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