Page 26 (1/1)

I confess I was soe: I feared the consequences of her displeasure, and even round I had lost--and with better apparent success than I could have anticipated At one tih; ie relaxed into a smile, and she favoured me with a particular history of that and her other infirnation, delivered in the usual e can portray

'But there's one renation' (a toss of the head), 'resignation to the will of heaven!' (an uplifting of the hands and eyes) 'It has always supported h all my trials, and alill do' (a succession of nods) 'But then, it isn't everybody that can say that' (a shake of the head); 'but I'nificant nod and toss) 'And, thank heaven, I alas' (another nod), 'and I glory in it!' (an e of the head) And with several texts of Scripture, ious exclamations so redolent of the ludicrous in the style of delivery andin, if not in the expressions the her large head in high good- hu that, after all, she was rather weak than wicked

At her next visit to Wellwood House, I went so far as to say I was glad to see her looking so well The effect of this was ical: the words, intended as acohtened up, and fron as heart could wish--in outward semblance at least From what I no of her, and what I heard froain her cordial friendship, I had but to utter a word of flattery at each convenient opportunity: but this was against my principles; and for lack of this, the capricious old daain, and I believe did reatly influence her daughter-in-law against me, because, between that lady and herself there was a mutual dislike-- chiefly shown by her in secret detractions and caluid for flattery of the elder could thaay the wall of ice which the younger interposed between them But with her son, the old lady had better success: he would listen to all she had to say, provided she could soothe his fretful te him by her own asperities; and I have reason to believe that she considerably strengthened his prejudice against lected the children, and even his wife did not attend to theht; and that he o to ruin