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Henry, in having such things to relate of his father, was almost as pitiable as in their first avowal to himself He blushed for the narrow-ed to expose The conversation between theer had been of thehow Catherine had been treated, on co ordered to acquiesce in theeneral, accustoive the law in his fa desire that should dare to clothe itself in words, could ill brook the opposition of his son, steady as the sanction of reason and the dictate of conscience could h it must shock, could not intimidate Henry, as sustained in his purpose by a conviction of its justice He felt himself bound asthat heart to be his ohich he had been directed to gain, no unworthy retraction of a tacit consent, no reversing decree of unjustifiable anger, could shake his fidelity, or influence the resolutions it prompted

He steadily refused to accoement formed almost at the moment to promote the dismissal of Catherine, and as steadily declared his intention of offering her his hand The general was furious in his anger, and they parted in dreadful disagreeitation of mind which many solitary hours were required to compose, had returned almost instantly to Woodston, and, on the afternoon of the following day, had begun his journey to Fullerton