. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . in homage. But Eva perceived no alteration in the fidelity and attach-ment of her guardian, although he had more than once complained that a shadow was over him. He seemed to have an instinctive knowledgeof what she wished him to do ; and with the zeal of true affection, hisact followed her desire so rapidly, that she hardly needed words to tellher wants. He comprehended the vacuum caused by the absence of Sidney;he brought her a young fawn, and by constant and judicious training,established so good an understanding between it and Keel
. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . in homage. But Eva perceived no alteration in the fidelity and attach-ment of her guardian, although he had more than once complained that a shadow was over him. He seemed to have an instinctive knowledgeof what she wished him to do ; and with the zeal of true affection, hisact followed her desire so rapidly, that she hardly needed words to tellher wants. He comprehended the vacuum caused by the absence of Sidney;he brought her a young fawn, and by constant and judicious training,established so good an understanding between it and Keeldar, that thedog took Evas new favourite under its protection; and if any oneobsctrved how watchfully he guarded it, he would skulk away, hiding A FAIRY TALE OF LOVE. 133 himself in the bushes, as if ashamed of being caught in so foolish andundignified an act as protecting, or playing with, the fawn of a So well could Bandy divine Evas thoughts, that if the expected letterhad not arrived in due time, he would stride to meet the post, andwithout heeding the little lads remonstrance, seize the post-bag, andconvey it forthwith to be plundered in the Dovecote ; indeed, his eccen-tricities and earnestness wiled away many a moment that had beenotherwise heavy with care. Sweetly though her mothers voice soundedin the duet, there was another wanted to perfect its harmony. Geraldineand Eva read from the same book, yet neither tale, poem, nor history,were quite what they used to be, when one read and two listened; andwell as Geraldine walked, she could not mount the hills with Eva as shehad so often done : and her cheek became pale, not flushed, by exercise;sometimes Eva observed this ; but her mother smiled away all anxietiesthat had birth in herself. 134 MIDSUMMER EVE : Evas beauty attracted as much attention, and was as much noisedabroad as the fame of the lovely district in -which she dwelt
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