. American scenery. ns ? You look more coolly and justly at the thing than Ido, says the student, and, had we not already gone so far, Itoo should begin to wish myself well out of it. But, as it is,we must watch and wait. Under any circumstances, I haveyour promise of silence. I shall not betray you, says the overseer, as he bidshis companion good-night. But you must not blame me forthe consequences. This conversation, much as it occupies his thoughts fora while, is soon entirely forgotten by our hero, when, as timepasses, even his suspicious eye fails to detect any alterationin the usual cord
. American scenery. ns ? You look more coolly and justly at the thing than Ido, says the student, and, had we not already gone so far, Itoo should begin to wish myself well out of it. But, as it is,we must watch and wait. Under any circumstances, I haveyour promise of silence. I shall not betray you, says the overseer, as he bidshis companion good-night. But you must not blame me forthe consequences. This conversation, much as it occupies his thoughts fora while, is soon entirely forgotten by our hero, when, as timepasses, even his suspicious eye fails to detect any alterationin the usual cordial manner towards himself, either of theColonel or his daughter. To be sure the Lieutenant is, ifpossible, in yet more intimate communion with the family,and our hero is less fully and frequently honoured with theColonels personal confidences, but all this may very well bewithout any design whatever. It is thus that matters stand, when our student is suddenlyrequired to ask leave of absence and withdraw for a while. MISTLETOE HALL. 173 from the scene. He is called away abruptly by intelligenceof tbe serious illness of liis mother. In his filial anxiety everything else is forgotten, and waiting only for the opportunityof a private interview with Clara, and Mr. Granger the overseer,he takes the earliest boat down the river to New Orleans. His parting with the Colonel is so cordial as to allay anyapprehensions which his interview with the overseer may haveraised, though he does not quite understand the looks of in-telligence which pass between his host and Clara and theLieutenant, as he makes his adieus with a kind word for each—to the numerous servants who gather around him, and particularly as he takes leave of Cilia, who seems much moreaffected than the occasion demands. His host and the Lieutenant accompany him to the land-ing ; and as the boat moves off, a heavy weight seems to movefrom Huttons heart, and he breathes more freely, as a smileof satisfaction crosses his lips.
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