New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . 230 THE NEW HISTORY OF CHAPTER XXVI. continuation of the evening at farmer sand- fords. HE Sandfords thank-ed Master Tom-my for his narra-tive, -which theyall said was thebest, the grace-fullest, the mostbeautifullest andaffectingest storythey had everheard ; and An-gelina Sandford, the elder, who was seventeenyears old, and just returned from school, whis-pered to her mother that, for her part, she hadoften heard of such a perfect being as Master. SANDFO
New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . 230 THE NEW HISTORY OF CHAPTER XXVI. continuation of the evening at farmer sand- fords. HE Sandfords thank-ed Master Tom-my for his narra-tive, -which theyall said was thebest, the grace-fullest, the mostbeautifullest andaffectingest storythey had everheard ; and An-gelina Sandford, the elder, who was seventeenyears old, and just returned from school, whis-pered to her mother that, for her part, she hadoften heard of such a perfect being as Master. SANDFORD AND MERTON. 231 Merton, but had never yet seen one, and that shewas desperately enamored of him/ a confessionwhich caused Tommy to pass his hand over hishair, which he now regretted having cropped soclosely, and to take another tumbler of thegenerous punch which Miss Jemima, the youngerMiss Sandford, blushingly poured out for him. Farmer Sandford now volunteered a song. Hisdaughters, and indeed the whole family, expressedthemselves overjoyed at the announcement, asthey had hoped never to have heard him singagain, and had trusted that this evening wouldhave proved no exception to the rule. Theyeven went so far as to beg him to postpone sogreat a treat until some future time, but thehonest farmer was unwilling to deprive them ofany gratification, and having cleared his throatwith a jorum, thus commenced, singing with somany thrills, inflections of voice, and variations oftune as were calculated to delight any audiencethat might be passionately fond of a florid styleof music : 2
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