. Denis Duval, Lovel the widower, The Wolves and the lamb, The second funeral of Napoleon ... with illustrations by the author and by Frederick Walker . dwhen he was a good, gentle, obedient boj^ You haveinfluence with my poor Frederick. Exert it for hisheart-broken mothers sake; and you shall have m)^ bub-ble-uble-essings, you shall. My dear good lady, I exclaim—not liking to seethe kind soul in grief. Send for Doctor Straightwaist! Order him to pausein his madness, cries Baker; or it is I, Cecilias mo-ther, the mother of that murdered angel, that shall gomad. Angel? Allons! I say. Since his
. Denis Duval, Lovel the widower, The Wolves and the lamb, The second funeral of Napoleon ... with illustrations by the author and by Frederick Walker . dwhen he was a good, gentle, obedient boj^ You haveinfluence with my poor Frederick. Exert it for hisheart-broken mothers sake; and you shall have m)^ bub-ble-uble-essings, you shall. My dear good lady, I exclaim—not liking to seethe kind soul in grief. Send for Doctor Straightwaist! Order him to pausein his madness, cries Baker; or it is I, Cecilias mo-ther, the mother of that murdered angel, that shall gomad. Angel? Allons! I say. Since his widowhood,you have never given the poor fellow any peace. Youhave been for ever quarrelling with him. You took pos-session of his house; bullied his servants; spoiled hischildren—you did. Lady Baker. Sir, cries her ladyship, you are a low, presuming,vulgar man! Clarence, beat this rude man! Nay, I say, there must be no more quarrelling to-day. And I am sure Captain Baker will not molest Prior, I am delighted that my old friend shouldhave found a woman of good sense, good conduct, goodtemper—a woman who has had many trials, and borne. Levels Mothers CECILIAS SUCCESSOR 363 them with very great patience—to take charge of him,and make him happy. I congratulate you both. MissPrior has borne poverty so well that I am certain shewill bear good fortune, for it is good fortune to becomethe wife of such a loyal, honest, kindly gentleman asFrederick Lovel. After such a speech as that, I think I ma}^ sa}^ liheravianimam. Not one word of complaint, you see, not a hintabout Edward, not a single sarcasm, though I mighthave launched some terrific shots out of my quiver, andhave made Lovel and his bride-elect WTithe before what is the need of spoiling sport? Shall I growlout of my sulky manger, because my comrade gets themeat? Eat it, happy dog! and be thankful. Wouldnot that bone have choked me if I had tried it? Besides,I am accustomed to disappointment. Other fellows g
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