The Waldorf family . the weight of eighty years now lies heavy uponme, and a nook by the winters fire, or a shelterfrom the summers heat, must hereafter be the limitof my desires. I have been busied in arrangingpapers, and preparing for my journey: you willnot be surprised, therefore, if I acknowledge my-self somewhat fatigued this evening. Frank looksgrave, as if he thought I was going to make anapology, instead of telling a story. Oh, no grandpapa, exclaimed Frank; ifyou are tired, pray dont think of us or our disap-pointments. I will satisfy my conscience, Frank, by a com-promise, and will
The Waldorf family . the weight of eighty years now lies heavy uponme, and a nook by the winters fire, or a shelterfrom the summers heat, must hereafter be the limitof my desires. I have been busied in arrangingpapers, and preparing for my journey: you willnot be surprised, therefore, if I acknowledge my-self somewhat fatigued this evening. Frank looksgrave, as if he thought I was going to make anapology, instead of telling a story. Oh, no grandpapa, exclaimed Frank; ifyou are tired, pray dont think of us or our disap-pointments. I will satisfy my conscience, Frank, by a com-promise, and will tell you a story, provided you letme off with a short one. There is a legend, fullof moral and poetic beauty, which I reserved tothe last, because I had half a mind to give it toyou in the ballad form, as I originally heard it. 213 =-*A=^ TT^=-t^-7^^=^.z: This you must now be content to receive in plainprose ; and, short as it is, you will find enough init to occupy your thoughts, if you rightly under-stand ran ipmace w ran ®mw OR, THE TEMPTATION OF PEREK.
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