ABSTRACT
We ascended a beautiful eminence, at the summit of which we took our seat on the turf, to contemplate the surrounding scenery, and to converse on what had passed since our arrival. ‘Walsingham,’ said Mr. Hanbury, with a grave and penetrating tone, which vibrated on the heart, ‘I fear that our situation in Lady Aubrey’s family will be wholly insupportable. Distance is the strongest bond of attachment, to minds tinctured with pride, and apt to sicken under the fatigues of hospitality; removed from Lady Aubrey’s presence, she will, perhaps, remember you with compunction; and compunction may rekindle in her bosom the latent spark of affection, which now seems almost extinguished. We will return to Glenowen; – we will not stoop to the caprice of Lady Aubrey. I will educate you with the zeal of a brother; and where-ever my future destiny may lead me, you shall be the partner of my fortune.’
