Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. VI. Oh, had we never, never met, Or could this heart even now forget, How link'd, how bless'd we might have been, Had fate not frown'd so dark between Moore. Ernest Bonner had already set off' for England, whither it is our intention, now, to follow him; and, in the mean time, commit our hero, for a season, to the guardianship of his good genius. On Ernest's landipg he spent a short time in London, and then adjourned to the Grove. Emily, contrary to her brother's advice, had resolved not to apply to the Rector to counsel and assist her: timidity, a sense of liability to blame, and confidence in her own integrity, induced her to avoid exposing her weakness; and, at all events, she determined not to make the humiliating disclosure, unless absolutely necessary. In this frame of mind she was found on Bonner's unannounced visit, a couple of months from the time of her brother's em- barkation: her first impulse was to fly to Mr. Camden, and pour into his friendly bosom an account of the difficulties which environed her; but she shrunk from the idea of committing them to a man, even though he might be a good and true friend; and a few weeks deprived her of the will or power of retreating; for Ernest soon made it apparent to her willing ear, that his silence and seeming neglect was only the effect of policy; for he knew his uncle would strongly oppose his forming any connection but that he had so long determined upon. The fond but foolish girl was won over by his expostulations and declarations of passion; and, without daring to look back or forward, she heard his oath of everlasting fidelity, and gave in return, the best and purest present in a woman's power ? her affections But their dream of happiness was but short After the first ebullition of passion Em...