gentle she so his memory in a more the ov life literal of that phrase than usual that he soon became quite fresh and brisk how he under an apprehension not uncommon to persons in his degree to whom the use of pen and is an event that he couldn t his name to a document not of his own writing without committing himself in some shadowy manner or somehow away vague and enormous sums of money and how he approached the deeds under protest and by dint of the doctor s and insisted on pausing to look at them before writing the cramped hand to say nothing of the being so much chinese to him and also on turning them round to see whether there was anything underneath and how having signed his name he became desolate as one who had parted with his property and rights i want the time to tell also how the blue bag containing his signature afterwards had a mysterious interest for him and he couldn t leave it also how in an ecstasy of laughter at the idea of her own importance and dignity over the whole table with her two elbows like a spread eagle and her head upon her left arm as a preliminary to the formation of certain characters which required a deal of ink and imaginary the battle op life whereof she executed at the same time with her tongue also how having once tasted she thirsty in that regard as are said to he after another sort of and wanted to sign every thing and put her name in all kinds of places in the doctor was discharged of his trust and all its and alfred taking it on himself was fairly started on the journey of life britain said the doctor to the gate and watch for the coach time flies alfred yes sir yes returned the young man hurriedly dear grace a moment � so young and beautiful so winning and so much admired dear to my heart as nothing else in life is � remember i leave to you she has always been a sacred charge to me alfred she is doubly so now i will be faithful to my trust believe me i do believe it grace i know it well who could look upon your face and hear your earnest voice and not know it ah good grace if i had your well governed heart and tranquil mind how bravely i would leave this place to day would you she answered with a quiet smile the battle live and yet grace � sister seems the natural word use she said quickly am glad to hear it call me else and yet sister then said alfred aud i had better hare your true and qualities serving us here and making us both happier and better i wouldn t carry away to sustain myself if i could coach upon the hill top exclaimed britain time flies alfred said the doctor had stood apart with her eyes upon the ground but this warning being given her young lover brought her tenderly to where her sister stood and gave her into her embrace i have been telling grace dear he said that you are her charge my precious trust at parting and when i come back and you dearest and the bright prospect of our married life lies stretched before us it shall be one of our chief pleasures to consult how we can make grace happy how we can anticipate her wishes how we can show our gratitude and love to her how we can return her of the debt she will have heaped upon us the younger sister had one hand in his the other rested on her sister s neck she looked into that sister s the battle of eyes so calm serene and with a gaze in wliich affection admiration sorrow wonder almost veneration were blended she looked into that sister s face as if it were the face of some bright angel calm serene and it looked back on her and on her lover and when the time comes as it must one day said alfred � i wonder it has never come yet but grace knows best for grace is always right � when she will want a friend to open her whole heart to and to be to her something of what she has been to us � then how faithful we will prove and what delight to us to know that she our dear good sister loves and is loved again as we would have her still the younger sister looked into her eyes and turned not � even towards him and still those honest eyes looked back so calm serene and cheerful on herself and on her lover and when all tiiat is past and we are old and living as we most together � close together talking often of old times said alfred � these shall be our favourite times among them � this day most of all and telling each other what we thought and felt and the battle of life hoped and feared at parting and how we couldn t bear to say good bye coach coming through the wood britain yes i am ready � and how we met again so happily in spite of all we make this day the happiest in all the year and keep it as a birth ay shall we dear yes interposed the elder sister eagerly and with a radiant smile yes alfred don t linger there s no time say good bye to and heaven be with you he pressed the younger sister to his heart from his embrace she again clung to her sister and her eyes with the same blended look again sought those so calm serene and cheerful my boy said the doctor to talk about any serious correspondence or serious affections and engagements 