ought to pay the expenses and not be under an obligation to any one of so solemn a kind as that he then sent his love and to his mother at whose name eyes were again filled with tears and begged the old man to comfort and support her with the utmost care and tenderness as she was he requested him to her against visiting him till after the trial lest an interview might increase her illness and render less capable of bearing up under an sentence should such be the issue of the having then bade farewell to and embraced the old man the latter departed with more calmness and fortitude than ho had up to that period displayed thi muse om chapter x when time approaches the miserable with in his his is than that of the eagle but alas when carrying them toward happiness his pace is slower than that the the only three persons on earth whose happiness was in that of found themselves on the eve of the by a of heart that was strong in proportion to the love they bare him the dead calm which had fallen on was absolutely more painful to his wife than would have boon the that resulted from his lust of his last interview with he never to the h s� of his money unless abruptly in his dreams ere was stamped upon his whole manner a glory and mysterious composure which of itself sank her of the fate which over ih son the change visible on both and the breaking down of their strength were indeed pitiable as for it would be difficult to describe her struggle between confidence in his innocence and apprehension of the law which she knew had often punished the instead of the criminal tis true she attempted to assume in the eyes of others a fortitude which her fears and even affected to smile at the possibility of her lover s honour and character suffering any the ordeal to which they were about to be submitted her smile however on such occasions was a melancholy one and the secret tears she shed might prove as they did to her brother who was alone to her grief th� extent of those terrors notwithstanding her dis the of of them wrung her soul so bitterly day after day her spirits became more and more depressed till as the crisis of s fate arrived the roses had altogether flown from her cheeks indeed now that the trial was at hand public sympathy turned rapidly and strongly in his favour his father had lost that wealth the acquisition of which earned him so heavy a portion of and aa he had been sufficiently punished ta his person they did not think it just to transfer any portion of the resentment borne against hun to a son who had never in his system of oppression they felt for now on his own account and remembered only his amiable and excellent character in addition to this the history of the mutual attachment between him and having become the topic of general the rash act for which he stood committed was good resolved a foolish of love for which it would be a thousand to take away his life in such mood was the public and the parties most interested in the � vent of � tory when the morning of that awful day which was q restore con nor to the hearts that loved him so well or to doom him a convicted to a and at length the came on aad our unhappy prisoner at the hour of eleven o clock was placed at the bar of his country to stand the of a common report had already carried abroad the story of s love and his many interesting accounts of which had got into the papers of the day when he stood forward therefore all eyes were eagerly upon him the judge glanced at him with calm scrutiny and the members of the bar especially the turning round surveyed him through their glasses with a gaze in which might be read something than that hard indifference which familiarity with human crime and affliction ultimately produces even in dispositions the most humane and amiable no sooner had the curiosity of the q far the ok multitude been gratified a murmur of pity blended slightly with surprise and ran lowly through the the judge again surveyed him with a countenance in which were depicted admiration and regret the counsel also to each other in a low tone occasionally turning round and marking his and appearance with increasing interest seldom probably never had a more striking s a more noble figure stood at the bar of that court his locks were rich and brown his forehead and his manly features remarkable for their his teeth were white and his dark eye full of a youthful lustre which no dread of calamity repress neither was his figure which was of the inferior in a single point to so fine a countenance as he stood at his full height of six feet it was impossible not to feel deeply in his favour especially after having j the mournful but dignified composure of his manner equally remote from indifference or he indeed to view in its proper light the danger of the position in which he stood but he viewed it with the calm energy of a brave man who is always prepared for the worst indeed there might be observed upon his broad open brow a of bearing such as is not by a consciousness of innocence and the natural elevation of mind which re suits from a sense of danger to which we may add that inward scorn which is ever felt for by those who are degraded to the necessity of defending themselves against the of the and when called upon to plead to the he uttered the words 