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hours was on board the frigate, which sailed for Portsmouth, and was there paid off.

This afforded Morland an opportunity to visit his native village, but all its well-remembered beauties seemed to be clad in mourning. The meeting of the brothers was painful in the extreme; and as they wandered about the sequestered spot, the sorrowful countenance of the villagers did but remind them that their father was dead;-every thing, in short, seemed to say with the Poet

"The landscape glows with beauty still;

But ah! as o'er the scene we range,
The stedfast grove and changeless rill
Seem to have undergone a change;
And though of all the earth, I ween,

They in our eyes most fair remain,
Yet nought 'mid all so sweet is seen,
So bright and beautiful as then.”

CHAPTER XVI.

By land, by water, they renew the charge,
They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.

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BEFORE the two brothers had recovered their spirits, the time arrived for George to depart for Oxford, and Morland was appointed to a ship on the American station.

It was about this period, when all Europe was involved in war, that America stepped into the lists against England, and, notwithstanding the division of opinions respecting such a war, both in her senate and among her people, prosecuted the hostile design with intrepidity and spirit. Her scattered and vagrant inhabitants defended her cities with courage, while her pig

to place, on account of the health of her daughter, who, though not exactly an invalid, was by no means strong, and change of air was essential; besides, her father had requested she might not be introduced into fashionable life till she was twenty, an age she had now just attained. There was much of that ease, gentleness, and sensibility about Charlotte's manner, which an uncertain state of health and a good disposition render so interesting; but lest my readers should be more particular, and require to know something of her person, I must inform them she was of the middle stature, rather slender, of a fair complexion, and soft blue eyes, with hair of a darker hue than usually belongs to the blonde, and a face of the Grecian order.

Her education having been altogether private, she had imbibed a serious rather than a gay turn of mind, studying more to make herself useful than agreeable, though, by the excellency of her motive, she captivated more than the study of the latter could have accomplished.

With a highly-cultivated mind, her manners were natural and void of affectation, by knowing more than ordinarily falls to the share of her sex; she was fully aware how little, after all, it was in the power of human beings to know, which rendered her unassuming and retired in her deportment. She was not blind to her parent's foibles; but, in avoiding them, she was still a devout, dutiful, and good daughter.

The conversation naturally led to inquiries relative to Morland's employment since he left home; and many of those events related in this book were briefly mentioned.

Under all circumstances, it is not surprising that Charlotte should feel highly interested in the history of a person who had so lately saved her from the most dreadful misery at the risk of his own safety, as well as from the peculiar situation in which he was then placed.

In the morning, the captain of the frigate and the surgeon called to inquire after their shipmate; and while the latter retired to dress.

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his wound, Lady Lovel had a long conversation with the captain, on the subject of her guest.

"Mr. Dunstanville seems a very pleasing young man," said Lady Lovel; "we owe him much, for his timely interference yesterday. The rencounter is somewhat extraordinary, as his father is a country neighbour of ours, a very excellent person, though a recluse."

"I have not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Dunstanville's father," replied the Captain, "but his uncle is one of the best and bravest men in his Majesty's service; and his nephew, our young friend, bids fair to be like him; for, I assure your Ladyship, there is not a more gallant fellow in the fleet. His messmates think him a little melancholy, probably from his studious disposition, as, when off duty, he is continually at his books; but there is not one of them who does not retain the highest respect for his character. He is steady and persevering, and though so quiet in his manners, when occasion requires, he shows the highest spirit, and is one of the

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