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50 THE SKJUTS-BOY.
bestowing a slight]y reproachful look ai the child of ber
heart.
«Pardon me, kind mother." V#rith these words she laid
aside ber comb, and bending down fo ber mother’s hand, kissed
if heartily, and, w#th a roguish smi]e, whispered: CHe is often
odd and excited, is he not# but I have learncd fo know his
ways so well, that he scarcely ever gets angry with me."
"¥ou learn in rime, fo ’conceal with smiling lips your pain.
I bave already studied him for years–but you are happy that
nature bas granted you a light and gay heart, v¢hich does hot
trouble itself much about such things. If this was not the case,
I would be obliged fo bear still more sorrow; for then you would
feel such unpleasant domestic affairs more deeply, and fo your
own harm, while they now vanish into the air before your gay
and almost childish disposition."
":No, mamma, do hOt believe that I am so insensible toward
them; but I have found out how to work myself, if I can use
such an expression, into papa’s eccentricities. And I have found
out particularly, that he especially dislikes tears. :For these
reasons I never show a wet eye in his presence, even if I ara
obliged fo hear ever so much that grieves me. When I ara
alone, I ara often scarcely able to repress my tears."
"And should Amelia keep them concealed from me #" incluired
ber mother, patting her daughter’s chin.
"#Ias hot my mother enough already fo bear herself with her
tears #" With these words Amelia looked into ber mother’s face
#vith an #ndescribable expression of tenderness, but soon walked
up fo the mh-ror, as though if was wrong fo give #v#y fo such
sad thoughts, and began, hOt v#ithout a small touch of vanity, fo
arrange her beautiful hair, and place ber curls in order.
l#Iadame de Dressen arose also, and with her accustomed love of
order, examined her apparel, and arranged the furniture, that
the state-room might hOt look like a pawnbroker’s shop, while
ber eyes ever and anon reposed with the utmost i#lcasure upon
the innocent, youthful face of her daughter.
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