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When the lieutenant-colonel prepared hlmself for bed, in the
pretty #-mests’ room, with the utmost compla#ency he held forth
to his wife the following sermon-
":By the Lord ! it is no sma.ll thing fo marry a daughter well;
and they are wicked fathers who are indifferent about if, and
retaia their daughters af home. ttad I not pushed through
that salutary bathing-journey, in Spire of all your opposition,
Amelia would now be sitting comfo#’tably at Tunefors, crouching
bcfore ber loom. :But, bless the Lord, my money did hOt rail
1Ton stony ground; it will bring me rich interest; and, bcsides
all this, I intend fo borrow a small sum of money from Borgenstierna,
to assist in liquidating the debt due upon our estate.
bave no doubt but that it will give him much joy to render this
little friendly service fo me; and what I owe De Gousse he will
l#ay a# any rate out of pure rapt#tre, when I relate fo him the
beautiful feature of character manifested by Amelia, when shc
l#rocured the money for me. In short, Sophia, I must give
myself the praise of having acted as a wise man, and go fo bed
pcrfectly satisfied with myself and the whole world."
It was well for the lieutenant-colonel that he was one of those
hal#py individuals who do not stand under the dark influence of
ominous foretelling.
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