The removal of
Esther was a great advantage to Ada; an older and more steady person
was taken in her place; while to the great relief of Mr. Mohun and
Lilias, Rachel Harvey took Esther to her brother's farmhouse, where
she promised to watch and teach her, and hoped in time to make her a
good servant.
Of Emily there is little to say. She ate, drank, and slept, talked
agreeably, read idle books, and looked nice in the drawing-room,
wasting time, throwing away talents, weakening the powers of her
mind, and laying up a store of sad reflections for herself against
the time when she must awake from her selfish apathy.
As to Lilias Mohun, the heroine of this tale, the history of the
formation of her character has been told, and all that remains to be
said of her is, that the memory of her faults and her sorrows did not
fleet away like a morning cloud, though followed by many happy and
prosperous days, and though the effects of many were repaired.
Agnes's death, Esther's theft, Ada's accident, the schism in the
parish, and her own numerous mistakes, were constantly recalled, and
never without a thought of the danger of being wise above her elders,
and taking mere feeling for Christian charity.
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