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‘
This
man
had
a
wife
and
one
son
,
who
,
when
I
first
came
here
,
was
about
twelve
years
old
.
Of
the
acuteness
of
that
woman
’
s
sufferings
,
of
the
gentle
and
enduring
manner
in
which
she
bore
them
,
of
the
agony
of
solicitude
with
which
she
reared
that
boy
,
no
one
can
form
an
adequate
conception
.
Heaven
forgive
me
the
supposition
,
if
it
be
an
uncharitable
one
,
but
I
do
firmly
and
in
my
soul
believe
,
that
the
man
systematically
tried
for
many
years
to
break
her
heart
;
but
she
bore
it
all
for
her
child
’
s
sake
,
and
,
however
strange
it
may
seem
to
many
,
for
his
father
’
s
too
;
for
brute
as
he
was
,
and
cruelly
as
he
had
treated
her
,
she
had
loved
him
once
;
and
the
recollection
of
what
he
had
been
to
her
,
awakened
feelings
of
forbearance
and
meekness
under
suffering
in
her
bosom
,
to
which
all
God
’
s
creatures
,
but
women
,
are
strangers
.
‘
They
were
poor
—
they
could
not
be
otherwise
when
the
man
pursued
such
courses
;
but
the
woman
’
s
unceasing
and
unwearied
exertions
,
early
and
late
,
morning
,
noon
,
and
night
,
kept
them
above
actual
want
.
These
exertions
were
but
ill
repaid
.
People
who
passed
the
spot
in
the
evening
—
sometimes
at
a
late
hour
of
the
night
—
reported
that
they
had
heard
the
moans
and
sobs
of
a
woman
in
distress
,
and
the
sound
of
blows
;
and
more
than
once
,
when
it
was
past
midnight
,
the
boy
knocked
softly
at
the
door
of
a
neighbour
’
s
house
,
whither
he
had
been
sent
,
to
escape
the
drunken
fury
of
his
unnatural
father
.
‘
During
the
whole
of
this
time
,
and
when
the
poor
creature
often
bore
about
her
marks
of
ill
-
usage
and
violence
which
she
could
not
wholly
conceal
,
she
was
a
constant
attendant
at
our
little
church
.
Regularly
every
Sunday
,
morning
and
afternoon
,
she
occupied
the
same
seat
with
the
boy
at
her
side
;
and
though
they
were
both
poorly
dressed
—
much
more
so
than
many
of
their
neighbours
who
were
in
a
lower
station
—
they
were
always
neat
and
clean
.
Every
one
had
a
friendly
nod
and
a
kind
word
for
"
poor
Mrs
.
Edmunds
"
;
and
sometimes
,
when
she
stopped
to
exchange
a
few
words
with
a
neighbour
at
the
conclusion
of
the
service
in
the
little
row
of
elm
-
trees
which
leads
to
the
church
porch
,
or
lingered
behind
to
gaze
with
a
mother
’
s
pride
and
fondness
upon
her
healthy
boy
,
as
he
sported
before
her
with
some
little
companions
,
her
careworn
face
would
lighten
up
with
an
expression
of
heartfelt
gratitude
;
and
she
would
look
,
if
not
cheerful
and
happy
,
at
least
tranquil
and
contented
.
‘
Five
or
six
years
passed
away
;
the
boy
had
become
a
robust
and
well
-
grown
youth
.
The
time
that
had
strengthened
the
child
’
s
slight
frame
and
knit
his
weak
limbs
into
the
strength
of
manhood
had
bowed
his
mother
’
s
form
,
and
enfeebled
her
steps
;
but
the
arm
that
should
have
supported
her
was
no
longer
locked
in
hers
;
the
face
that
should
have
cheered
her
,
no
more
looked
upon
her
own
.
She
occupied
her
old
seat
,
but
there
was
a
vacant
one
beside
her
.
The
Bible
was
kept
as
carefully
as
ever
,
the
places
were
found
and
folded
down
as
they
used
to
be
:
but
there
was
no
one
to
read
it
with
her
;
and
the
tears
fell
thick
and
fast
upon
the
book
,
and
blotted
the
words
from
her
eyes
.
Neighbours
were
as
kind
as
they
were
wont
to
be
of
old
,
but
she
shunned
their
greetings
with
averted
head
.
There
was
no
lingering
among
the
old
elm
-
trees
now
-
no
cheering
anticipations
of
happiness
yet
in
store
.
The
desolate
woman
drew
her
bonnet
closer
over
her
face
,
and
walked
hurriedly
away
.
‘
Shall
I
tell
you
that
the
young
man
,
who
,
looking
back
to
the
earliest
of
his
childhood
’
s
days
to
which
memory
and
consciousness
extended
,
and
carrying
his
recollection
down
to
that
moment
,
could
remember
nothing
which
was
not
in
some
way
connected
with
a
long
series
of
voluntary
privations
suffered
by
his
mother
for
his
sake
,
with
ill
-
usage
,
and
insult
,
and
violence
,
and
all
endured
for
him
—
shall
I
tell
you
,
that
he
,
with
a
reckless
disregard
for
her
breaking
heart
,
and
a
sullen
,
wilful
forgetfulness
of
all
she
had
done
and
borne
for
him
,
had
linked
himself
with
depraved
and
abandoned
men
,
and
was
madly
pursuing
a
headlong
career
,
which
must
bring
death
to
him
,
and
shame
to
her
?
Alas
for
human
nature
!
You
have
anticipated
it
long
since
.
‘
The
measure
of
the
unhappy
woman
’
s
misery
and
misfortune
was
about
to
be
completed
.
Numerous
offences
had
been
committed
in
the
neighbourhood
;
the
perpetrators
remained
undiscovered
,
and
their
boldness
increased
.
A
robbery
of
a
daring
and
aggravated
nature
occasioned
a
vigilance
of
pursuit
,
and
a
strictness
of
search
,
they
had
not
calculated
on
.
Young
Edmunds
was
suspected
,
with
three
companions
.
He
was
apprehended
—
committed
—
tried
—
condemned
—
to
die
.
‘
The
wild
and
piercing
shriek
from
a
woman
’
s
voice
,
which
resounded
through
the
court
when
the
solemn
sentence
was
pronounced
,
rings
in
my
ears
at
this
moment
.
That
cry
struck
a
terror
to
the
culprit
’
s
heart
,
which
trial
,
condemnation
—
the
approach
of
death
itself
,
had
failed
to
awaken
.
The
lips
which
had
been
compressed
in
dogged
sullenness
throughout
,
quivered
and
parted
involuntarily
;
the
face
turned
ashy
pale
as
the
cold
perspiration
broke
forth
from
every
pore
;
the
sturdy
limbs
of
the
felon
trembled
,
and
he
staggered
in
the
dock
.
‘
In
the
first
transports
of
her
mental
anguish
,
the
suffering
mother
threw
herself
on
her
knees
at
my
feet
,
and
fervently
sought
the
Almighty
Being
who
had
hitherto
supported
her
in
all
her
troubles
to
release
her
from
a
world
of
woe
and
misery
,
and
to
spare
the
life
of
her
only
child
.
A
burst
of
grief
,
and
a
violent
struggle
,
such
as
I
hope
I
may
never
have
to
witness
again
,
succeeded
.
I
knew
that
her
heart
was
breaking
from
that
hour
;
but
I
never
once
heard
complaint
or
murmur
escape
her
lips
.
‘
It
was
a
piteous
spectacle
to
see
that
woman
in
the
prison
-
yard
from
day
to
day
,
eagerly
and
fervently
attempting
,
by
affection
and
entreaty
,
to
soften
the
hard
heart
of
her
obdurate
son
.
It
was
in
vain
.
He
remained
moody
,
obstinate
,
and
unmoved
.
Not
even
the
unlooked
-
for
commutation
of
his
sentence
to
transportation
for
fourteen
years
,
softened
for
an
instant
the
sullen
hardihood
of
his
demeanour
.
