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"
God
forbid
that
any
act
or
thought
of
mine
should
lead
to
such
a
change
!
"
exclaimed
the
young
man
,
whose
eye
never
quailed
under
the
penetrating
look
it
encountered
.
Without
adverting
the
impossibility
of
the
other
's
comprehending
those
feelings
which
were
hid
in
his
own
bosom
,
Munro
suffered
himself
to
be
appeased
by
the
unaltered
countenance
he
met
,
and
with
a
voice
sensibly
softened
,
he
continued
--
"
You
would
be
my
son
,
Duncan
,
and
you
're
ignorant
of
the
history
of
the
man
you
wish
to
call
your
father
.
Sit
ye
down
,
young
man
,
and
I
will
open
to
you
the
wounds
of
a
seared
heart
,
in
as
few
words
as
may
be
suitable
.
"
By
this
time
,
the
message
of
Montcalm
was
as
much
forgotten
by
him
who
bore
it
as
by
the
man
for
whose
ears
it
was
intended
.
Each
drew
a
chair
,
and
while
the
veteran
communed
a
few
moments
with
his
own
thoughts
,
apparently
in
sadness
,
the
youth
suppressed
his
impatience
in
a
look
and
attitude
of
respectful
attention
.
At
length
the
former
spoke
:
--
"
You
'll
know
,
already
,
Major
Heyward
,
that
my
family
was
both
ancient
and
honorable
,
"
commenced
the
Scotsman
;
"
though
it
might
not
altogether
be
endowed
with
that
amount
of
wealth
that
should
correspond
with
its
degree
.
I
was
,
may
be
,
such
an
one
as
yourself
when
I
plighted
my
faith
to
Alice
Graham
,
the
only
child
of
a
neighboring
laird
of
some
estate
.
But
the
connection
was
disagreeable
to
her
father
,
on
more
accounts
than
my
poverty
.
I
did
therefore
what
an
honest
man
should
--
restored
the
maiden
her
troth
,
and
departed
the
country
in
the
service
of
my
king
.
I
had
seen
many
regions
,
and
had
shed
much
blood
in
different
lands
,
before
duty
called
me
to
the
islands
of
the
West
Indies
.
There
it
was
my
lot
to
form
a
connection
with
one
who
in
time
became
my
wife
,
and
the
mother
of
Cora
.
She
was
the
daughter
of
a
gentleman
of
those
isles
,
by
a
lady
whose
misfortune
it
was
,
if
you
will
,
"
said
the
old
man
,
proudly
,
"
to
be
descended
,
remotely
,
from
that
unfortunate
class
who
are
so
basely
enslaved
to
administer
to
the
wants
of
a
luxurious
people
.
Ay
,
sir
,
that
is
a
curse
entailed
on
Scotland
by
her
unnatural
union
with
a
foreign
and
trading
people
.
But
could
I
find
a
man
among
them
who
would
dare
to
reflect
on
my
child
,
he
should
feel
the
weight
of
a
father
's
anger
!
Ha
!
Major
Heyward
,
you
are
yourself
born
at
the
south
,
where
these
unfortunate
beings
are
considered
of
a
race
inferior
to
your
own
.
"
"
'
Tis
most
unfortunately
true
,
sir
,
"
said
Duncan
,
unable
any
longer
to
prevent
his
eyes
from
sinking
to
the
floor
in
embarrassment
.
"
And
you
cast
it
on
my
child
as
a
reproach
!
You
scorn
to
mingle
the
blood
of
the
Heywards
with
one
so
degraded
--
lovely
and
virtuous
though
she
be
?
"
fiercely
demanded
the
jealous
parent
.
"
Heaven
protect
me
from
a
prejudice
so
unworthy
of
my
reason
!
"
returned
Duncan
,
at
the
same
time
conscious
of
such
a
feeling
,
and
that
as
deeply
rooted
as
if
it
had
been
ingrafted
in
his
nature
.
"
The
sweetness
,
the
beauty
,
the
witchery
of
your
younger
daughter
,
Colonel
Munro
,
might
explain
my
motives
,
without
imputing
to
me
this
injustice
.
"
"
Ye
are
right
,
sir
,
"
returned
the
old
man
,
again
changing
his
tones
to
those
of
gentleness
,
or
rather
softness
;
"
the
girl
is
the
image
of
what
her
mother
was
at
her
years
,
and
before
she
had
become
acquainted
with
grief
.
When
death
deprived
me
of
my
wife
I
returned
to
Scotland
,
enriched
by
the
marriage
;
and
would
you
think
it
,
Duncan
!
The
suffering
angel
had
remained
in
the
heartless
state
of
celibacy
twenty
long
years
,
and
that
for
the
sake
of
a
man
who
could
forget
her
!
She
did
more
,
sir
;
she
over-looked
my
want
of
faith
,
and
all
difficulties
being
now
removed
,
she
took
me
for
her
husband
.
"
"
And
became
the
mother
of
Alice
?
"
exclaimed
Duncan
,
with
an
eagerness
that
might
have
proved
dangerous
at
a
moment
when
the
thoughts
of
Munro
were
less
occupied
than
at
present
.
