Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 163: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 157 borne it over-long, and *twill not now be many days ere I sink beneath it into ever- lasting rest. But I’m glad to see thee home again, and ’twill be a comfort to me in my last hour to know that you have come back to take care of your own. It’s but a sorry state you'll find the old place in.” - I did not linger long in converse with her, but havingrequested her to make what prep- arations she could for a meal for me on my return, I set off across the park to introduce myself to my uncle Edgar, and more especially my cousin May. I had ascertained from old Martha that she was still unmarried, and with I know not what hopes and fears I brushed” the long grass in the meadows. How every tree and bush evoked a swarm of thronging memories! Here was the oak I had climbed to rob for her the raven’s nest, there the one beneath which we had sheltered together for _& sweet half-hour during a summer storm; here was the stile by which we played so many times ; and yonder—could it be? Was that slender and graceful Amazon, with the soft red-brown hair, deep eyes, and rose-bud mouth, my darling, my cousin May? © \ 4 >, AA ’ comichooks.conn