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face (Three cheers for the Blood Royal,' roared Legion); Lord Rex— no (immense laughter, not by any means shared in by the noble viscount himself); Gaylad of St. Boniface, Lord Rexham of St. Boniface, Tupnyhapeny of Minim Hall, &c.," down to the end of the Wranglers; the very last of whom the golden spoon-was the too brilliant Legion.

Before the Proctor had got that far, however, Robert Birt was again "sported" within his own rooms, alone and in darkness, lest any friend, knowing him to be there, should insist upon coming in to shake his hand.

He had been upon his knees at prayer, but he was now sitting with bent head by his firesidethinking, thinking. And while he thought, the large rare tears coursed down his manly cheeks in quick succession. Was he weeping for the joy of that late glorious news, for the happiness which he knew awaited him in the congratulations of troops of honest friends, in the almost assured fulfilment of what had been, and was, his dearest ambition, in the pride which he knew good Mr. Candid and other fostering hearts would feel in his great success? No; not for that. Was he weeping for secret sorrow at having voluntarily put out of his own reach for ever those prizes of wealth and honour

which were his by right; the power of paying back scorn for scorn; the steady sunshine of prosperity? No; not for that either. His thoughts were dwelling far away from all these things and with the beloved dead.

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Mother, mother," cried he aloud, as though she could indeed listen to his words, "I thank my God that thou didst call me son."

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