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Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent

           OnthisdecisionofsuchcompetentauthorityRoderickwasreleased,andhadreturnedtohisnativecitytheverydaybeforehisencounterwithGeorgeHerkimer.

           Assoonaspossibleafterlearningtheseparticularsthesculptor,togetherwithasadandtremulouscompanion,soughtEllistonathisownhouse.Itwasalarge,sombreedificeofwood,withpilastersandabalcony,andwasdividedfromoneoftheprincipalstreetsbyaterraceofthreeelevations,whichwasascendedbysuccessiveflightsofstonesteps.Someimmenseoldelmsalmostconcealedthefrontofthemansion.Thisspaciousandoncemagnificentfamilyresidencewasbuiltbyagrandeeoftheraceearlyinthepastcentury,atwhichepoch,landbeingofsmallcomparativevalue,thegardenandothergroundshadformedquiteanextensivedomain.Althoughaportionoftheancestralheritagehadbeenalienated,therewasstillashadowyenclosureintherearofthemansionwhereastudent,oradreamer,oramanofstrickenheartmightliealldayuponthegrass,amidthesolitudeofmurmuringboughs,andforgetthatacityhadgrownuparoundhim.

           IntothisretirementthesculptorandhiscompanionwereusheredbyScipio,theoldblackservant,whosewrinkledvisagegrewalmostsunnywithintelligenceandjoyashepaidhishumblegreetingstooneofthetwovisitors.

           "Remaininthearbor,"whisperedthesculptortothefigurethatleaneduponhisarm."Youwillknowwhether,andwhen,tomakeyourappearance."

           "Godwillteachme,"wasthereply.

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