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Chapter 19. The Storming of the Castle in the Air

           Buthestillprotectedhisbrotheraccordingtohislongusage;andwouldsaywithsomecomplacency,fiftytimesaday,whenhesawhimstandingbyhisbed,‘MygoodFrederick,sitdown.Youareveryfeebleindeed.’

           TheytriedhimwithMrsGeneral,buthehadnotthefaintestknowledgeofher.Someinjurioussuspicionlodgeditselfinhisbrain,thatshewantedtosupplantMrsBangham,andthatshewasgiventodrinking.Hechargedherwithitinnomeasuredterms;andwassourgentwithhisdaughtertogoroundtotheMarshalandentreathimtoturnherout,thatshewasneverreproducedafterthefirstfailure.

           Savingthatheonceasked‘ifTiphadgoneoutside?’theremembranceofhistwochildrennotpresentseemedtohavedepartedfromhim.Butthechildwhohaddonesomuchforhimandhadbeensopoorlyrepaid,wasneveroutofhismind.Notthathesparedher,orwasfearfulofherbeingspentbywatchingandfatigue;hewasnotmoretroubledonthatscorethanhehadusuallybeen.No;helovedherinhisoldway.Theywereinthejailagain,andshetendedhim,andhehadconstantneedofher,andcouldnotturnwithouther;andheeventoldher,sometimes,thathewascontenttohaveundergoneagreatdealforhersake.Astoher,shebentoverhisbedwithherquietfaceagainsthis,andwouldhavelaiddownherownlifetorestorehim.

           Whenhehadbeensinkinginthispainlesswayfortwoorthreedays,sheobservedhimtobetroubledbythetickingofhiswatch—apompousgoldwatchthatmadeasgreatato-doaboutitsgoingasifnothingelsewentbutitselfandTime.

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