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Chapter 30

           Fatheroffiftyyearsold,whyreasoninthisfoolishfashion?Haveyouforgottenyourownyouth—thethoughtsthattheninspiredyou—thedeceitsyoupractisedundersuchinspiration—thecounterfeitsyouassumed—the"stories"youtoldtocloakwhat,afterall,mayhavebeenthenoblestimpulseofyournature?

           ThefatherofthefairLouiseappearedtohavebecomeoblivioustorecollectionsofthiskind:forhisearlylifewasnotwithoutfactstohavefurnishedthem.Theymusthavebeenforgotten,elsehewouldhavetakenoccasiontofollowhisdaughterintothegarden,andobserveher—himselfunobserved—whiledisportingherselfintheshrubberythatborderedtheriverbank.

           Bydoingso,hewouldhavediscoveredthatherdispositionwasnotsocruelasmayhavebeensupposed.Insteadoftransfixingtheinnocentbirdsthatflutteredinsuchfoolishconfidencearoundher,hergreatestfeatinarcheryappearedtobetheimpalingofapieceofpaperuponthepointofherarrow,andsendingtheshaftthuschargedacrosstheriver,tofallharmlesslyintoathicketontheoppositeside.

           Hewouldhavewitnessedanexhibitionstillmoresingular

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