Ярмарка тщеславия

Widow and Mother

           Thiscausedtheyoungwomenlikewisetogazeinthedirectiontowardswhichtheirfather’sgloomyeyespointed:andtheysawanelaboratemonumentuponthewall,whereBritanniawasrepresentedweepingoveranurn,andabrokenswordandacouchantlionindicatedthatthepieceofsculpturehadbeenerectedinhonourofadeceasedwarrior.Thesculptorsofthosedayshadstocksofsuchfunerealemblemsinhand;asyoumayseestillonthewallsofSt.Paul’s,whicharecoveredwithhundredsofthesebraggartheathenallegories.Therewasaconstantdemandforthemduringthefirstfifteenyearsofthepresentcentury.

           Underthememorialinquestionwereemblazonedthewell-knownandpompousOsbornearms;andtheinscriptionsaid,thatthemonumentwas"SacredtothememoryofGeorgeOsborne,Junior,Esq.,lateaCaptaininhisMajesty’sthregimentoffoot,whofellonthe18thofJune,1815,aged28years,whilefightingforhiskingandcountryinthegloriousvictoryofWaterloo.Dulceetdecorumestpropatriamori."

           Thesightofthatstoneagitatedthenervesofthesisterssomuch,thatMissMariawascompelledtoleavethechurch.Thecongregationmadewayrespectfullyforthosesobbinggirlsclothedindeepblack,andpitiedthesternoldfatherseatedoppositethememorialofthedeadsoldier."WillheforgiveMrs.George?"thegirlssaidtothemselvesassoonastheirebullitionofgriefwasover.

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