His dreadful loss and the horrors that attended it have made, a deep impression--stupified him, to a certain extent, I think.

Well, well! we will get him off, and once away at school, and surrounded by lively boys, this dulness will soon wear off." The gentlemen having fully determined upon his being sent, it was proposed to bring him in immediately and talk to him relative to it.

He was accordingly sent for, and came into the room, placing himself beside the chair of Mr.Walters.
Clarence had altered very much since the death of his parents.

His face had grown thin and pale, and he was much taller than when he came to Philadelphia: a shade of melancholy had overspread his face; there was now in his eyes that expression of intense sadness that characterized his mother's.

"You sent for me ?" he remarked, inquiringly, to Mr.Walters.
"Yes, my boy," he rejoined, "we sent for you to have a little talk about school.