It is enough that duty and affection have triumphed over his intentions.

I know not all the evil that might have been yours had he succeeded, but you are restored to me, and may God forgive him as freely as I do." With a steady hand Caroline directed and placed her own seal to the letter; and then, exhausted by the agitation of that evening, she leaned her throbbing head against her mother.
"Caroline, my child!" exclaimed a deep and saddened voice beside her.
She started, and looking up, beheld her father, who had been gazing at her an unobserved spectator for the last half hour.
"Forgive me, dearest father.

Oh, let me not sleep to-night without your forgiveness.

Mamma will not cast me from her heart; she has blessed me, and I have injured her even more than you.

Papa, dear papa, oh, speak to me but one word of fondness!" she entreated, as her father drew her to his bosom, and as she ceased, mingled his blessing and forgiveness in that warm embrace.
It was late, so late, that the early morn was beginning to gild the horizon before Mrs.Hamilton had seen her agitated child placed in bed, and persuaded her to compose her spirits and invite sleep.