I were then far happier than I am now, since stern look or language from you would then utterly fail to vex and wound as it does now.

I can not bear your reproaches; look not thus upon me, and speak not in those harsh sentences--not now--not now, at least, and in this melancholy presence." Her looks turned upon the dead body of her parent as she spoke, and with convulsive effort she rushed toward and clasped it round.

She threw herself beside the corpse and remained inanimate, while the outlaw, leaving the house for an instant, called the negro servant and commanded her attendance.

He now approached the girl, and taking up her hand, which lay supine upon the bosom of the dead body, would have soothed her grief; but though she did not repulse, she yet did not regard him.
"Be calm, Ellen," he said, "recover and be firm.

In the morning you shall have early and good attention, and with this object, in part, am I disposed to hurry now.