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Rh She then essayed to tranquillize her, by assuring her that early the following morning Mr. Philimore "would call upon the Colonel to offer him his assistance, and would make it a pleasure to do everything in his power to serve him. She then, by a well-managed appeal to her maternal feelings, by degrees led her into another train of thought.

Suddenly rising from her seat and seizing a lighted candle, Mrs. De Brooke observed she had quite forgotten her little ones, their usual hour of rest having passed; those precious innocents, she considered, might have been deprived of slumber in their expectation of receiving as usual her last affectionate caress. Mrs. Philimore rose to follow, and they entered the nursery together; drawing near their respective couches, they found each child wrapt in a soft repose. The contemplation of her infants, the sweet composure of their looks, communicated to Mrs. De Brooke, as from sympathy, a heavenly serenity; and in bending over them she breathed a secret prayer, that an all-merciful Providence would bless her helpless babes and not desert their unhappy father. In leaving the apartment, Mrs. Philimore perceiving her friend thus resigned to her destiny, availed herself of the occasion to take her leave, with the assurance of