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Rh nay, what our own weariness will soon destroy,—the more earnestly do we pursue them to the end.

Albert was too young to moralise thus, and he pursued his employment. At length he raised a tower whose merits really deserved to be appreciated, and Lord Avonleigh was awakened by a loud and sudden demand on his admiration. "It reaches above my head!" exclaimed Albert eagerly. But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all. "It is your fault," exclaimed he, turning pettishly to his father, "shaking the table so!"

"Why, you see, Albert, the consequences of awakening me," replied the indulgent parent; "but if you will build it up again, I will promise to admire as much as you please, and at the most respectful distance."

Lord Stukeley was not to be easily soothed; his father's commiseration only made him think that he had been really aggrieved; so he leant over the cards sullenly enough, but without attempting to renew his former occupation.

"We shall soon be in the dark," said Lord Avonleigh, who, like most indolent people,