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66 infant girl at seeing him again; she clung to him—hid her little face in his bosom—sat still and silent, with that singular sympathy which children often show to the grief of their elders—and only when overpowered with sleep could she be removed from his knee. Months passed on. The unfortunate Margaretta was taught to consider Zoridos as her husband, and Beatrice as her child, and gradually to feel for them the affection of habit. But her mind seemed to have gone back to her childhood: all her recollections, her amusements, her sorrows, and her joys, belonged to that period. And once when Zoridos brought home for Beatrice a large doll he had obtained from the family of an English officer, her mother seized it with a scream of delight, and made dressing it a favourite employment. Months grew into years before they dared return to their home; and it was not till after the battle of the Pyrenees that Henriquez and his family again took possession of their mansion. No trace was left of either its beauty or luxury. His embarrassed affairs quite precluded Don Henriquez's plan of taking his wife and daughter to England. A few rooms were made habitable; and Zoridos gave his time and