 remote from their own species—but when I wish to ascertain the real felicity of any rational man, I always enquire whom he has to love. If I find he has nobody—or does not love those he has—even in the midst of all his profusion of finery and grandeur, I pronounce him a being in deep adversity. In loving

you, I am happier than my cousin William; even though I am obliged to leave you for a time.
Do not be afraid you should grow old before I return—age can never alter you in my regard. It is your gentle nature, your unaffected manners, your easy cheerfulness, your clear understanding, the sincerity of all your words and actions, that have gained my heart; and while you preserve charms like these, you will be dearer to me with white hairs and a wrinkled face, than any of your sex, who, not possessing all these qualities, possess the youth and bloom of perfect beauty.
You will esteem me too, I trust, though I should return on crutches; and with my poor father, whom I may be obliged to maintain by daily labour.
I will employ all my time during my absence, in the study of some art that may enable me to support you both, provided heaven will bestow

two such blessings on me. In the cheering thought that it will be so, and in that only, I have the courage, my dear, dear Rebecca, to say to you
Farewell! H. NORWYNNE.


BEFORE Henry could receive a reply to his letter, the fleet in which he sailed put to sea on the voyage.
By his absence, not only Rebecca was deprived of the friend she loved, but poor Hannah lost a kind and compassionate adviser. Her parents, too, both sickened, and both died, in a short time after—and now, wholly friendless, and in her little exile where she could only hope for toleration, not being known, she was contending with suspicion, rebuffs, disappointments, and various other ills, that might have made the most harsh of her Anfield persecutors feel compassion for her, could they have witnessed the throbs of her heart, and have viewed the state of her agonising mind.
Still, there are few persons whom providence afflicts, beyond the limits of all consolation—few cast so low, as not to

feel pride on certain occasions—and Hannah felt a comfort, and a dignity in the thought—that she had both a mind and a body capable of sustaining every hardship her destiny might inflict, rather than submit to the disgrace of soliciting William's charity a second time.
This determination was put
