"
"Amen," replied Dora; "you have said nothing but the truth about her,
and indeed. I see, Tom, that you know her well."
Thus ended the generous dialogue of Dora and her affectionate brother,
who after all might have been induced by her to remain in his native
country and share whatever fate it might allot him, were it not that in
a few days afterwards, his father found that the only terms on which he
could obtain his farm were such as could scarcely be said to come within
the meaning and spirit of the landlord's adage, "live and let live."
It is true that for the terms on which his farm was offered him he was
indebted to Chevydale himself, who said that as he knew his father had
entertained a high respect for old M'Mahon, he would not suffer him to
be put out. The father besides voted for him, and always had voted for
the family. "Do what you please with the son," he proceeded--"get rid of
him as you like, but I shan't suffer the father to be removed. Let him
have the farm upon reasonable terms; and, by the way, Fethertonge, don't
you think now it was rather an independent act of the young fellow to
vote for Vanston, although he knew that I had it in my power to send him
about his business?"
"It was about as impudent a piece of gratitude and defiance as ever I
witnessed," returned the other.
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