"
The gloom which they read in his countenance was now explained, but this
was not all; it immediately settled upon the other members of the family
who were immediately moved,--all by sorrow, and some even to tears.
Dora, who, notwithstanding what her brother had said with regard to his
intention of emigrating, still maintained a latent hope that he might
change his mind, and that a reconciliation besides might yet be brought
about between him and Kathleen, now went to her father, and, with tears
in her eyes, threw her arms about his neck, exclaiming: "Oh, father
dear, don't think of leaving this place, for how could we leave it? What
other country could we ever like as well? and my grandfather--here he's
creepin' in, sure he's not the same man within the last few months,--oh,
how could you think of bringin' him, now that he's partly in his grave,
an' he," she added, in a whisper full of compassion, "an' he partly
dotin' with feebleness and age."
"Hush!" said her father, "we must say nothing of it to him. That must be
kept a secret from him, an' it's likely he won't notice the change."
Kitty then went over, and laying her hand on her father's arm, said:
"Father, for the love of God, don't take us from Carriglass and
Ahadarra:--whatever the world has for us, whether for good or evil, let
us bear it here.
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