I'm not fit to talk on that unfortunate subject yet. 'Forgive us our
trespassess as we--we--forgive them that trespass against us!' Oh!
Hanna darling, how have I prayed?" They then rejoined the family.
CHAPTER XXIII.--Harry Clinton's Benevolence Defeated
--His Uncle's Treachery--The Marriage of Kathleen and Edward Burke
Determined on
This partial restoration of M'Mahon to the affections of Kathleen
Cavanagh might have terminated in a full and perfect reconciliation
between them, were it not for circumstances which we are about to
detail. From what our readers know of young Clinton, we need not assure
them that, although wild and fond of pleasure, he was by no means devoid
of either generosity or principle. There were indeed few individuals,
perhaps scarcely any, in the neighborhood, who felt a deeper or
manlier sympathy for the adverse fate and evil repute which had come
so suddenly, and, as he believed in his soul, undeservedly, upon Bryan
M'Mahon. He resolved accordingly to make an effort for the purpose of
setting the unfortunate young man's character right with the public, or
if not with the public, at least in that quarter where such a service
might prove most beneficial to him, we mean in Gerald Cavanagh's family.
Accordingly, one morning after breakfast as his uncle sat reading the
newspaper, he addressed him as follows:--
"By the way, uncle, you must excuse mo for asking you a question or
two.
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