The old
man's eyes lighted up; his seared thoughts returned to him; he followed
his two children up the stairs, and saw his grandson in his little bed;
and, as we walked home with him, he told me how sweetly Boy said "Our
Father," and prayed God bless all those who loved him, as they laid him
to rest.
So these three generations had joined in that supplication: the strong
man, humbled by trial and grief, whose loyal heart was yet full of love;
--the child, of the sweet age of those little ones whom the Blessed
Speaker of the prayer first bade to come unto Him;--and the old man,
whose heart was well-nigh as tender and as innocent; and whose day was
approaching, when he should be drawn to the bosom of the Eternal Pity.
CHAPTER LXXX
In which the Colonel says "Adsum" when his Name is called
The vow which Clive had uttered, never to share bread with his
mother-in-law, or sleep under the same roof with her, was broken on the
very next day. A stronger will than the young man's intervened, and he
had to confess the impotence of his wrath before that superior power.
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