opportunity of disgracing us publicly by s' resuming them, are we not on that account to resent injuries which our fathers only apprehended, but which we have ac tually sustained? Or is the cause of the unfortunate Stuart family become less just, because their title has devolved upon an heir who is innocent of the charges of misgovernment brought against his father?Do you remember the lines of your favourite poet libası mor erode javon

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Had Richard unconstrain'd resign'd the throne,
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son.

You see, my dear Waverley, I can quote poetry as well as Flora and you. But

come, clear your moody brow, and trust to me to shew you an honourable road to a speedy and glorious revenge. Let us seek Flora, who, perhaps, has more news to tell us of what has occurred during our absence. She will rejoice to hear that you are relieved of your servitude. But first

add a postscript to your letter, marking the time when you received this Calvinistical colonel's first summons, and express. your regret that the hastiness of his ceedings prevented your anticipating them by sending your resignation. Then let him, blush for his injustice."

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The letter was sealed accordingly, covering a formal resignation of the commission, and Mac-Ivor dispatched it with some letters of his own by a special mes senger, with charge to put them into the nearest post-office in the Lowlands.

THE hint which the Chieftain had thrown out respecting Flora was not unpremedi tated. He had observed with great satis-. faction the growing attachment of Was verley to his sister, nor did he see any bar to their union, excepting the situation which Waverley's father held in the mini-. stry, and Edward's own commission in the army of George II. These obstacles were now removed, and in a manner which apparently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to another alle giance. In every other respect the matchi would be most eligible. The safety, hap piness, and honourable provision of his

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sister, whom he dearly loved, appeared to be insured by the proposed union. And his heart swelled when he considered how his own interest would be exalted in the eyes of the ex-monarch, to whom he had dedicated his services, by an alliance with one of those ancient, powerful, and wealthy English families of the ancient cavalier faith, to awaken whose decayed attachment to the Stuart family was now a matter of such vital importance to their cause. Nor could Fergus perceive any obstacle to such a scheme. Waverley's attachment was evident; and as his person was handsome, and his taste apparently coincided with her own, he anticipated no opposition on the part of Flora. Indeed, between his ideas of patriarchal power, and those which he had acquired in France respecting the disposal of females in marriage, any opposition from his sister, dear as she was to him, would have been the last obstacle on which he would have calculated, even had the union been less eligible.

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Influenced by these feelings, the Chief now led Waverley in quest of Miss MacIvor, not without the hope that the present agitation of his guest's spirits might give him courage to cut short what Fergus termed the romance of the courtship. They found Flora, with her faithful attendants, Una and Cathleen, busied in preparing what appeared to Waverley to be white bridal favours. Disguising as well as he could the agitation of his mind, Waverley asked for what joyful occasion Miss Mac-Ivor made such ample preparation.

"It is for Fergus's bridal," said she, smiling.

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"Indeed!—he has kept his secret well. I hope he will allow me to be his bride's man.”ing to

99% That is a man's office, but not yours, as Beatrice says.

And who is the fair lady?"

Did I not tell you long since, that Fergus wooed no bride but Honour ?"

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