(RECAP) SADNESS AND GLADNESS. A TALE. CHAPTER I. Friends should associate friends in weal and woe. BYRON. WHEN Mabel was once more left alone, she sat down to reflect on her great misfortune, and to consider what could be done. Her father was going again to Naples on the following day, and Mr. Edwardes had, it was true, taken care of her until this hour; but, on the express condition that she was to support herself by her talents when she was old enough. If all chance of that was lost, would he continue to support her in luxury? Ought it to be so; would her father's pride allow it? And, if he did not, Mr. Gascoigne's small income would be quite insufficient to afford them both the means of existence, particularly if he VOL. II. B 879980 |