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ROXOBEL.

BY MRS. SHERWOOD,

AUTHOR OF

"LITTLE HENRY AND HIS BEARER," &c. &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HOULSTON AND SON,

65, Paternoster-Row;

AND AT WELLINGTON, SALOP.

1831.

LOAN STACK

ROXOBEL.

955 5555

1831

V. 2.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION.

ON examination of Mr. Airley's papers, from the date of the ball at Helmsley Hall till seven complete years had passed away, it appears that he had been so much engaged and interested by the various duties which he had taken upon himself, that he had not entered into a description either of scenes or of characters so minutely as he had done on his first arrival at Roxobel.

During this period, according to the regular account which this excellent man kept of his time, he seems to have laid himself

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out entirely for the good of his fellow-creatures, and especially for that of the rising generation. It also appears, from these papers, that he continued during the whole of this time, to be the tutor of Miss Lucy Lovel, and, in fact, to have entirely conducted her education; and, moreover, that he assisted in the education of the family at the parsonage. It is also evident, that his labours at the school had been unremitting, and that he had obtained the perfect love and confidence of many persons in the parish. Furthermore, it appears, that during this period no very important changes had taken place in the neighbourhood; and things were much as we left them at the Hall, excepting that time seemed to have done more than its usual work in hastening the progress of infirmity with the two younger Mistress Helmsleys, who seem not to have possessed any mental energy whereby to check the approach of that bodily weakness which always attends the advance of age in a greater or less degree.

Mrs. Winifred, though the eldest of the family, was still a hearty dame, having all

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