True, the great charm of the stalwart Friar, as we call
him, is-—what his father has in some degree-—that quiet composed way
that gives one a sense of protection. I think his patients will feel
entire trust in his hands. They say at the hospital the poor people
always are happy when they see one of the Mr. Brownlows coming,
whether it be the big or the little one."
"Not so very little, except by comparison; and I am glad Jock keeps
his soldierly bearing."
"He is a Volunteer, you know, and very valuable there."
"But he has not an ounce of superfluous flesh. He puts me in mind of
a perfectly polished, finished instrument!"
"That is just what used to be said of his father. Colonel Brownlow
says he is the most like my poor young father of all the children."
"He is the most like you."
"But he puts me most of all in mind of my husband, in all his ways,
and manner; and our old friends tell me that he sets about things
exactly like his father, as if it were by imitation. I like to know
it is so."
CHAPTER XXXVI. OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
Fell not, but dangled in mid air,
For from a fissure in the stone
Which lined its sides, a bush had grown,
To this he clung with all his might.
Archbishop Trench.
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