"This story," remarked the Earl of Oxford, "requires proof as much as any thing else."It was odd that his parents did not care. Now he came to think of it, they did not seem to care about anything very much, except Harry. It never struck him to think it was odd that he should care when they did not.
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"Oh, father! he is dyingthe death-sweats are upon him! and can I, who brought him into sin, see him die under the curse of God? Oh, mercy, holy father! have pity upon him!his soul is repentantindeed it is! We have vowed, if he should recover, to part for everoh, come to him!"Mary looked with a fearful wildness at Calverley, as she comprehended his meaning; but Byles said quickly,