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AYLMER’S FIELD.
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Raw from the nursery—who could trust a child?That cursed France with her egalities!And did Sir Aylmer (deferentiallyWith nearing chair and lower'd accent) think—For people talk'd—that it was wholly wiseTo let that handsome fellow Averill walkSo freely with his daughter? people talk'd—The boy might get a notion into him;The girl might be entangled ere she knew.Sir Aylmer Aylmer slowly stiffening spoke:'The girl and boy, Sir, know their differences!''Good' said his friend 'but watch!' and he 'enough,More than enough, Sir! I can guard my own.'They parted, and Sir Aylmer Aylmer watch'd.
 Pale, for on her the thunders of the houseHad fallen first, was Edith that same night;Pale as the Jeptha's daughter, a rough pieceOf early rigid colour, under whichWithdrawing by the counter door to that
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