What went on then I leave to the
imagination of the reader who knows that alone one may meet many,
sitting still may travel far, and silent make the universe hear.
Lord Morven kept Larkie for Davie. The last I heard of Davie was
that he was in India, an officer in the army, beloved of his men,
and exercising a most beneficial influence on his regiment. The
things he had learned he had so learned that they went out from him,
finding new ground in which to root and grow. In his day and
generation he helped the coming of the kingdom of truth and
righteousness, and so fulfilled his high calling.
It was some time before Donal had any pupils, and he never had many,
for he was regarded as a most peculiar man, with ideas about
education odd in the extreme. It was granted, however, that, if a
boy stayed, or rather if he allowed him to stay with him long
enough, he was sure to turn out a gentleman: that which was deeper
and was the life of the gentleman, people seldom saw--would seldom
have valued if they had seen. Most parents would like their children
to be ladies and gentlemen; that they should be sons and daughters
of God, they do not care!
The few wise souls in the neighbourhood know Donal as the heart of
the place--the man to go to in any difficulty, in any trouble or
apprehension.
Miss Carmichael grew by degrees less talkative, and less obtrusive
of her opinions.
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