Clara and Traverse live at Willow Heights, which has been repaired,
enlarged and improved, and where Traverse has already an extensive
practice, and where both endeavor to emulate the enlightened
goodness of the sainted Doctor Day.
Cap and Herbert, with Mrs. Le Noir, live at the Hidden House, which
has been turned by wealth and taste into a dwelling of light and
beauty. As the bravest are always the gentlest, so the most high-
spirited are always the most forgiving. And thus the weak or wicked
old Dorcas Knight finds still a home under the roof of Mrs. Le Noir.
Her only retribution being the very mild one of having her relations
changed in the fact that her temporary prisoner is now her mistress
and sovereign lady.
I wish I could say "they all lived happy ever after." But the truth
is I have reason to suppose that even Clara had sometimes occasion
to administer to Doctor Rocke dignified curtain lectures, which no
doubt did him good. And I know for a positive fact that our Cap
sometimes gives her "dear, darling, sweet Herbert," the benefit of
the sharp edge of her tongue, which, of course, he deserves.
But notwithstanding all this, I am happy to say that all enjoy a
fair amount of human felicity.
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