The reader
will understand the condition of his heart and feelings when he advances
further in this narrative. Old Lindsay, who was of a manly and generous
disposition, felt considerable surprise that all intimacy should have
been discontinued between his son Charles and Alice Goodwin. As for
the property which she now possessed, he never once thought of it in
connection with their former affection for each other. He certainly
appreciated the magnanimity and disinterestedness of his son in ceasing
to urge his claims after she had become possessed of such a fortune; and
it struck him that something must have been wrong, or some evil agency
at work, which prevented the Goodwins from reestablishing their former
intimacy with Charles whilst they seemed to court that of his brother.
Here was something strange, and he could not understand it. One.
morning, when they were all seated at breakfast, he spoke as follows:--
"I can't," he said, "comprehend the conduct of the Goodwins. Their
daughter, if we are to judge from appearances, has discarded her
accepted lover, poor Charles, here.
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