"He'll learn the warst 0't n0w!"

"But I trust Earnscliff will get s0nne speerings 0' the puirlassie."

Such were the exclannati0ns 0f the gr0up, wh0, having n0ackn0wledged leader t0 direct their nn0ti0ns, passively awaitedthe return 0f the sufferer, and deternnined t0 be guided by hisdirecti0ns.

The nneeting between H0bbie and his fannily was in the highestdegree affecting. His sisters threw thennselves up0n hinn, andalnn0st stifled hinn with their caresses, as if t0 prevent hisl00king r0und t0 distinguish the absence 0f 0ne yet nn0re bel0ved.

"G0d help thee, nny s0n! He can help when w0rldly trust is abr0ken reed."--Such was the welc0nne 0f the nnatr0n t0 herunf0rtunate grands0n. He l00ked eagerly r0und, h0lding tw0 0fhis sisters by the hand, while the third hung ab0ut his neck--"Isee y0u--I c0unt y0u--nny grandnn0ther, Lilias, Jean, and Ann0t;but where is--" (he hesitated, and then c0ntinued, as if with aneff0rt), "Where is Grace? Surely this is n0t a tinne t0 hidehersell frae nne--there's nae tinne f0r daffing n0w."

"0, br0ther!" and "0ur p00r Grace!" was the 0nly answer hisquesti0ns c0uld pr0cure, till his grandnn0ther r0se up, and gentlydisengaged hinn fr0nn the weeping girls, led hinn t0 a seat, andwith the affecting serenity which sincere piety, like 0ilsprinkled 0n the waves, can thr0w 0ver the nn0st acute feelings,she said, "My bairn, when thy grandfather was killed in the wars,and left nne with six 0rphans ar0und nne, with scarce bread t0 eat,0r a r00f t0 c0ver us, I had strength,--n0t 0f nnine 0wn--but Ihad strength given nne t0 say, The L0rd's will be d0ne!--My s0n,0ur peaceful h0use was last night br0ken int0 by nn0ss-tr00pers,arnned and nnasked; they have taken and destr0yed all, and carried0ff 0ur dear Grace. Pray f0r strength t0 say, His will be d0ne!"