Helen Leslie; Or, Truth and Error, by Adeline

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Thoughts have gone forth, whose powers may sleep no more. Time rolled on. Raymond had attained his fourteenth year; and up to this period had been educated with his sister and cousin, by masters at their own residence. They had all made considerable proficiency in their studies, and Mr. Llewellyn now determined to send them from home to complete their education. But where were they to be sent ? To separate Helen and Louisa would not do. They had been instructed by the same masters, engaged in the same pursuits, and loved each other as sisters. He well knew that it would be in direct opposition to his sister's wishes to place her children at a Roman Catholic seminary; and to send Louisa to one of another description, would, in all probability, weaken, if it did not entirely destroy, the principles which, for nearly fourteen years, he had been sedulously endeavouring to instil. Had not his faith in Popery been weakened, he would not for one moment have hesitated; but the impressive charge of a dying sister? a sister endeared by a thousand touching recollections?could not be forgotten, and he felt that to do what would at one time have appeared imperative duty, would be injustice to her memory, and at the same time cause him no little disquiet. Mrs. Llewellyn did not participate in these feelings. Her attachment to the religion of her forefathers was as strong as ever; and she was alarmed at the idea of the children being placed at seminaries where they might be tempted to abjure the Romish faith. They are already inclined to be too much like their mother, said she; and I tremble lest our dear Louisa should have imbibed from them sentiments that would be awfully dangerous, and destructive to her happiness. I rather fear, my love, said Mr. Llewel...