'Your own peace of mind; have you not lost that?'
'Yes, I have; I cannot shut my eyes without beholding that speechless, dying girl; it is frightful; I never was such a coward before. But I shall get over it I know, in a few days. Whenever I get into a scrape, I always feel horridly at first, for fear I should be found out,—but I never am, and I soon forget it.'
'But the consequences are seldom so serious, of any of our pranks,' said Frank.
'Why there was the widow's granddaughter who was burned so badly, all owing to my carelessness in dropping that piece of phosphorus, or some of the matches, on the day of our balloon frolic. It troubled me when I first heard of it, as much as it did you. I bought her a new pair of shoes, and I have given her or her grandmother something every time I go that way; and persuaded several of the other boys to do so too. The old woman said the last time I was there, that she hoped she should be brought to a realizing sense that every thing was ordered for the best; for Sally's accident had proved a real blessing to the family.'
'It is striking ten, William;' said Frank.
'Is it?' replied William.—'O dear! I shall never get asleep.'
Frank waked earlier than usual, the next morning; and he found William up and dressed.
'How early you are up,' said he.
'I am going to take a walk,' replied William. 'I feel as if I should smother, if I stay any longer shut up here.'