He gave to Jane—himself proud of the gift—

A locket which his grandmother had left

Him when a babe, which (dazzling to the eyes,

Of envious worth and of capacious size,)

“You’ll keep,” he said, “until I have fulfill’d

The bond which now is in thy breast instill’d:

And you, dear Hollybrand, pray deign t’receive

Before from thy dear cot I take my leave

This little token[187] of my kind regards—

’Twill tell thee, George,” said Arnold, “more than words—