Chapter 45 45

But if thou shouldst be dragg'd in scorn

To yonder ignominious tree,

Thou shall not want one faithful friend

To share the cruel fates' decree.

SHENSTONE.

Plunged in the gloomy reflections which were naturally excited by his dismal reading and disconsolate situation, Bertram for the first time in his life felt himself affected with a

            
            

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