They
did not doubt that the reason of this change was as he alleged it, and
gave themselves no thought as to causes, satisfied as they were with
effects. But old Allen had not proceeded without his host: he had been
advised of the contemplated turn-out of all the squatters from the
gold-region; and, having no better tenure than any of his neighbors, he
very prudently made a merit of necessity, and took his measures as we
have seen. The lovers were satisfied, and their interview now wore,
though at parting, a more sunshiny complexion.
But why prolong a scene admitting of so little variety as that which
describes the sweets, and the strifes, and the sorrows, of mortal love?
We take it there is no reader of novels so little conversant with
matters of this nature as not to know how they begin and how they end;
and, contenting ourselves with separating the parties--an act
hardhearted enough, in all conscience--we shall not with idle and
questionable sympathy dwell upon the sorrows of their separation.
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