TRIALS; A TALE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE FAVOURITE OF NATURE," &c. &c. To man in this his trial state, When tost by tides of human fate, To anchor fast on Heaven. WATTS. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER, AVE MARIA LANE. 1824. TRIALS. CHAP. I. WHAT do you mean to do with that child, brother?" said Lady Vincent, one morning at breakfast, to the father of a tall, well-grown girl, about fifteen. "Miss Mathews told me yesterday that she was getting quite too much for her; and upon my word I think so too." "Dear aunt," exclaimed Catherine, whilst her father was studying for a reply, which, in truly acknowledging that VOL I. |