gged to go down: and his pleasure was to
spend the whole day quietly by the fire-side. It was better to indulge
him in this; for it was clear that he could never again be well, and
that all that could be done was to make his decline as easy as possible.

He had several attacks of fever during the winter; and his knees swelled
more and more. Laurent had to leave him; but happily a man no less kind
succeeded him in his charge. This man's name was Loine. During the
spring the boy's strength failed, day by day. He was attended by good
surgeons, who saw that he must die, but did what they could to give him
ease. His mind had now become dull and confused; but he had no pain.
Except when he had occasional fever fits, he seemed in an easy state,
and died, at length, quite peacefully. He breathed his last on the 9th
of June, 1795, at three o'clock in the afternoon, his age being ten
years and two months.

His sister then felt as if she was quite alone: but it was not for long;
and in the interval she was treated kindly. On the 19th of December
following, which happened to be her seventeenth birthday, she was
released from the Temple, and sent to her uncles and aunts, with whom
she lived from that time forward. She married her cousin, the Duke
d'Angouleme, and is still living, having seen her family once more
restored to the throne of France, and again deposed for tyranny. No
cruelty was inflicted upon them in the course of this last change. They
were quietly sent into a foreign country, where they are now living,
surrounded by all the comforts and luxuries suitable to their rank; and
their gentle punishment is no more than, in the opinion of almost
everybody but themselves, their ignorant misuse of power deserves.

The pictures of human life which are here given are almost too sad and
dreary to be dwelt upon. But we must dwell upon them long enough to
learn from them one important thing. We are accustomed to say that the
sufferings of men come from the hand of God, and ought to be submitted
to with perfect patience on that account. This is true with respect to
many of the woes of mankind; but we are far too hasty in declaring this
occasionally where it is not true.

How is it in the cases before us? God gave to the French nation one of
the richest, gayest, and most beautiful countries in the world. This
country, with its sunny hills, its fertile plains, its great forests,
and brimming rivers, can easily produc