372 JOHN DUNCAN, WEAVER AND BOTANIST. 



genteel." On occasions but these were few the petty 

 annoyances thus created found expression in remonstrance, 

 which was in the old man's eyes certainly unexpected, if not 

 a good deal painful, and which he was not slow to mention 

 to his male friends with indignant surprise and rebellion 

 when it occurred. But these were mere passing clouds, 

 easily dispelled under the warm sunshine of the heart with 

 which he was nevertheless received, and under which he 

 blossomed out in sweeter perfumes and opened the drooping 

 bower of his sensitive affections. 



