PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE 9 



dropped her anchor once more in Cork harbour in 

 five fathoms of water. 



Thus the months rolled by till September 1812, 

 when my grandfather was made post-captain, and 

 his period of service on board theja/ouse came to 

 an end. Captain Morris was a strict disciplinarian, 

 and had a very stern sense of duty. He continued 

 to live in his delightful home near Cove for some 

 years after this, and did not take up his abode in 

 England until Francis Orpen was fourteen years 

 of age. Meanwhile his son's education was not 

 neglected, and it was in these early years that the 

 religious principles which were the guide and rule 

 of his whole life were deep sown in his mind and 

 heart. After the way of those days, but especially 

 so, it would seem, in the case of my grandfather, a 

 strict obedience to parental authority was demanded 

 of all his children. Such obedience was willingly 

 given, and was never for a moment questioned. 

 My father used frequently to allude to this, and 

 contrasted the respect and obedience shown to 

 parents at the time when he was a boy with the 

 laxer and more indulgent discipline in this matter 

 at later times. It certainly resulted well in his case, 

 for he ever looked back to those days of his boy- 

 hood and home life with feelings of the greatest 

 happiness. 



The sterner and determined nature of the father 

 and the exceeding gentleness and tenderness of the 

 mother were united in the son to a remarkable 

 degree. It was this extraordinary co-existence of 



