LIFE OF MYTTON. 89 



Mr. Mytton threw down the money, and took up 

 the watch. " Merciez, Monsieur," said the soldier, 

 and something else besides, expressive of his grateful 

 feelings. " Take this to your comrade, also" said 

 Mytton, placing the watch in his hand. "Ah, Mon- 

 sieur Anglais ! " exclaimed the man — " qjie vous 

 dirai-je ? " * 



Mytton replied, "RiEN."t Remember, reader! 

 this was not in his golden days, when money was as 

 dross ; it was one of the last acts of a noble soul, 

 performed out of almost the last of the wreck of a 

 splendid income. 



The sentimental Sterne would have made a pa- 

 thetic story out of this little incident, whereas I 

 shall leave it to speak for itself; but Mytton felt 

 what Sterne only made others feel : neither does the 

 difference between them rest here. The one is said 

 to have whined over a dead ass, and starved a living 

 mother. The other would have laughed at the dead 

 donkey — perhaps have ridden him to death — but he 

 settled a handsome annuity on his mother! Such 

 instances, however, are of verj- ancient date ; Aris- 

 tides practised what Cato only preached. 



• What shall I say to j-ou ? t Nothing. 



