PART IV. 



T HAD not seen Mr. Mytton for at least two years 

 previously to my quitting England, but I had 

 heard some unpleasant reports touching his pecuniary 

 affairs ; yet it was not until I read the advertisement 

 in the " Times" of the sale of all his effects at Halston, 

 that I found his race was run. As the greatness of 

 every man's fall is measured by the height from 

 which he fell, my heart bled as I waded througli the 

 melancholy detail of objects so familiar to my mind, 

 so dear to himself, and also associated with brighter 

 days of my own. " Poor fellow ! " said I, to a 

 mutual friend who was at my side. " Better he 

 had never lived, than to have to taste those bitter 

 moments which in future must be his portion. He 

 who towered like the cedar will now be trampled 

 upon like the bramble, and perhaps neglected by 

 those whom his bounty once fed." What became of 

 him, however, after the sale of his effects at Halston 

 • — for ever}'thing was sold except Euphrates, the 

 race-horse — it is not material to inquire ; and I only 



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