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his robbing them of power and interfering with the rights
-and laws that regulated their relations to each other; for
they feared tha-t their ancient heritage would pass away
for ever. But still the mother dreamed of peace and rest
.and would not hear the children's cry, but helped to subdue
their waywardness; and ere long all was quiet again.
But the wayward children loved not their new father and
could not understand their mother. And their new father
turned to other ways, and sent the children to schools
where they were taught Ms language and his thoughts, and
how great his people were, and self-sacrificing ; and from
what unrest and wretchedness he had saved their mother,
.and with no thought of gain or profit; and they were
taught, too, to forget their ancient glory and from the
height of the new learning to despise their ancient man-
ners.

But now another thing happened ; the mother bore a
-child to the foreign lord, and he was pleased thereat, and
deemed that she (for it was a girl) should be a woman after
his own heart, even as the daughters of his own people, and
.she should be fair and wealthy, and a bride for a son of his
people. But when this child was born, the mother was-
roused from her dream, and lived only for the girl, and
.she grew up to remind the mother of her own youth, and
favoured the foreign lord little ; yet she had somewhat of
his energy and turn for practical affairs. The mother
talked long a,nd deeply with her, and the foreign lord did
not ta,ke it aught amiss, for he deemed that all mtist go even
-as he, such a- great man, would have it go. And he got
teachers, and she was taught the wisdom and manners of
his people. But in secret the mother taught her the ancient
wisdom, and her heart was turned away from her father and
his people and his teaching. And the mother was content;