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"Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold and despair. "
The sorrow of Frado was very great for her pet, and Mr. Bellmont by great exertion obtained it again, much to the relief of the child. To be thus deprived of all her sources of pleasure was a sure way to exalt their worth, and Fido became, in her estimation, a more valuable presence than the human beings who surrounded her.