`` Providence seems to have laid him here , '' whispered she to her husband , `` and to have brought us hither to find him , after our disappointment in our cousin 's son . Methinks I can see a likeness to our departed Henry . Shall we waken him ? '' `` To what purpose ? '' said the merchant , hesitating . `` We know nothing of the youth 's character . '' `` That open countenance ! '' replied his wife , in the same hushed voice , yet earnestly . `` This innocent sleep ! '' While these whispers were passing , the sleeper 's heart did not throb , nor his breath become agitated , nor his features betray the least token of interest . Yet Fortune was bending over him , just ready to let fall a burden of gold . The old merchant had lost his only son , and had no heir to his wealth except a distant relative with whose conduct he was dissatisfied . In such cases people sometimes do stranger things than to act the magician and awaken a young man to splendor who fell asleep in poverty . `` Shall we not waken him ? '' repeated the lady , persuasively . `` The coach is ready , sir , '' said the servant , behind . The old couple started , reddened and hurried away , mutually wondering that they should ever have dreamed of doing anything so very ridiculous . The merchant threw himself back in the carriage and occupied his mind with the plan of a magnificent asylum for unfortunate men of business . Meanwhile , David Swan enjoyed his nap . The carriage could not have gone above a mile or two when a pretty young girl came along with a tripping pace which showed precisely how her little heart was dancing in her bosom .
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