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PRESENT TO MRS. FENTON. 63
" But she can use them to-morrow, or on some
other day," said he,
" if I should happen to he
too late for to-day."
" Very true," said his mother ;
" only, if by a
little more expedition you can get them into her
hands
soon enough for to-day, it may he a great
convenience. It is always better for our own
character, moreover, to do a thing promptly and
punctually. It is especially important not to
defer till to-morrow what can as well be done
to-day. "
Henry knew all this, — he had heard it twenty
times before ;
not feel its importance.
experienced
and yet, though he knew
:how could
it,
he did
He was young and in
it
be otherwise
?
The
young must take many things upon trust,
especially from their parents.