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404 A STRANGE CHANCE.
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+ Chapter, Iii.
I had ever seen , I loved lier as it was impossible I should ever love anotherand in secret I have served her as the noble and beloved
, others should . " be served , whether fate has given them unto us or unto
live Elizabeth s had been silentl the y pressed his hand . The religion of both their same .
" It may be wrong to wish to see her again , Elizabeth , but it is life a desire extending its I can even no longer to weeks repress , I woul . "Were d still there wrestle the with possibility it ; but of days my
for are the future measure , for , my the sister sake . of And the _jDast do you alone not , I think have _^ the having right no to hope look upon her once again ?"
ening " Oh again yes , to yes the , George sense ! of " suffering answered and Elizabeth the hot , her tears heart filling quick her
-, may eyes . claim " Surel that y , parting surely ray all of the consolation sorrow and _!" patience of your life
without and " Bless stay you you have , bless been you to I my me ; sister my . life God would only have knows been the impossible comfort but saw and understood it all 3 knew how I
hoped and you believe , you d in her genius when she was ; my ou pupil , how I reverenced sessed that her with purit all y her , and the true and gentle wisdom she
posher tender ; and beautiful winning womanhood ways she , her had gifts entered of heart irrevocabl and soul , into my life , and taken her place in its , innermost chamberbefore y
I knew that these treasures were another ' s . Most thankful , was ration I that I of learnt my love it before ! No I had she sullied passed her from hearing side with without any decla one
desecrating word ! But even , had I known the my truth from the first of what avail would it have been ? Her nature . would still have ,
been the same , and , being such , must have demanded the same thize tribute d with from me mine as ! no —and other you could have ! " understood all this , and
sympa-. " Yes ! yes ! " And Elizabeth could have added that she knew much more . That Augusta _' s instinct had apprized her of a _dotible
that secret , although —not only they of George had been ' s _ldve true , but friends also of and her in love heart for were him , still and
the same , after this discovery they had little , or no communication with one another . When Augusta marriedand departed with her
until husband chance , the revealed knowled it ge again even , as of previousl her whereabouts y , mentione had d by been George lost , .
_"Oh , Elizabeth , " continued George , " the bitterness of death is in leaving you ! Even that dear boy whojust quitted me so
brokenhearted , and who has so amply repaid me , for all my affection and care , has but a feeble grasp heart when compared with
you ! Our affection has been upon dearer my than that of most brothers and sisters , for we have both seemed isolated as it were from the
not rest find of human its mate kind am ;— ongst you , by the that commoner superiorit beings y of nature who which approached could
404 A Strange Chance.
404 A STRANGE CHANCE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1861, page 404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021861/page/44/
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