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SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 113
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Chapter I. Two Men Sat Together In A Sin...
been "betrothed for two years , and was to be married in a month . When Wyndham ' s letter arrivedit required nothing more to make
, him think himself the most betrayed of men . His friend engaged to his cousin!—to Dora!—who must have understood him , and
known that nothing but the most delicate sense of honor had prevented his declaring his affections— it was disgraceful . As to
, Wyndham , he hesitated whether he should call him out , or write him a letter which would wring his heart . He put on his hat , and .
walked out in a state of general misanthropy ; his own fine misunderstood feelings being the subject of his extreme _self-compassion .
His episode with the German girl passed entirely from his memory , and had he been absolutely jilted by Doraand treacherously
, bitter supplanted towards by Wyndham them . , He his Trent thoughts home could and . not wrote have a been more in poem
, which he bewailed in the most pathetic manner the falsehood of man and the inconstancy of woman . This poemwhen printed ,
, became very popular among a certain class of critics and poetasters . Its sweetness , its pathos , its sadness , "were much praised ; but it was
insincere , insincere in conception , insincere in expression , insincere in aim , and its popularity was neither general nor lasting .
Impost he patient utilized , that , irritated he the asked journey , and and aggrieved obtained in contriving , leave Arthur to of be absence became sent to for so Eng restless a time land . at with But his
despatches and on Foreign Office business . Unfortunately this obliged him to travel with a rapidity which , joined to his feverish ,
excited state of mind , and to the trial of a most oppressive season , upset his healthHe had always been delicateand he had suffered
. , considerably from the self-indulgence of his habits , and from the irregmlar hoursboth as to food and repose , which he had indulged
, in since his residence abroad . After he had transacted his business at the Foreign Office ,
he hastened in a state of great agitation to see Dora . She was seated at the window working . Her bright golden hair
was braided back in wavy luxuriance , and displayed the soft contour of her face , with its harmonious features and delicate
coloring . Dora was pleasing , not beautiful . It was a face which slowly won upon you , but the impression once made was
ineffaceable . She received Arthur kindly and affectionately , but too calmly her to please if he him could . with He was the resolve dissatisfied d to feelings disturb this which calm disturbed , and to infect
himself . He assumed a cold , resentful manner . " What is the matter , Arthur ? " asked his cousin , frankly ; " you
seem vexed . " "Vexed ?"
" Well , changed ; tell me , dear ; " she approached him with a kind _, loving smile and held out her hand .
He drew back , " Changed ? perhaps I am changed ; if so , I but
follow the example set me . "
Success And Failure. 113
SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 113
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/41/
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