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CONSTANCY MISPLACED. 83
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•The Pastor Replied: " Dear Elise, I Wil...
estrangement which , can disturb conjugal happiness , misunderstandlife ing . does " He not does affect not him understand in the me least , that / 7 thoug which ht is Elise the soul with of bitter my
sorrow . She consecrated the room upstairs , in which she had p spring laced the time weapons of loveas of the her s brother anctuary , and of her all grief the relics . There of her she short read
the of freedom , which had animated her heroesand the requiems songs for the fallen . And when after passing an hour , in this
herself manner , , she whi returned ch ( C to tell to the the truth sitting was -room sometimes and her a little husband she tiresome answered asked to
Imp onl atientl bthe y , cold Wher silence e have which you in been after all this time became ? " the curse of y y years his home .
This state of matters was reached by slow degrees ; it was only the first quiet to retain garden for for herself the dead in thing her heart else she which was Elise willing desired to share at
with , her husband . As g ; irl every and young lady she had been diligent and fond of study , and in the days of her mourning , literature and
scientific research had been her only enlivenment . The education she had received from her father had given her mind a direction
are and content tone very to cull different here and from there the a generality flower from of young the tree ladies of know , who
classics led the ge feminine . and The usual the mind , popular hilosop was by h instruction no of means history sufficient , consi had dered for been most her her ; suitable the favourite ancient for
py when studies the , but assistance she had of found her father it very was difficult no longer to pursue available such , a and course she
had looked forward to reading with her husband as the principal attraction of married life when at last she consented to accept
Stern ' s offer . Now certainly it is not necessary to the usefulness of a wife or the happiness of her husband that she should underd
stand Latin and be familiar with Greek , but on the other han such Stern knowled appreciated ge is in not necessaril certain degree y a hindrance mental cultivation to either . in Althoug a female h
possessed of and learning was secretl something in a y woman proud . a of the . of his Like orthodox bride others 7 s horror proficiency he had , which never in men Greek candidl entertain , still y and he ,
honestly investigated the question , and , failed to recognise the fact , that unhappy marriages and joyless uncomfortable leasure households in the are
much offcener the effect of silliness and p-seeking wives than the consequence of literary tastes and pursuits . He did not wish to control the ations of his wife in any way ; he
himself did not belong to the occup class of men who make their calling a trade and use science merelas its handmaiden ; on the contrary
he was a zealous and conscientious y student of languages and
theology after a long : but day when 's stud he y cam or work e down in stairs his p with arish , his he _j wanted _^ P _* tired to out sit
Constancy Misplaced. 83
_CONSTANCY MISPLACED . 83
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/11/
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