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SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 177
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Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...
know though b . I have own faith experience I am not and imprudent yet more . Dearest through Wyndham my sister , ' I s
certain suffering means y 's , my ( Arthur You 's mother haveit , ) is , the true madness a regular of a income marriage , but without it is so .
smallthat to . a man of less , moderate , habits it would be utterly insufficient , . To burthen yourself with Dora would be abject penury
for both . You will say that you can work , and thus obtain a sufficient addition to present income ; I charge you , it is a dying
till mother the future who charges is a your certaint you , do not hot a renew chance or . fulfil Resist your the engagement temptation y ,
which I know will induce you the moment I am gone , to offer her the shelter of deep love and the protection of your affectionate
home . The temporary your relief would entail years of struggle and privationI tremble to think of it . I have forbidden her to speak
. to you , for I dreaded the effect on both . I have shrunk from speaking to you myself , but I knew you would obey a voice from
the dead . God bless you . Fea _^ ces Nugent . " Wyndham staggered as if he had received a blow . Had he been
mistaken then ; was this the cause of his aunt ' s reserve , o £ Dora ' s tears and had heobeying his rash and erroneous impressions , left
her in ; her hour of , need to bear difficulties , sorrow , bereavement alone ? And yet it seemed scarcely possible he could have been so
deceived . At all events he must return to England immediately . If he had been riht in his suspicionsArthur and Dora would by
this time be married g . If he had been , wrong , and with his own suicidal hands had cast away happiness which had been his , he
wordd at all events be on the spot to atone for his fatal error . He set off instantly and travelled with the utmost rapidity . As
he stepped on the steamer which was to take him to Dover , he felt himself touched on the shoulderand a well known voice called out ,
" Good heavens ! Wyndham , is it , you , how is it you have not been heard of for such ages , I have written to you repeatedly ? " It was
Arthur . Wyndham ' s heart died within him as he touched Arthur ' s hand . It brought back the last time he had seen him so vividly .
He made a violent effort to comfort himself , " And Dora ? " he asked hurriedl DoraI y have . " heard Dora , " nothing exclaimed about Arthur her ? , " You why know do you my ask aunt ine about died
, two years ago . What s the matter Wyndham , you are as white as death , are you ill ? What a devilish poor sailor you must be , the
sea W is yndham like a pond dropped . _" on the bench about , he literall wh y could left her not stand .
Arthur continued , " You ask me Dora ; y , I engaged came to you across , and thoug and thoug ht _yoti hhad were I been the str an angest independent pair of man lovers , I mig I ever ht
, , have entered the lists with you , no offence I hope , " Wyndham ' s eyes flashed , " I had some sense of honor and therefore refrained ,
Dora Wyndham was always felt very he could kind have to me str . " angled Arthur , but yet the words
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Success And Failure. 177
SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 177
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/33/
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