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180 SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
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Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...
consider they do represent them , therefore they have no value for me . " " They represent success . _"
' * The success which only wins a guerdon from others I regard not ; the success which is in itself fulfilment I prize . "
There was great beauty in Wyndham ' s earnest face as he spoke , and Arthur ' s impressible nature was instantly moved .
" You are right , Wyndham . I see , I know , but it is too late for me to alter now . "
They had now arrived , and with a hasty farewell to Arthur , Wyndham hastened on shore .
Arthur looked after him and sighed . *? A good fellow that , but after all I would not change places with him . How this life
exhausts yet fevers one . If he only knew on what a turning point I stand- —if I win , I shall have a seat in the House of Commons ,
and be the husband of one of the richest heiresses in England . No , I would not exchange with Wyndham . "
CHAPTER IV . It was a warm eveninin July . There was a momentary hush in
g 33 aton Square . It was the dinner hour , and for a little while there was a pause in the roll of carriages , and all was quiet and still . In
this square was the house which was now Dora ' s home . Her pupils had left herand she sat in thought by the open window . It looked ,
as so , of our London rooms lookon the leads which formed the roof many of the kitchen , and which extended , to the stables . There
were some flower pots on the window sill , and the intense red of the geraniums gave a glow of color which pleased the eye , wearied
with the uniformity of tint , though not of shade , around ; first the pale skthen the dark ashy hue of the leads themselvesand
the yet grey blacker y , iron railings which fenced in the kitchen skyli , ght . Herehoweverthe kitchen fire below gave a flickering tremulous
liht , which alternatel , lowed and faded like the remembrance of a g passionate , love in a y disappointed g life . Dora sat with her cheek
resting on her hand , looking at this prospect . She was tired ; she had worked hard all day , and though her pupils were of average
docility and average talents , the task of teaching from eight a . m . to six p . m . is wearisome to body and spirit . Still , work | s blessed ,
if wrought with a brave heart and a hopeful temper . The sense of dutperformed and independence earned is very sweet , and after
the y laborious day , the evening ' s rest and solitude were grateful and refreshing to Dora .
Her thoughts as usual turned to Wyndham , and alas ! with what fond regret and tender yearning . How strangely vivid and real
are our imaginings sometimes . As Dora called up the figure of Wyndhamas he had often sat beside her in the happy days of old , she
could have , almost touched with her finger the outline of his form , and
traced through the clear obscure of the air , that face ,, with its noble and
180 Success And Failure.
180 SUCCESS AND FAILURE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/36/
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