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184 SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
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Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...
Oil ! -what a capacity has the human heart for happiness . " Nous ne connaissons _Vinfini la douleur" Madame de
Stael . I think the boundless que exp par ansion of the soul says in a great joy gives us a more certain test of the infinitywhichas the heirs of
immortality and the children of Godwe are , born to , . All , all was forgotten , he was there , ; the long lost happiness
folded its angel wings about them , and the world beyond was unthought of . Whichever of us can count one such moment of felicity
in his life must bow his head with thankfulness and ask no more . By it we know that God has not left himself without a witness
in us . Wyndham related to Dora the series of accidents and delays
"which had prevented his receiving Mrs . Nugent's letter , the mis * givings which had still haunted him till he had seen Arthurand
the certainty that had then dawned upon him that it was impossible , Dora could really have loved him . He told her the difficulties he
had had in tracing her , he then held her a little from him and said , " When I think that but for my own folly , I should have been
beside you during- the suffering of that time and all the _difnciilties afterwards , I have no words to _express my remorse . My whole
life is too poor an atonement for such a debt , but take it , Dora , it is yours . I will obey you implicitly . Dictate my fature .
Whatever you decree , shall be done . " Dora leant her head on his shoulder . She could not speakThe
. dreary years seemed a dream . He was hers , she was his . What mattered the past , of what import the futuredid not the present
avail for all ? To one in a thousand is granted , the boon of bjing loved , yet rarer is the gift of lovingbut rarest of all is mutual and
, entire love . When Dora and Wyndham parted that night , they felt as if they had never been separatedand as if separation was no
, longer among the accidents of fate . Yet Dora would not consent to be his wife till he had fulfilled her mother ' s wishes . Love
inspires faith , and neither feared that the time of probation would be long .
Dora did not see Miss Vemon again , nor did she receive any letter from her . Time passed . The preparations for the marriage
progressed . At the end of three months Mrs . Vernon and her eldest daughter joined the family at Thorpe . Arthur could only arrive on
the morning of the marriage . He was in parliament , and almost entirely absorbed in business . _Dara observed Miss Vernon narrowly .
She was paler , thinner , graver . Her manner to Dora was kinder than ever , but she was more reserved than before . She evidently
avoided private conversation with her . The night before the marriage , as Dora was undressinin her
g room , she heard a knock at the door , she opened it , and there stood Miss Vernon in her dressing gown , and with a small packet in her
_jiancl .
184 Success And Failure.
184 SUCCESS AND FAILURE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/40/
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