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THE PORTRAIT. 185
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Chapter Iii. A Few Days After The Imluck...
the vision of the past and bring me again to the present . The idea was fantasticbut my festal attire , jewelled armlet , and Indian fan
seemed to reproach , me for keeping them there shivering beneath the stars when they were put on to glitter in the glare and warmth .
leave of wax a -li ball ghts -room . I likewise and wander remembered b that oneself it was also against to meet rule to a away y ; ,
gentleman under these circumstances had the appearance of being act intentional of propriety ; moreover never , it to was permit , above one and of b the eyond other all sex , an to imperative j ) _vy into
our heart secrets , until by spoken words they had given us to understand that their intentions pointed straight and direct to matrimony .
_JbooksI knewwere held by every prudent adviser to go for nothing . Hundreds , of , unsuspecting girls had been deceived by them ,
therefore in matters of feeling- we could not be sufficiently reserved , and considered on I this stifled prin the suited ciple promptings I to acted the . emergency of my heart . The , and harshness assumed and a bearing frigidity I
of the tone in which I replied to the gentle greeting of Cleveland - grated effect on and his j ? arred The on expression my own ear of . his What countenance then must was hav altered e been in its an
instant . He did not again call me Emily , but drawing himself up , ( he had been until then leaning against a pillar of the verandah
Miss close Lindores to the fountain if I have , ) said offended , with forced by callin tranquillit g you by y , a _" simp Pardon ler title me , .
I know not wh , y or wherefore , but at that moment I could not have called I held you out by any hand other as nam a si e than that Emil I was y . " not offended . Cleveland gn
drew my arm my within his , and for a few minutes we lingered by the side " Shall of the I fountain baptize . Froperzia ? " asked Clevelanddipping his
you , fingers in the sparkling water . _" Perhaps you like that name better "No than " I your exclaimed own ?" hastil" Properzia was unfortunate , and it
would be , * an evil omen . I have y ; become superstitious , " I added with a smileas we turned from the starlight , the fountain , and the
rep flowers ly . , , We to enter had proceeded again the a few stifling steps ball , when -room I perceive . Cleveland d the fi did gure not of
some one who appeared to be watching our movements , and as we approached , the figure receded , it so that I could Bethune not exactl Cleveland y be
certain , but I strongly suspected was Mrs . . made A sensation no comment of uneasiness , neither did came I . over mean undefined fear of I
knew not what . A dark shadow seemed , crossing my path , and involuntarily I shiveredas if suddenly chilled .
, " " Not Are you in the cold least ? " asked " I answered Mr . Cleveland and . we re-entered the room
,, together . I looked round in search of Mrs . Bethune . She was
standing with another lady near the door at which we entered .
The Portrait. 185
THE PORTRAIT . 185
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/41/
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