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162 CONSTANCY MISPLACED.
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peculiarities , and in entire self-renunciation and unobtrusive selfdenial seek peace ht and forg Julie iveness had . to bedthe Pastor paced _uj
and It down was now in his nig lonel . y chamber gone as he had , done many a night beforeHis door was gently opened"Is it you ? " he asked with
. , great ' I have astonishment somethin when to his wife to entered " said the Elise room , . in a softer and say you
gentler " voice than he g had almost ever , heard from her before . She placed her candle upon the fear table seized and him sat lie down . He ht was she very had
much alarmed ; an old : thoug become insane . Our Julie and the Vicar are attached to each other , " she
" " began " "Well , still if uncertain that is the how case to connect whdoes her he tale not . declare himself ?" y
, , asked the Pastor . " He has declared himself , " continued Elise , " but Julie has
refused him . " - " Julie And wh will y , not then leave ? the simple because child ! she " fears your old age will "you
, remain be lonel alone y and wi -weary th me , and Ajid your now deathbed I want de to solate ask you , if " you —continue -were to d
. to she live in a wi trembling th me alone voice . — " " With if you God will ' s hel not p let I will the child endeavour go , and to try do have love
what I have so long neglected : I know well you can no for me now , but—" Pastor hastened to her he raised her
droop " Who Her ing voice told head gave , and that way looking ? ; the Do you full not and know kindl that y in all her : my eyes life , long said I , you
have I have onl wrestled y loved with you ? the Do pain you of not knowing know how you mine many lonel and y yet hours lost
to me ? Do you not know that I have kept my love , through all ? But the blame is mine that I did not love you sufficiently in early to to riht
days ; my love was too selfish to leave you time come a g understanding before you had with regained your own your heart cheerfulness ; I would , have and you that for was my a own sin
against the marriage vow , and against you . And for what I lack humoured in poetry tone and , imag " you ination know , very " well continued you must , in just his have old patienc good e - believe in love
with me all my life long , and many a time my together without Late , . seein till A far g feeling it . past " of midni peace ght and , the serenit husband y , greater entere and wife d than Elise remained she heart liad
ever as she known sat b in the the happ side of iest her time husband of her , youth her head , leaning upon ' s his shoulderher y hands resting in his . With his land faithful eyes
fixed darkened upon , her her sp , irit she , must and oppressed reveal all her that life in .. these She found long years in him tad so
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 162, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/18/
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