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256 THE RECOBD OF A VANISHED LIFE.
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lik which e led to the irl fault entertain in action a . deep Towards ineradicable such insight dislike , persons . I
account my in poor this g way , for Mary's coldnes , s towards myself . There wasperhapsa certain constraint on my partmade apparent by
the , very efforts , to conceal it . She knew that , I knew her , and for resented her existed the feeling even * as she after distrusted the loss the of esteem knowled had ge . destroyed My love
scheming cordiality the noble . deceitful delicacy How , changed of The her roots p she urit was of y , all she ! fair When harden flowe a s rs , woman grows in her forgets n artful ature ,
I are strive twined always , together to think . " , and of to my tear Mary one as away she uproots was when the a others dear . ,
pure , little child . childless Some years Those passed , after are well she -known left me to —lonely Herbert , wifeles : s I , you
need not . eak of years themof their monotonous tranquillity , , in any For detail . sp of , life I had walked blindfold amid the
burning many ploug years hshares my of doubt . Those doubts were first removed by the great and mercy terrible which enfran to chised me from life my of
had business old , been terrible drud the — work gery still . of Perfect ever dear serenit friend y , Lawrence entire my trust . memory The and few — comfort latter ,
great years change of which which I spe shortl ak my hav y e awaits been passed me . But in preparing derived a tree , fro uprooted for the the
from soil in the which earth it , retains flourished still for some so of long the a sap time . I have m never been able—thank God !—I have never wished it—to disconnect
myself 1 know from , sorrow human for sympath the old y man . Som ' s death e in the ; nor little will and village my three will old ,
dear friends—yourself , Herbert , Mr . Lawrence , good mourners Mrs . Townsend I seldom —ah , she beyond is very old the now village !—leave now . me The without
wellknown path . from my cottage go to the old , old church—that path which bthose I have who trodden shall bear for the so many years old man —will to shortl his rest y be . trodden weary
y And life now itself , my draws dear Herbert to a close , this . brief As the sketch sap , of stirring my life at , like the adven approach my t of of the spring , new life within of spring the , winter so tells a something - of bound the trees , a , feeling heralds of death hard the
to be definedmoves withinand approach , and the commencem , ent of , another and a higher life . I am dreams among the old radiant men with who the see li visions ht beyond . My sleep the veil ing ; and my waking fancies *
are g are rapt to apprehend the thronging hosts of ranks heaven of — -the spirits and
archangel of just men ; and m something ade perfect vague —the with serried excess of glory angel , dazzling
256 The Recobd Of A Vanished Life.
256 THE RECOBD OF A VANISHED LIFE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 256, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/40/
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