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BIG1IT OB WSO^G. 389
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_Raillery on any deviation from tlie calm grave deportment she had learned to look upon as inseparable from her elder sister and
preceptress . " I know he often thought me unaccountable and capricious for
suddenly breaking off interviews which he would say had been his dream for years to realise , because the charge I ever fancied I was
neglecting had flashed upon my mind , while as much as possible I avoided reminding Mm of m . j scruples , lest he should learn to
dislike , instead of love , the poor child who was their caiise . I know , v too _^ ry , he time often when thoug I felt ht as me if cold it would and formal have been in her a privilege presence , to at have the
laid down at his feet and died , if thus I could have proved the intensity of my affection . I was perpetually striving to reconcile
two connicting principles , to serve two masters ; and jet in spite of this struggle I was almost , indeed at moments , I was perfectly ,, .
happy . For I had no distrust of myself , no misgiving for the future ; I looked confidently towards the time whenAlice
completely recovered , no longer requiring such unremitting , attention , mo possibility of a relapse hanging over my headI should be free
to devote myself to my husband , his will my law , his , happiness my study . And therefore I bore cheerfully the temporary privation I
had imposed upon myself , pleading my sister ' s severe sufferings , and the irksome restraint to which she was still subjected , as a
motive for equal forbearance from Eustace ; and answered the reproach that I gave him . but a divided heart with a smile so full
of faith and hope , that , in spite of what he called my fitful Aprillike manner , it never failed to reassure him .
66 After all I had experienced , it was ecstasy enough to watch for his coming , to feel my heart bound with joy at his foot-step , and to
see him daily for hours together in Alice ' s sombre little room , where an his earnest presence of now famil was y concord welcome , and as my cheerful heart fire could -side wish days , giving to come me .
Even I did not seem to find more charm in his varied and intellectual discourse , in his delineations of the countries and scenes he
had visited , than Alice , who hung on every word he said , while she quoted his opinionsand deferred to his judgment with all the
, enthusiasm and trustfulness of her age . I was astonished at the rapid growth of her intelligence , at the loftier tone of her mind , no
longer so taken up with the anticipations of gaiety and dress , and saw that the ascendancy her future brother had gained was precisely
what had been wanting in her previous education . ( To he continued , )
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Big1it Ob Wso^G. 389
BIG 1 IT OB _WSO _^ G . 389
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/51/
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