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BIGHT OR WRONG-. 399
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< s c Oil no , no , give me no such messages for him !' " Yes , I charge you , say this . And now talked go , for much I am / tixed ,
and the nurse will be angry at my having so usual " The to sit following -with me afternoon while the , after nurs her e went walk down with to him dinner , she came ; it was as
the only time of the day when we were ever alone , and was also that portion of it when I felt most equal to sustaining any
conversation . ic I saw at a glance how matters stood . She was pale , the light of
her eyes -was quenched , her graceful head depressed . She brought me flowers as was her wontand said , ' He sends you these , Anne , '
then approaching the table , , pretended to be busy with their arrangement .
" Had you a _xoleasant walk , dear ? ' " 6 i 6 _< Yes Come ; , but and I sit am near tired me . ' .
" She obeyed reluctantly . 46 st' 6 Did He would you give not him accep my t it message so he bade ? ' me tell you . '
" ' When he sees me , Alice , , he will be convinced how much it was for his good that I spoke as I did . '
" She shook her head and tried to smile : " ' He willrn . ake retract -whatever you said ; he values you ,
wretch Anne , as I was you . ! deserve forg you ive . Oh being , promise 1 weak me even you now will ! forget I thoug what ht , a I
believed , when you were my in _sucli danger that I had conquered it all . I detested myself so much . And you ill for my sake too !
Ill from having watched and over-worked yourself so many nights and " She days was while fondling I was me blind in her !' old way now , hiding her tearful face
against my pillow , calling me by all the endearing names of her childhood , and repeating the words blind ' 111 / with for my wistful sake , all through
your care of me when I was a beseeching accent as if asking me to confirm them . " Dear childno more of that . I would do as much willingly
for you again : but , tell me , when he arrived did you still think everything . was forgotten ? '
" ' Oh ! I was so happy at your safety , at—at—' "' Afc seeinhim againwas it not so ? '
g , " ' Anne ! why do you ask all this so calmly ?' " Becamse I wish to show you that I keep to what I have said .
Look up Alice , do not cry and shake your head so mournfully . Your happiness is mine ; I should know no peace if I fancied you
were miserable . I should never make a good wife , never be able to devote myself heart and soul to my husband , in the way he
expects , while swayed perpetually "b y the fear of falling short in all I had promised our mother to be to you . My own life , passed in
this unceasing struggle , would be wretched ; Eustace thought this
Bight Or Wrong-. 399
BIGHT OR WRONG-. 399
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 399, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/39/
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