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402 RIGHT OR WRONG.
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_ -«» *• ( Concluded From Page 339.)
and I cannot die in peace leaving poor Alice alone . Eustace , you no longer look upon her as a child . '
" A dark flush rose to his brow , and he made a gesture as if to interrupt me , but I held up niy hand imploringly .
" ' Your recent constant companionship has worked this change . You have taught her much , you have an ascendancy over her that
neither our mother nor I could ever obtain . She looks up to you as her guide , her best friend , her you know , you must see , what is
passing in lier heart . Indeed , indeed , I have wished it to be thus , dear _coxisin ! It has been my unvarying hope in the long silent
hours I have passed here : when I heard of your return , I planned it all . And yet now , when she is probably soon going to lose me ,
you "would forsake her !' " ' No , Anne , no ! Never shall it be said that I relinquished you
for her !' " « Hush , we know how false that would be ! Zcan bear a contrary
testimony , I can say all that I have already told you ! But let me also be able to add , how completely my beothek forgave the
waywardness' and weakness which at first caused him so much pain ; how from this moment—say from this moment , Eustace—he
forgets me as I was , he only recognises in me the sister of Alice , surrendering her to him with a perfect trust , satisfied that my task
has been faithfully discharged , and all my mother ' s hopes accomplished " 'If ! Anne ' ' s sense of duty can be satisfied , ' he said , with a shade ,
of irony , ' I surely ought to be content . ' Then taking * both my hands in hisand from the depths of his dark grey eyes looking as
, if he would read into my soul , he asked , ' Can you say from your heart you wish this , Anne ?'
" I trust in God I answered right . " He left tlie room . A few minutes afterwards he returned with
Alice . Gravely but tenderly he placed her in my arms , and said , ' Sister Annewe have turned over a new page . Teach this spoilt
, child to love her husband as you have loved her , and there will not be a happier home than ours . ' While Alice sobbed , ' Oh , get well
for our sakes , and we shall all be so happy !' " Very soon afterwards , at my urgent request , they were married .
I felt too anxious to remove from myself the temptation of wishing to retract aught of what I had done or said , to know any real peace
until all was over . I was cheerful and composed , always fancying that the growing improvement , upon which even the doctor now
seemed sanguine , would be but of temporary duration , yet glad to be sufficiently recovered to give them a respite from anxiety , and to
bear the removal to Guernsey , which followed immediately after their _marriage . I was of course still too weak to go to church ,
but an old uncle and his daughter , who had not ventured abroad for yearscame over at my request to be present at the ceremony ,
and took , me Iback to the island , where my sister and brother were
to join me in a few weeks .
402 Right Or Wrong.
402 RIGHT OR WRONG .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/42/
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