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RIGHT OH WRONG. 403
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of " Les They Ormeaux would not but hear I had of our entreated living they separate would . I occupy was the it , mistress and let
me reside with some , of my relations . This , however , they would not consent to ; and as in any discussion of the kind , I used to feel
Eustace ' s eyes fixed inquiringly upon me , while those of Alice always filled with tears , in my anxiety to avert suspicion , I had no
alternative but to acquiesce , falling back upon the cowardly reflection that it would not be for long , that the trial would soon be over .
then " Ah , tliat , Margaret it is far ! less you easy have to the be lesson resigned to learn to live whi , ch to live lay , before carrying me
out the ends of our Creator , doing the work He has set before us , than to be content , aye desirous , to die !
" I did not realise all this at first , for the kindness of my friends , the warm welcome I receivedcame soothingly upon me ; the
cessation of all uncertainty was an , unspeakable relief after the tortures I had been undergoing , and I inhaled my genial native air with
some portion at least of the enjoyment which the consciousness of returning health and energy imparts .
" I had of course an ordeal to _g-o through in all the questions asked relative to the cancelling of my engagement , and the transfer of my
betrothed to my sister ; questions of which the poignancy was litfcle suspected , for I had written so calmly to announce these events , and
to ask for our uncle ' s presence at their wedding , that it was generally supposed I took a -very matter-of-fact view of the whole transaction .
position M I repeated y woman and what ' s shattered pride I had availed health alread me y as tliere stated the . reasons in My my voice letters for never the : first my faltered grave step ; while and
dismy united desire to one to see I so Alice highl , in y esteemed the event and of my trusted life not , as being my motive prolonged for ,
was advocating " The seen subj in the all ect second her was pride . almost of forgotten love and when beauty they arrived And then , and ther Alice e
, were not wanting those who told me that the broken troth-plight was attributed to Eustace , to his having preferred the blooming
change younger " But , no sister oh shadow Margaret to the of grave ! inconstancy they care wronge -worn can d elder him ever one there be . . ascribed No thoug to ht him of
Noble and , faithful and upright , whatever he seemed or had become was whollwork—alike planned and carried out by me ! And
these now in surmises my y jealousy my , I learned for , his to good distrust nam myself e , while anew unable . to I had clear fancied him from too
soon that the victory was gained , the haven of rest won : I had never contemplated never thought more to feel the pulses of life
beating strong recovery ly in my , veins , or -to regain the power of suffering , of realising all I had given up , of laying bare my own heart , and
probing " Those the first wound month that s were festered horrible at its , y core et no . t a single human being sober elder sister
knew what I was undergoing . I was to them the ,
Right Oh Wrong. 403
RIGHT OH WRONG . 403
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/43/
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