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24 CONSTANCY MISPLACED.
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her daug mouth hter on and Iier heart lips , but " There the pastor is no ' s care last for words me" shut she m again urmure both d ,
as her husband departed . ; " they will take from me , even the last to a remembrances hallowed the upstairs sanctuary . " bedroom Then , of , , with which certainl her she y usual the alone most noiseless possessed cheerful step the _^ in she key the ascended . house The _,
room contained in one corner some unused furniture and _bedsy hung crowde covered a d table trop together h , y almost of . war One like , wall som an the , however wea altar Lutzow p , stood , s , was a b against left ann beneath free er , it and ; ; onl on them a y a the military white wall
sashsuch as was worn by corps ; hung a small , miniature set in a wreath of cypress . tears The , broke pastor out ' s wife into , we who eping had as long she fancied looked upon that stubborn the she trop had satisfaction hy no for more the
g last of ive a time joy up ! less " . " And heart Even slowl which that y , " and welcomes she quietl said , y misfortune with she unfastened the , ht il even in one her that heart after must the for I otherand laid them in a boxnot one thoug
her onl , y child for whom she was ; to prepare a cheerful home ; she thought only of her buried sorrow , of the bitter injustice last traces to which of
to mourning she the must servant submit , and how then , as she she slowl should shut y descended the box , the removed the stairs room to the . g Then ive directions she sank arrange
in upon the the past sofa in , the covered long her buried face spring with - her time hands of her , and heart was . soon lost
, Even The so beautiful young p so icture beautiful on the so wall blooming had been , and once so no full ideal of hope one .
, , _^ less had she Elise who appeared never in tasted life happ ; she iness who hers was elf now , nor so imp cold arted , so it joy to
from others , her . A rich golden and no spring painter -time could of promise depict the had glowing been snatched colours grasp
in which her young , heart had once traced out the future— -that future The which poetry now of the lay before heart is her not in dreary entirely neutral dependent tints . on outward
stony circumstances towns ; . and Brig yet ht there poetic is spirits something have often more thriven suitable The in in charm cold the ,
nature of country solitude is for so , the favourable the nourishment undefined for the , of dreamy inward a young , development unsoug gifted ht nature intercourse , . and Elise with had
, enjoyed She was to the the full daug this hter advantage of a . country pastor in comfortable
their circumstances father and , and the shared j , of with their an country only brother home , . the Her instruction education of
had been very different oys from that of most girls his . children Pier father without , who
had formerly been a tutor , wished to educate assistance ; he communicated to them whatever he was acquainted
with but to himself Greek . and Modern Latin languages the children were could mere not things too by earl the y app way ly ,
24 Constancy Misplaced.
24 CONSTANCY MISPLACED .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/24/
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