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    CONSTANCY MISPLACED. 29

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    be all very just and right , that she was quite willing to allow , but whshe should devote her only son to its service before his duty to

    y State and King called him to it , was hard to understand . The young men had intended to take their departure on the

    following morning ; the state of their horses , however , made this impossibleand they were obliged to wait another day . Julius

    preferred chafed at greatl this , delay to . have He dreaded it over at the once leave ; the -taking weep , and ing would _ej _^ es of have his

    mother sorely vexed y his heart . But Falkenschwerdt , lately so eager for the combat , seemed very willing to remain , and Julius

    could not restrain a smile at his friend ' s ready compliance . He understood easily enough that the warmth with which Oscar

    embraced him when , long after midnight , they separated to seek thoug repose ht , was of the prompted statesman by , something his friend for ' more s the father than future , all friendshi covered p ictured . with No

    ordersinterfered to mar his dreams . He p to himself , a time when , in Germany , the bond of free brotherhood would be fullacknowledgedand the distinctions of rank between

    citizen and baron y statesman , and clergyman , would cease to exist . The father slep , t but little during this night . He paced up and

    down the room in long deep meditation ; the good mother leant upon her bed , and prayed : " Lord , if it be possible , let this cup

    pass from me ; nevertheless , not my will , but thine be done . " Neither could Elise sleepshe arose from her couchlooked out

    into the briht moonliht ; and saw further and further , into a future full of g wonderful g events , and of untold joy . But the repose

    of the tired youths was profound and long , and their dreams only of war and victory .

    Julius and his friend lingered at the parsonage for one day—a day whose importance outweihed long years . The parents ,

    particularl sible befor y the e the mother farewell , wished , which g to she enjoy foreboded their son would as much be the as last pos- .

    Julius understood his mother much better than his sister had ever doneand when shewith tearful eyesdwelt upon every little detail

    would concerning , send after the shirts him , , he socks comprehended , and flannel , her waistcoats maternal feelings which just she

    as plainly as if she , had treated him to the finest and most sentimental harangue ; and even when she shyly besought him ,

    " And now , Julius , when they are shooting , don't place yourself straiht in frontbut think of your poor mother" he did not turn

    contemptuousl g y , away from such cowardly counsel , , but bent down , kissed her handand murmured : " Think of my mother ! yes ,

    bruly , that will I , do every moment . " Elise allowed nothing to rume her on this dayand whilst her

    , 3 oul glowed with mighty thoughts , a tender womanliness encircled lier—a housewifely care and solicitude , too generally foreign to her

    ao proud t a little pre-occup ; it was ied nature no hypocrisy , but which , no affec heig ta htened tion , onl her y t attraction he newly -

    Constancy Misplaced. 29

    _CONSTANCY _MISPLACED . 29

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/29/