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    116 SUCCESS AND FAILURE.

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    Chapter I. Two Men Sat Together In A Sin...

    must undergo should come in this form , for it is a proof of our mortal imperfectionand thus our good qualities often bear the

    penalty of our evil ones , . We are compassionate , benevolent , and self-sacrificing ; and we are treated with selfishnessunkindness , and

    , ingratitude . But by these are we not eventually taught to strengthen our weakness into fortitude , to calm our impatience , and

    *" * g to iveness become ? long In truth suffering our , loss to blot is gain out . our resentments . , and learn for- _;

    As Arthur's face slowly recovered the hue of health , it miglit have been remarked that his cousin ' s became paler and paler . She

    evidently suffered a great deal . Since this unfortunate illness , she had observed that Wyndham had seemed changed towards _herJ

    The fact was , an impression had been made on him that time only strengthened . He was convinced that an unexpressed affection had

    existed between the cousins , that this illness of Arthur ' s had awakened Dora to the state of her own feelings ; while to Arthur the discovery

    had been made when he had heard of his cousin ' s engagement to Wyndham , and that this illness was caused by the despair of this

    too late discovery . With his usual nobleness , but in this case with unfortunately

    unusual impetuosity , Wyndham resolved to sacrifice himself . But how ? was the question . There was much that puzzled him . Mrs _*

    Nugent , during the daily brief visits he paid her , never alluded now to his engagement with her daughterandwhen the subject was in any

    , , way touched upon , seemed _agitated and profoundly distressed . Dora had become shy and reserved with him ; she was frank and

    impulsive with Arthur . She was affectionate in her caressing- manner to her cousincold and almost distant with him . Poor fellow ! he

    did not perceive , that his own uncertain manners were the cause of this .

    Wyndham noticed that she would take refuge in Arthur's room , by Arthur ' s bed-sidefrom a moment ' s private interview with him ;

    , while if he followed her there , she would generally leave the two young men and retreat to her mother's room . Arthur himself was

    surprised at the apparent coolness of the lovers . Like all selfabsorbed persons he had little penetrationhe rarely searched into

    , the motives of others . He had not refinement enough to understand that there was more of passion and true love in the slightest pressure

    of Dora's hand on Wyndham ' s , in the paleness which overspread her * face as she heard his step , though no other sign gave proof of

    her consciousness of his presence than in the innocent and frank warmth of her manner towards him . His vanity was pleased at

    what he considered the triumph of his personal presence , though his heart remained untouched . For the time present , it was a

    satisfaction . It might afterwards be thrown aside without a care or thought if any other amusement or occupation presented itself .

    Meanwhile his manner to Dora was all that was kind and tender .

    One morning when Wyndham arrived , he went as usual to

    116 Success And Failure.

    116 SUCCESS AND FAILURE .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/44/