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Brotherly Love.
shown into the study , where he found the young Marquis engaged in inspecting some documents . The latter raised his head when he entered , and to his surprise lie perceived him to be no other than the stranger whom he had met ou the Mount , and still more was he surprised when he heard that he was also Simon Le Trouve , his rival in the affections of Ida .
CHAPTER XIII . —THE CONCLUSION . THOUGH the same passions enter into the constitution of all human beings , the difference in their degrees in individual cases is as numerous as the circumstances of the cases themselves . Some young ladies , situated as Ida was , after the departure of Jeunegrace , would have
endeavoured to have banished all remembrance of the unfortunate Simon , and by dwelling only on the future , have forgotten the past . Some youngladies who bear the character of being sentimental , would have acted in this way ; but not so , Ida . She made no pretensions to sentiment—her love was not of that fanciful description which is engendered by romance , or was it of that eh . racter described by an eminent moralistas
arising-, from temporary association , and fed by the want of any other object to diversify thought . It was a passion as deep as it was pure aud unselfish . It was the growth of childhood , and in proportion to its duration , so was its strength . She could scarcely behold anything which surrounded her
without being reminded of Simon , so inseparably was such linked with the uninterrupted intercourse of years . She felt that , however , she might strive with her feelings , it was impossible for anything but years of absence to erase his image , invested with tender thoughts from her mind . , She had made the sacrifice of her inclinations , she had thrown an impassable gulf between herself and Simon , she had given her consent to
become the wife of another , and were she free from her promises , she would act in the same way again without repining . But as the time was approaching when she was to pledge love and fidelity at the altar , to utter the words that would bind her irrevocably to another , all her womanly feelings for the object she loved grew more intensified , and she felt she would be violating no law of God or man bdevoting the
periodintery , vening between her nuptials to the memory of the past , and to one whom she considered , notwithstanding his defects , she had not treated with the consideration due to the imperfections of human nature , and the deep love he cherished for her .
She performed the household duties that devolved on her with her usual attention and punctuality , but whatever vacant time she passed , was spent in wandering around those places in the neighbourhood where she and Simon had spent so many hours of happiness together . She sought the hut of the poor maniac , and she recalled the pleasure she experienced in visiting that abode of miseryfor thereat leastshe knew that no
tm-, , , kindjword would be spoken of one , whom the world beside only derided or reviled . Then she would stray amid the vine-clad hills , which contrasted so strongly with the barrenness of the maniac ' s dwelling-place , and as she gazed on the different objects of soft and refined scenery ,
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Brotherly Love.
shown into the study , where he found the young Marquis engaged in inspecting some documents . The latter raised his head when he entered , and to his surprise lie perceived him to be no other than the stranger whom he had met ou the Mount , and still more was he surprised when he heard that he was also Simon Le Trouve , his rival in the affections of Ida .
CHAPTER XIII . —THE CONCLUSION . THOUGH the same passions enter into the constitution of all human beings , the difference in their degrees in individual cases is as numerous as the circumstances of the cases themselves . Some young ladies , situated as Ida was , after the departure of Jeunegrace , would have
endeavoured to have banished all remembrance of the unfortunate Simon , and by dwelling only on the future , have forgotten the past . Some youngladies who bear the character of being sentimental , would have acted in this way ; but not so , Ida . She made no pretensions to sentiment—her love was not of that fanciful description which is engendered by romance , or was it of that eh . racter described by an eminent moralistas
arising-, from temporary association , and fed by the want of any other object to diversify thought . It was a passion as deep as it was pure aud unselfish . It was the growth of childhood , and in proportion to its duration , so was its strength . She could scarcely behold anything which surrounded her
without being reminded of Simon , so inseparably was such linked with the uninterrupted intercourse of years . She felt that , however , she might strive with her feelings , it was impossible for anything but years of absence to erase his image , invested with tender thoughts from her mind . , She had made the sacrifice of her inclinations , she had thrown an impassable gulf between herself and Simon , she had given her consent to
become the wife of another , and were she free from her promises , she would act in the same way again without repining . But as the time was approaching when she was to pledge love and fidelity at the altar , to utter the words that would bind her irrevocably to another , all her womanly feelings for the object she loved grew more intensified , and she felt she would be violating no law of God or man bdevoting the
periodintery , vening between her nuptials to the memory of the past , and to one whom she considered , notwithstanding his defects , she had not treated with the consideration due to the imperfections of human nature , and the deep love he cherished for her .
She performed the household duties that devolved on her with her usual attention and punctuality , but whatever vacant time she passed , was spent in wandering around those places in the neighbourhood where she and Simon had spent so many hours of happiness together . She sought the hut of the poor maniac , and she recalled the pleasure she experienced in visiting that abode of miseryfor thereat leastshe knew that no
tm-, , , kindjword would be spoken of one , whom the world beside only derided or reviled . Then she would stray amid the vine-clad hills , which contrasted so strongly with the barrenness of the maniac ' s dwelling-place , and as she gazed on the different objects of soft and refined scenery ,