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Brotherly Love.
had once been clasped in friendship , and the soul of the dying man was darkened by the last look of him , upon whose familj honor he had inflcted an indelible disgrace ; while in the other , a young spirit was pining to clasp the hand of the friend who turned from him with aversion , but whom he had lost his life in endeavouring to rescue from destruction . The dead man was rushing before his Maker , without hope or
beliefthe dying , in the full confidence that he was to exchange a perishable and imperfect state , for one of enduring ancl unvarying felicity , with feelings purified from human affections , ancl looking forward with hope that he would shortly be in the presence of a benignant and merciful Saviour . The reader has already been made acquainted with the feelings of Jeunegrace as he returned to his home , when he came in sight of the
Castle Madelaine decked in the sable emblem of death . All his former sentiments towards Madame Lefebre revived , and on analysing his feelings , he became convinced that he still loved her—that his passion was onl y slumbering , not extinct . The inseparable barrier between them , while it existed had taught him to repress that passion , and aided by religion , he
had acquired tranquility , which he mistook lor an entire conquest over his attachment . But now that she was once more free , that he mi ght regard her with the feeling of former years , the tenderness of that period re-awakened , and he felt that he still loved her , with a passion as intense as ever , but with more purity , for he had been chastened b y the hand of affliction , and his thoughts had grown more holy from the blight which
had fallen on his early hopes . Something whispered him that she reciprocated his feelings , and that the seeming heartlessness and levity of her manner were merely a veil assumed to cover the sorrow of a heart still mourning over the ruin of its early hopes , without that kindness from her husband which would wear out the past . But he found himself once more called upon to wrestle with his feelings . Howeverthe conflict in
, this instance was in some degree brief , for in an interview with Simon , an explanation ensued , and he felt that he could now retract with advantage to Ida , the proposed union between them . Still he had to contend with his incertitude as to Madame Lefebre ' s sentiments towards him , and hope and fear alternately predominated in his breast .
In two days after Jeunegrace s last letter to Ida , a coach and four dashed through the town in the direction of Mrs . St . Claire ' s and stopped opposite her residence . Two young men attired in deep mourning alighted and announced themselves to the servant , who opened the door , as the Marquis de Madelaine and the Eeverend Monsier Junegrace . The domestic , who was a simple rustic girl , and had been at Mrs . St . Claire ' s only since the
arrival of Alfred Beaufrere , was awe-struck at the title , and never having seen a nobleman before , stood gazing at him with astonishment . At last she asked them to walk into the parlor , and rushing up to Mrs . St . Claire ' s room informed her that the Marquis , Mad-a-gain , and the reverend Janegrease were below . That good lady had not expected her visitors so early , for it was little more than 11 o ' clock in the morning , and her toilet was not finished . Ida was therefore desired to receive them , - and she descended to the parlour . She had scarcely opened the door , than a faint
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Brotherly Love.
had once been clasped in friendship , and the soul of the dying man was darkened by the last look of him , upon whose familj honor he had inflcted an indelible disgrace ; while in the other , a young spirit was pining to clasp the hand of the friend who turned from him with aversion , but whom he had lost his life in endeavouring to rescue from destruction . The dead man was rushing before his Maker , without hope or
beliefthe dying , in the full confidence that he was to exchange a perishable and imperfect state , for one of enduring ancl unvarying felicity , with feelings purified from human affections , ancl looking forward with hope that he would shortly be in the presence of a benignant and merciful Saviour . The reader has already been made acquainted with the feelings of Jeunegrace as he returned to his home , when he came in sight of the
Castle Madelaine decked in the sable emblem of death . All his former sentiments towards Madame Lefebre revived , and on analysing his feelings , he became convinced that he still loved her—that his passion was onl y slumbering , not extinct . The inseparable barrier between them , while it existed had taught him to repress that passion , and aided by religion , he
had acquired tranquility , which he mistook lor an entire conquest over his attachment . But now that she was once more free , that he mi ght regard her with the feeling of former years , the tenderness of that period re-awakened , and he felt that he still loved her , with a passion as intense as ever , but with more purity , for he had been chastened b y the hand of affliction , and his thoughts had grown more holy from the blight which
had fallen on his early hopes . Something whispered him that she reciprocated his feelings , and that the seeming heartlessness and levity of her manner were merely a veil assumed to cover the sorrow of a heart still mourning over the ruin of its early hopes , without that kindness from her husband which would wear out the past . But he found himself once more called upon to wrestle with his feelings . Howeverthe conflict in
, this instance was in some degree brief , for in an interview with Simon , an explanation ensued , and he felt that he could now retract with advantage to Ida , the proposed union between them . Still he had to contend with his incertitude as to Madame Lefebre ' s sentiments towards him , and hope and fear alternately predominated in his breast .
In two days after Jeunegrace s last letter to Ida , a coach and four dashed through the town in the direction of Mrs . St . Claire ' s and stopped opposite her residence . Two young men attired in deep mourning alighted and announced themselves to the servant , who opened the door , as the Marquis de Madelaine and the Eeverend Monsier Junegrace . The domestic , who was a simple rustic girl , and had been at Mrs . St . Claire ' s only since the
arrival of Alfred Beaufrere , was awe-struck at the title , and never having seen a nobleman before , stood gazing at him with astonishment . At last she asked them to walk into the parlor , and rushing up to Mrs . St . Claire ' s room informed her that the Marquis , Mad-a-gain , and the reverend Janegrease were below . That good lady had not expected her visitors so early , for it was little more than 11 o ' clock in the morning , and her toilet was not finished . Ida was therefore desired to receive them , - and she descended to the parlour . She had scarcely opened the door , than a faint