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The Hampdens - A Historiette (1880) (Paperback)
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The Hampdens - A Historiette (1880) (Paperback)
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CHAPTER III. LOVERS' PENITENCE IN MERRY ENGLAND. Lady Car Ewe was
in no haste to reach the cottages. They were not her only object.
She led the way through the flower- garden, and gathered the
violets, and lingered over the hyacinths while they were sparkling
with dew; and she described the Fawsley gardens in which Margaret
was to take her delight. There was no trace of displeasure in her
manner, and Henrietta was relieved and softened. When they had
passed out upon the cliff, they sauntered in the morning sun, and
dazzled their eyes with the glitter on the sea. When they had
reached a recess, carpeted with grass, Lady Carewe proposed to sit
awhile, and see the boats go out from the beach below. " Now my
child," said she, " I wish you would open your heart to me as if I
were your mother. You are as a daughter to me; and you always will
be; and I wish to know of every care which troubles your mind." "
Oh Aunt Indeed I cannot speak of that," replied Henrietta. " To you
of all persons I can least say what I feel." " I hope to prove to
you that that is a mistake, my love. I do not ask what trouble has
come between you and Harry, because I know it." " I was sure he and
you were consulting together last night," Henrietta said. " We
were. My son has told me all. He sees where he was wrong. I see
where you were both wrong; and I trust to seeand 1 you both right
when you begin to discover how great a thing your mutual love is;
how much too great a thing to be made the sport of passion?-" "
Passion, Aunt " " Yes, passion in you, exciting passion in him.
What but passion could make young creatures like you forget your
ignorance of affairs which strain the best faculties of the best
men in the nation ? What but passion could make either of you turn
away from t...
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