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He knew it was not merely mercenary motives that had made Emilia
accept John Lambert�察�but what troubled him was a vague knowledge that
it was not mere pique。 He was used to dealing with pique in women�察�and
had found it the most manageable of weaknesses。 It was an element of
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spasmodic conscience than he saw here�察�and it troubled him。
Something told him that she had said to herself�此 �I will be married�察�
and thus do my duty to Hope。 Other girls marry persons whom they do
not love�察�and it helps them to forget。 Perhaps it will help me。 This is a
good man�察�they say�察�and I think he loves me。;
;Think�拭─ �John Lambert had adored her when she had passed by him
without looking at him�察�and now when the thought came over him that she
would be his wife�察 �he became stupid with bliss。 And as latterly he had
thought of little else�察�he remained more or less stupid all the time。
To a man like Malbone�察 �self´indulgent rather than selfish�察 �this poor�察�
blind semblance of a moral purpose in Emilia was a great embarrassment。
It is a terrible thing for a lover when he detects conscience amidst the
armory of weapons used against him�察�and faces the fact that he must blunt
a woman's principles to win her heart。 Philip was rather accustomed to
evade conscience�察�but he never liked to look it in the face and defy it。
Yet if the thought of Hope at this time came over him�察 �it came as a
constraint�察�and he disliked it as such�察�and the more generous and beautiful
she was�察�the greater the constraint。 He cursed himself that he had allowed
himself to be swayed back to her�察�and so had lost Emilia forever。 And
thus he drifted on�察 �not knowing what he wished for�察 �but knowing
extremely well what he feared。
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CHAPTER XIV。
THE NEMESIS OF PASSION。
MALBONE was a person of such ready�察 �emotional nature�察 �and such
easy expression�察 �that it was not hard for Hope to hide from herself the
gradual ebbing of his love。 Whenever he was fresh and full of spirits�察�he
had enough to overflow upon her and every one。 But when other thoughts
and cares were weighing on him�察�he could not share them�察�nor could he at
such times�察�out of the narrowing channel of his own life�察�furnish more than
a few scanty drops for her。
At these times he watched with torturing fluctuations the signs of
solicitude in Hope�察�the timid withdrawing of her fingers�察�the questioning
of her eyes�察�the weary drooping of her whole expression。 Often he cursed
himself as a wretch for paining that pure and noble heart。 Yet there were
moments when a vague inexpressible delight stole in�察 �a glimmering of
shame´faced pleasure as he pondered on this visible dawning of distrust�察�a
sudden taste of freedom in being no longer fettered by her confidence。
By degrees he led himself�察�still half ashamed�察�to the dream that she might
yet be somehow weaned from him�察 �and leave his conscience free。 By
constantly building upon this thought�察 �and putting aside all others�察 �he
made room upon the waste of his life for a house of cards�察 �glittering�察�
unsubstantial�察 �lofty��until there came some sudden breath that swept it
away�察�and then he began on it again。
In one of those moments of more familiar faith which still alternated
with these cold�察�sad intervals�察�she asked him with some sudden impulse�察�
how he should feel if she loved another�拭�She said it�察�as if guided by an
instinct�察�to sound the depth of his love for her。 Starting with amazement�察�
he looked at her�察 �and then�察 �divining her feeling�察 �he only replied by an
expression of reproach�察 �and by kissing her hands with an habitual
tenderness that had grown easy to him��and they were such lovely hands� �
But his heart told him that no spent swimmer ever transferred more
eagerly to another's arms some precious burden beneath which he was
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consciously sinking�察 �than he would yield her up to any one whom she
would consent to love�察�and who could be trusted with the treasure。 Until
that ecstasy of release should come�察�he would do his duty��yes�察�his duty。
When these flushed hopes grew pale�察 �as they soon did�察 �he could at
least play with the wan fancies that took their place。 Hour after hour�察�while
she lavished upon him the sweetness of her devotion�察 �he was half
consciously shaping with his tongue some word of terrible revealing that
should divide them like a spell�察�if spoken�察�and then recalling it before it
left his lips。 Daily and hourly he felt the last agony of a weak and
passionate nature��to dream of one woman in another's arms。
She�察 �too�察 �watched him with an ever´increasing instinct of danger�察�
studied with a chilly terror the workings of his face�察 �weighed and
reweighed his words in absence�察�agonized herself with new and ever new
suspicions�察 �and then�察 �when these had accumulated beyond endurance�察�
seized them convulsively and threw them all away。 Then�察�coming back
to him with a great overwhelming ardor of affection�察�she poured upon him
more and more in proportion as he gave her less。
Sometimes in these moments of renewed affection he half gave words
to his remorse�察 �accused himself before her of unnamed wrong�察 �and
besought her to help him return to his better self。 These were the most
dangerous moments of all�察�for such appeals made tenderness and patience
appear a duty�察�she must put away her doubts as sins�察�and hold him to her�察�
she must refuse to see his signs of faltering faith�察 �or treat them as mere
symptoms of ill health。 Should not a wife cling the closer to her husband
in proportion as he seemed alienated through the wanderings of disease�拭�
And was not this her position�拭 �So she said within herself�察 �and
meanwhile it was not hard to penetrate
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