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terrible hardness closing over her heart。 What right had this cruel creature�察�
with her fatal witcheries�察�to come between two persons who might have
been so wholly happy�拭�What sorrow would be saved�察�what shame�察�perhaps�察�
be averted�察 �should those sweet beguiling eyes never open�察 �and that
perfidious voice never deceive any more�拭 �Why tend the life of one who
would leave the whole world happier�察�purer�察�freer�察�if she were dead�拭�
In a tumult of thought�察�Hope went and sat half´unconsciously by the
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window。 There was nothing to be seen except the steady beacon of the
light´house and a pale´green glimmer�察 �like an earthly star�察 �from an
anchored vessel。 The night wind came softly in�察 �soothing her with a
touch like a mother's�察�in its grateful coolness。 The air seemed full of half´
vibrations�察 �sub´noises�察 �that crowded it as completely as do the insect
sounds of midsummer�察 �yet she could only distinguish the ripple beneath
her feet�察�and the rote on the distant beach�察 �and the busy wash of waters
against every shore and islet of the bay。 The mist was thick around her�察�
but she knew that above it hung the sleepless stars�察 �and the fancy came
over her that perhaps the whole vast interval�察�from ocean up to sky�察�might
be densely filled with the disembodied souls of her departed human
kindred�察�waiting to see how she would endure that path of grief in which
their steps had gone before。 ;It may be from this influence�察─�she vaguely
mused within herself�察 �that the ocean derives its endless song of sorrow。
Perhaps we shall know the meaning when we understand that of the stars�察�
and of our own sad lives。;
She rose again and went to the bedside。 It all seemed like a dream�察�
and she was able to look at Emilia's existence and at her own and at all
else�察�as if it were a great way off�察�as we watch the stars and know that no
speculations of ours can reach those who there live or die untouched。 Here
beside her lay one who was dead�察�yet living�察�in her temporary trance�察�and
to what would she wake�察�when it should end�拭 �This young creature had
been sent into the world so fresh�察�so beautiful�察�so richly gifted�察�everything
about her physical organization was so delicate and lovely�察 �she had
seemed like heliotrope�察�like a tube´rose in her purity and her passion ��who
was it said�察 �No heart is pure that is not passionate;�殖��察�and here was the
end� �Nothing external could have placed her where she was�察�no violence�察�
no outrage�察 �no evil of another's doing�察 �could have reached her real life
without her own consent�察 �and now what kind of existence�察 �what career�察�
what possibility of happiness remained�拭 �Why could not God in his
mercy take her�察�and give her to his holiest angels for schooling�察�ere it was
yet too late�拭�
Hope went and sat by the window once more。 Her thoughts still
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clung heavily around one thought�察�as the white fog clung round the house。
Where should she see any light�拭 �What opening for extrication�察 �unless�察�
indeed�察�Emilia should die�拭�There could be no harm in that thought�察�for she
knew it was not to be�察 �and that the swoon would not last much longer。
Who could devise anything�拭 �No one。 There was nothing。 Almost
always in perplexities there is some thread by resolutely holding to which
one escapes at last。 Here there was none。 There could probably be no
concealment�察�certainly no explanation。 In a few days John Lambert would
return�察�and then the storm must break。 He was probably a stern�察�jealous
man�察�whose very dulness�察�once aroused�察�would be more formidable than if
he had possessed keener perceptions。
Still her thoughts did not dwell on Philip。 He was simply a part of
that dull mass of pain that beset her and made her feel�察 �as she had felt
when drowning�察 �that her heart had left her breast and nothing but will
remained。 She felt now�察�as then�察�the capacity to act with more than her
accustomed resolution�察�though all that was within her seemed boiling up
into her brain。 As for Philip�察 �all seemed a mere negation�察 �there was a
vacuum where his place had been。 At most the thought of him came to
her as some strange�察�vague thrill of added torture�察�penetrating her soul and
then passing�察�just as ever and anon there came the sound of the fog´whistle
on Brenton's Reef�察 �miles away�察 �piercing the dull air with its shrill and
desolate wail�察�then dying into silence。
What a hopeless cloud lay upon them all forever��upon Kate�察 �upon
Harry�察 �upon their whole house� �Then there was John Lambert�察 �how
could they keep it from him�拭�how could they tell him�拭�Who could predict
what he would say�拭 �Would he take the worst and coarsest view of his
young wife's mad action or the mildest�拭�Would he be strong or weak�察�and
what would be weakness�察 �and what strength�察 �in a position so strange�拭�
Would he put Emilia from him�察�send her out in the world desolate�察�her soul
stained but by one wrong passion�察 �yet with her reputation blighted as if
there were no good in her�拭�Could he be asked to shield and protect her�察�or
what would become of her�拭 �She was legally a wife�察 �and could only be
separated from him through convicted shame。
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Then�察�if separated�察�she could only marry Philip。 Hope nerved herself
to think of that�察�and it cost less effort than she expected。
There seemed a numbness on that side�察�instead of pain。 But granting
that he loved Emilia ever so deeply�察�was he a man to surrender his life and
his ease and his fair name�察�in a hopeless effort to remove the ban that the
world would place on her。 Hope knew he would not�察�knew that even the
simple´hearted and straightforward Harry would be far more capable of
such heroism than the sentimental Malbone。 Here the pang suddenly
struck her�察�she was not so numb�察�after all� �
As the leaves beside the window drooped motionless in the dank air�察�
so her mind d
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