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    SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 117

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    Chapter I. Two Men Sat Together In A Sin...

    Arthur ' s room , and found Mm , to Ms surprise , up and dressed and most brilliantly- animated . He held an open letter in Ms hand .

    Dora was seated in the room , her eyes red -with -weeping , and her face even paler than it had lately been . After a few hurried words

    of most constrained greeting-, which bitterly wounded Wyndham , she rose and left the room .

    . < c I shall soon relieve you all of the trouble I have been giving ¦ from you , " the said Forei Arthur gn Office in a . joyous I must tone leave , " I town have received almost immediatel news to-day y .

    I am promoted , and have only this minute received the letter which tells me of this good fortune . "

    Wyndham turned deadly pale . Was this the reason of Dora ' s agitation ?

    "I am eternally grateful to you all , " continued Arthur , " I fear I have been the greatest trouble and nuisance "

    " When do you leave ?" ' . 6 C As soon as I possibly can . How I envy youyou free manyou

    , , can remain where you will , do as you like , wed whom you please , while I am chained to the oar . "

    Wyndham could listen no longer . He left the room . As he passed the half open door of the drawing-room he heard sobs , and

    looking in , saw Dora , who had flung herself on the sofa , face downwards , weeping as if her heart would break . He entered ; he was

    moved to the soul , and generously forgetting Ms own pain in hers , he took Ms resolve at once . " -Oh ! Dora" he said " why weep so ,

    ,, you are free , do you think I would enforce my later claim on your affectionsyou are freedo as you will . "

    , , Dora was silent , but sobbed more convulsively . He knelt down beside her , and tried to take her hand .

    " Why have you doubted me , dearest ? One word , and I had yielded—thankful , at any cost to my own happiness , not to

    sacrifice yours . " . " Oh ! mothermother ! " almost groaned poor Dora .

    , " Tell me , Dora , am I not right ?" She shook her head but did not speak . Her sobs shook her

    frame , and quite overcame Wyndham . He rushed back to Arthur . 66 Arthur" he saidtaking Ms friend ' s hand , " I am not a selfish

    ,, wretch , do . not think of me any longer as an obstacle to your happiness . Dora is free . "

    " Good God ! " began Arthur , but he had no time for more . Wyndham had wrung Ms hand with a hasty . " I will write to her , "

    and was down stairs and had shut the street door before Arthur had time to raise himself from the sofa . Arthur remained some time

    in deep thought , and then went on with his letters uninterruptedly _. He also had determined upon Ms line of conduct .

    In the evening somewhat earlier than her usual hour , Dora entered . " Where is Wyndham ? " she would have said , but her pale

    lips refused to utter the name .

    Success And Failure. 117

    SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 117

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 117, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/45/