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    SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 183

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    Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...

    two try . , you At all will events not , , perhaps as "we were , mind going this going bustle down a little to Thorpe earlier , in as a I _week should or

    meeting like Dora the breathed little Arthur girls in more to this be freel house out y , of for Now she this had pain . shrunk " would at be the spared chance her of .

    . to It is ive a sad us p thing leasure to reflect we can , that yet long receive after pain it is from in a them person . ' s This power is

    g , the "Do sting you of a think broken you friendshi could be p read . y to leave by the afternoon train

    to-morrow ?" " " Augusta Certainly , , " you said had Dora better , smiling come . upstairs , the coffee Arthur has out been of

    the waiting dining some -room time in , and a minute we shall or two have . your Good papa evening and , Miss Nugent , when into

    take care of yourself , you look a little fagged ; you get the As her country mother you left must the g room ive the , Augusta children rose and to yourself go . some holidays . "

    " I will write to you , " she said to Dora . They embraced affectionatel Dora y remained and parted deep . in thought . Had she done right ? Was it Miss ? Could

    not a weakness not to have told all the facts to Vernon she , who , whatever faults she mig with ht possess Arthur , was ? reall Should y kind she -hearted not put ,

    his herself sincere wife , forward and ? Could generous to she save , not be have her happy from told her the what fate which she thoug would ht of be Arthur hers as ? lass which could

    That be tinted in character so as to he simul was but ate int a a j p o ewel iece owder , of but worthless which bthe was sli g htest of no accident intrinsic . valueand could be broken y g

    telli No and ; gent if , Dora with . She fel her t was she had quite done equal she ri perilled to g p ht the . Miss task her of future Vernon judging happ was for iness very herself , she in- , eyes open

    that Vernon could the onl 's y great circumstances blame beauty herself would which . Besides probabl surrounded , Dora y seize her acknowled upon , her his patrician ged imag that ination birth Miss , ,

    her in her large favor fortune that , towards her great her connections only the best , were side all of so Arthur many chances 's

    character would , be visible . Moreover , the love of such a woman has mi something ght possibl of y Pygmalion give real power life to . the If Miss qualities Vernon , the loved outward Arthur present , she

    ment She of was which so lost she in saw these . thoughts that the lamp had been brought nihtbefore she

    had when in had , and just roused she her moved heard little herself to pup the ils to knock table take had at entered to up the gather her door to usual together say and evening " Good to her her writing occupation infinite g , " materials surprise . She , ,

    for it was . already a nine o ' clock , the servant , ushered in a tall darkbearded 44 Dora stranger , " said . a voice She rose sho . had not heard for two years , and in a

    moment Dora was in "Wyndham ' s arms .

    Success And Failure. 183

    SUCCESS _AND FAILURE . 183

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/39/