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TttE SKJUTS-BOY. 209
season. Amelia, a poor girl, withouç 19rospects of another offer,
would accept whatever appeared, and eveu could hOt be blamed
for doing so.
"But no matter"–-herc Borgenstierna’s thoughts took a more
rapid flight–" If Amelia is willing fo give ber hand uway for
the s#ke of a husband #lone, and fo secure a subsistence durlng
li#ç, then, in God’s hante, she may take whoever she l#leases # but
if her heart is already given away, then m"
]=[e did not proceed further for the present; but, on the con-
trary, he ruade up his mind to let the marrer go on as if would,
and see how it would terminate without his interposition. A
few days afterwards he wrote fo #Vir#n as follows :
"You bave thought fit fo hasten on my matters; but, never–
theless, #s far as I am concerned, they are standing still. Let
us not talk any more of _#melia, and, upon the whole, no# con-
cerning marri#ge at all if I should ever be bound by new
fetters ai leas# I wish fo bind myself. ’Concerning the other
subjects, of which we have often conversed, I bave now formed
# resolution. I h#ve already entered my petition, and hope fo
see my desirc in that respect realLzed. It is a pity that every-.
thing h#s to take such round#bout ways, and takes so much
rime; but one must have patience. If I once arrive ai that
position, I shall feel as free as the birds amid the green leaves of
the forest.
"I am about making a gre#t many alterations and repairs la
Roestorp#not concerning the immediate concerns of the estate,
for there my improvements never cesse–-but I speak principally
of new ornements in the garden, and an extension of the park.
Occupatiort I must have; it is the only cure #br my inward
uncasiness. I cannot discover the cause of this misanthropy, as
my doctor cnlls it: if bas increased from year to year#especially if
troubles me much in the ç#ll of thc year # and there are moments
when I frttitlessly look about me for support# #nd fmd assistance
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