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TttE SKJUTS-BOY. 263
life, ber words were mild and pleas#nt; but in this tenderness,
compulsion could be seen, and there was an anxious uneasiness
init which she strove to conceal, without succeeding in doing
so with cverybody. If could be secn that she took the utmost
pains fo meet the hearty and familier frankness of ber husband
gratefully, but ber heart invohmtarily closed again, without
being able fo oppose the force that pressed it together, with ber
.
o#### power of will.
#¢irgini# was, as we bave indicated, one of those odd women,
who happily are hOt frequently met with ; who, however, if one
takes pain fo study them, and read now #nd then their interior,
can make dîscoveries which one is unable fo do with other
women, as their minds are so subject to change.
A shorg description of ber inner lire, and # history of her
hearç, might almost be indispensable fo understand clearly ber
sentiments af the tîme of our narration.
#ature had profusely pr.ovided ber with all those exterior
charms that clMm the homage of men, and are but too often the
subjects of vanity and a desire to please, and the source of so
many other faults; #nd she had been accustomed to be flattered
and admired for many years, without experiencing by if the
least sentiment of joy or s#tisfaction. ]=[er retaper was so very
quiet, and she was so exempt from M1 vanity, that she did hot
entertain even # thoughç of pleasing others, still less would she
bave carried out such a desi#(m.
l#oor, and deprived af au early age of # parent’s care and pro-
tection, Virginia was compellcd fo lire among strangers; without
opposition, she did all that was required of ber, and was
applauded by ail who knew ber, for ber gentleness and willing-
ness fo serve others, without loving anybody on ber pa##, or
without feeling even a desire fo be loved. She was by no means
unhappy, and she never thought that perhaps if might be other-
wise; for ber reserved, #lmost icy bearing, was hot the conse-
quence of del)rivatioa or illdrcatment. If was ber own pure
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