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TI-IE SKJUTS-BOY. 265
reply fo others whom ber husband brought fo the bouse, and
whom he patoEicularly recommended fo her polite attentions.
What did she lack thon ? Notlfing ; of this fact she was per-
fectly convinced, and the thought never struck ber mind fo
inquire of herself whcthcr it might be otherwise, and whether
a change would add to the happiness and welfare of ber
husband.
I# was reserved for o#her circumstances fo make ber acquainted
with ber own-self, and fo allow ber fo find ber own I again,
#o whose mos# secret nooks she ]md thus far bcen a perfec¢
st.ranger.
Af the bathing-place af Stroemstad, she saw in Borgenstierna
the first man who awakcned within her something like interest;
but far from #ving way to a f«eling of symp«tthy, which his
gloomy, sorrowful bearing caused ber, she conducted herself
toward him still more coldly, ff possible, than toward others.
Was she aware of danger ? or w## it mere instinct that told her
fo avoid him ?
After the bathing season had concluded, Borgenstierna was
invited by his friend to accompany him home. I-]:ere Virgini#
ha#l daily opportunities to see the one in the neighbourhood of
whom she felt a secret rapturc.
Often, when the assessor was occupied with business in his
libraa-y, Borgenstierna sat on the sofa opposite ¥irginia, and i#
was hot seldom tha# ho sank into a deep, admiring gaze af her
beautiful immovable form, whieh gave fo his timey an inimitable
resemblanee fo an exquisite marble statue ; but the slightest
motion on ber part dispelled that illusion, and he was deeply
pained at the idea, that the being who ruade sueh a mysterious,
peeuliar impression upon him, was neither dead nor alive. Some-
rimes he would sit there and gaze at ber, until his own gloomy
brain grew dizzy; but as soon as he thought of ber definitely,
he experieneed a throb of pity and pain for iris friend, as every
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