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#68 TIIE SKJUTS-BOYo
and more comp#nion#ble tha]1 all other women ; she meant fo
show Borgenst#crna how much she was able fo perform by ber
own firm will ; and God only knows #-hat clse she iatended !
#ler womanly pride began fo arise" but if was a pity that she
was hOt suflïcicntly powerful to crush hcr wors# enemics–her
own thoughts, ber own nature, hcr own ch#r#cter, and even ber
own he##-t.
#Vir(#n ]md hOt the least ide.# of wh«t Virginia suffered.
is true that he sometimes thought–
, "Is it possible tlmt she loves :Borgenstiern# ?–she who is so
cold! Assuredly, her whole being #nd soul bave undergone an
important change ! Buç he is a ïool who docs hot enjoy good
things without ask#ng for their origin ; and a still #eatcr fool is
ha #vho does hOt drink from the bright, clear stream, withouç
first stirring up ifs dregs, thaç he may see from whcnce if comes!
Virg#nîa bas amended# for the future she will be still more to
me than she bas been hcretofore ; and I #vould bu# ill reward
ber excrtions should I think of thc possibility, that the change
in ber conduct could bave originated in another cause tl#n a
renewed sentiment of ber duties, and a ncwly-aroused love for
ber husband. TYnder M1 circumstances, I shall rest quiet; for,
even should it be as I thought, I nccd hot be fcarful that ber
heart bas receivcd a deep impression; she will nevcr be able
really fo love !"
Assessor Wiren, a.s if bas been seen, was more liberal thon
other men usu#lly are who love their wives, indccd; but ,he #v#s
# #vhole-soulcd man, and did hot considcr if #vrong, but, on the
contrary, though# if very reasonable fo display, even in his
domestic affuirs, that libcrality which was the guide of all his
#ctions, as #vcll in his political as private life.
#ith such a mode of thinking, if can casily be scen why the
asscssor had not yet becn able to read his wife’s character.
only s#w how much she now strove to please him, and obscrved
how much more care she besto#ved upon ber toilet # how she
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