A Final Triumph; or, A Lady Bachelor — page 82: what you’re looking at

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apa _¢™ ~ eee — ae ee Ping ~~ - > . c od : 36 _A LADY BACHELOR. brought back, only for the moment, all the clearing signs. ‘“‘It was not a dream, mamma; no, no, it was not 2a dream; and yet it all seems so strange!” A greater fear for a moment agitated the mother’s heart, and she could have cried out in agony at the terrible suggestion. Had her daughter gone mad! and was this peace born over the grave of intellect? Was it the compla- cency that comes with loss of reason? ‘The suspicion was maddening, and it was a relief when Eloise continued: ‘* Mamma, I have the strangest thing to tell you. When I first awoke, I feared it might be a dream; but no, it was not adream. George doeslove me. He has confessed at. , The mother’s voice quivered as she asked: ‘*'To whom, my child?’ ‘* To his friend, Mr. Adams.’’ Eloise proceeded and related to her amazed mother the strange incident that occurred at the verge of the cliff. Mrs. Studevant listened with bated breath. ‘The sting- ing mortification was lessened, and the torturing suspense, in one direction, was dispelled; humiliation ceased to add to the weight of disappointment. ‘‘he mother did not stop . to criticise the propriety or mmpropriety of the adventure; she felt indignant, however, that Laurence Adams had dared to assume a knowledge of the real condition of affairs; his motive must be judged by the effect of his bold- ness, and the effect was apparent. le had opened the door, by his revelation, to the advance of a spirit of resig- nation; and resignation, under all the circumstances, would come as a blessed influence to soften down the sharp and Gomichbooks (EO)