A Struggle for a Ring — page 84: what you’re looking at

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80. A SISTER’S ADVICE. This little conversation took place in consequence of ~ Ailie’s having asked her husband if she might tell her parents, not her sisters, the truth about her marriage. She did not like the concealment, and it could not matter, she argued, they would never speak of it. Lord Carsdale was unwilling. If they knew his true nameand title, he argued, it would lead to many unpleasant things; besides which, it would not be fair to the doctor; he would lose all-his reputation if it were once known that a pupil of his had married in that fashion. ‘*We cheated him, Ailie,” said the young husband, laughingly; ‘‘but he must not suffer for it. No; I think that it must be as we arranged—we must keep our secret; and, Ailie, I will spend a few days here with you, then I must go home. You will like to stay with your friends while I am away.” She looked much depressed at the thought of his going; but whatever changes came over Ailie’s face, the last idea that entered Lord Carsdale’s mind was that love for him so changed it. There are some men who make honor their ideal and their idol—he was one. ‘“Ours was such a peculiar marriage,” he continued: ‘fone might call it a marriage from honor, not from love. Peculiar cases give rise to peculiar effects.” Ailie looked at him wistfully. He did not see the pain _ in those beautiful eyes, or the quiver on the sweet lips, as she said: '“* Honor—yes, you have sacrificed much for Honor. Will love never have anything to do with it?” ~ He looked up in wonder. “Will you ever love me, do you mean? I cannot tell, Ailie; it isa vague speculation. Iam sure of one thing, ~~ oi ~ €omicboo . Z \ : 7 >, ~ iN « . os . t : . . - . 4 ‘ a’ it . , . raf ¢ rn * ° ar G: uf, cP a £ cS co