ELECTIVE AFFINITIES.
TKASBWTBD?BO»TM O*MAH tr MW
PART I. '
chaptbb xvra. (Continued.)
“Laugh not, dw tf Utler." continued
Edward,” or laugh on as you will. lam
not ashamed of this attachment, of this—
if you please to call it so—foolish, frantic
passion. ‘ No, I never loved before. It is
only now that I know wba* to love
means. Till now, whit I have called life
wasnolhing but Us prelude-amusement,
sport to kill the time with. I never lived
tiiri knew he>- tiil t loved her, entirely
and only loved her. People have qßen
said of me, hotto my face, hut behind
my hack, that in most, things I was hut a
botcher and abuugler. It may be so; for
1 had not then found in what I could
show myself a master; I should like to
see the mao who outdoes me in the talent
of love. A miserable life it is,, full of an
guish and tears; but it is so natural, so
dear to me, that I could hardly change it
for, another.”
Edward had relieved himself slightly
by this violent unloading of his heart.
But in doing so every feature of his
strange condition had been brought, out
so clearly before his eyes, that, overpow
ered by the pain of the struggle, be burst
Into tears, which flawed all the more free
ly as his heari had been made weak by
telling it all. : '• ; ■ , ■
Hittler, who was the ICss disposed to
put a check bn hi's inexorable good sense
. and strong, vigorous feeling, because by
this violent outbreak of passion on Ed
ward’s part he. saw himself driven far
from the purpose.of his coming, showed
enocicoily decided marks of bis disappro
bation. Edward should act as a man, be
Mid; he should remember what he owed
to Ti kneel fas a man. He should not for
. get that thb highest honor was to com.
Hband ourselves in misfortune; to bear
- pain, if it must be so,' with equanimity
, mad self-collectedoess. That was what
, we ahould do.if we Wished to he valued
and looked up to as examples of what was
/right. ■
~ Stirred and penetrated as Edward whs
with the bitterest feelings, words like
‘ ■ tbesfe-could have hut a hollow,
'sotted.
• **Jt is well,” he cried, ‘‘for the man
who is happy, who has all that be de
sires, to talk; bat he would be ashamed
of it if he could see how intolerable it
- was to the sufferer. Nothing short of an
infinite endurance would be enough, and
easy and contented as be was, what could
-he know of an infinite agony? There
are cases,” he continued, “yes, there are,
where comfort is a lie, and despair is a
duty. Go, heap your scorn upon the no-'
ble Greek,‘who- well knows how to delip
-nil na ■— ** * OTT
S'
Leave me, at) you with dry heart and dry
eye. Corses on the happy, to whom the
wretched serve bat for a spectacle. When
body and soul are torn in pieces with ag-
ony, they are to hear it—yes, to be noble
and bear it, if they are to be allowed to
go off the scene with applause. Like the
gladiators, they .mast die gracefally be
fore the eyes of the multitude. My dear
Mittler, I thank yon for your visit; but
really you would oblige me much, if you
would go oat end look about you in the
garden. We vkll meet again. I will try
to compose myself, and become more like
you.” /:
Mittler was unwilling to let a conver
sation drop which it might be difficult to
begin again, and still persevered. Ed -
ward, 100. Was quite ready to go on with
it; besides that of itself, it was tending
towards ttfe-issue which he desired.
“Indeed,” said the latl|r, “this think
ing and argdmg backwards and forwards
leads to nothing. “In this very conversa
tion I myself have first come to under
stand myself! I have first felt decided ss
to what I mtist make up my mind to do.
My present and my future life I see be
fore me; I have to choose only between
misery and happiness. Do you, my best
friend, bring about ibe separation which
must take place, Which,, in fact, is already
made; gain Charlotte’s consent for me. I
will not enter upon the reasons why I be
lieve there will be the less difficulty in
prevailing upon her. T?ia, ray dear friend,
must go. Go, and give us all peace; and
make us all happy.”
Mittler hesitated, Edward continued :
“-My fate and Ouilie’s cannot be divid
ed; and shtll not be shipwrecked. Look
at this glass ; our initials are engraved
upon it. A gay reveler flung it into the
air, that no one should drink of it more.
It was to fallen the rocks and be dashed
to piecesjjbut U did noi fall; it was caught.
At a high price I bought it back, ami now
- I drink out of/it daily— U> convince my
self that mnecti >n between us can*
be broken; tb it destiny has decided.
“Alas, alas !” cried Milller, “what must
I hot endure with my friends? Here
ciimes superstition, which of nil things I
hate the wi\lst—the most mischievous and
accursed of ad the plagues of mankind.
We trifle with prophecies, with forebod
ings, and dreams, and give a seriousness
to our every-day life with them ; but
when the seriousness of life itself begins
t > show, when everything around us is
heaving and roiling, then comes in the.-e
spectres to make the storm more ten ible.”
“In this uncertainty of lifej” ctied Ed
wardt ‘*p«died as it is'between hope and
fear, leave the p M>r heart ii» giuldm.-slar.
It may gaze towards jt, if it cannot steer
' towards ii."
A Novel.
might leave U; and it be
very well.” replied Mlttler, “Ifithere
but one consequence to expect; but I
have always found that no one will jsf*
tond to symbtdps of Man i^res
for ndibing exospt what patters him Mf
premises him fain and his fcUh is alive
exidnsively ibr Ofo eannyside.”
Hittler, finding himself carried off Into
the shadowy regions, In which the longer
he remained in them, the more uncom
fortaWe he always Jelt, *as the mote
ready-to assent to Edward’s eager wish
that he should go tbChkrfotte. Indeed,
if he stayed, what was %ere farther
which at that moment he could f urge on
*Ed ward? To gain time, to
what state things were, with the Mies,
wSs thelSerttbief wfcfcSbvcp he hlinaelf
bould suggest as at present possible, i.
He hastened to Charlotte, whom he
found as usual, calm and in good spirits. -
She told him readily of everything which
bad occurred; for from what Edward had
said he had only been able to gather the
effects; On his own side, he felt his way
with the utmost ebution. He could not
prevail upon himself even cursorily to
mention the word separation. It was a
surprise, indeed, to him, but from his
point of view an unspeakable delightful
one. when Charlotte, at the end of a num
ber s of unpleasant things, finished with
say i fig: 7 . t
“1 most believe, I must hope, that
things will all work round again, and
that Edward will return to me. How can
it be otherwise, as scon ns I become a
mother ?” ,
t “Do p understand yon right ?” asked
Miltler. •
“Perfectly,” Charlole answered*
"A thousand times blessed be this
news!” he cried, clasping his hands to
gether. ‘*l knew the strength of this ar
gument on the mihdsof a man. a
marriage have Iseen‘first cemented by
it, and restored agiin when broken. Such '
a good hope as this la worth more than a
thousand words. Now indeed ■ t.t
best hope which we can have.
self, though,” he cop'inued, “1 hay? all
reason to hie vexed about it. In tbWcase
I can see clearly no st If-love of mind will
be flailered*. 1 shall earn no thanks from
you by my services; I am in the same
case as a certain medical friend of mine,
who succeeds in all cures which he un
dertakes with the poor for the love of
God; but can seldom do anything for the
rich who pay him. Here, thank God, the
thing cures itself, after all my talking and
trying had proved fruitless.”
Charlotte now. asked him if he would
carry the news to Edward; if he would
take a letter to him for her, and then see
what should be d«ue. Bat be declined
undertaking this. ’
“All is done,” he crie
-UIR
For this refusal she was vexed with bierf
—asahe frequently was. His eager, inw
petoons ( character brought about much
gopd; but his over-haste was the occa
sion of many a failure. No one was more
dependent than he on the jimpressions
which he formed on the moment.
C harlot!e’s messenger carne to Edward,
whoj received him half in terror. The
letter was to decide his fate, and H might
as well contain Nb as Yes. He did not
venture, for a long time, to open it. At
last be tore off the cover, and stood pet
rified at the following passage,with which
it concluded ; : /
“Remember the night-adventure when
yon vhi ted yonr wife as a lover—how you
drew her to'you, and clasped as a well
beloved bride in your arms. In "this
strange accident let us revere the provi
dence of heaven, which has woven a new
link to bind us, at the moment when the
hap: mess of our lives was threatening to
fall asunder and to vanish.”
What passed "from that moment in Ed
ward’s soul it would be difficulty to de
scribe! Under the weight of such a
stroke, old habift ahd fancies come out
again to kill the time and fill up
the chasms of life. Hunting and fighting
are an ever-ready resource of this kind
for a nobleman; Edward l*»nged for some
outward peril, as'a counterbalance,to the
storm within him. He craved for death,
because the burden of life threatened to
become too heavy for him to bear. It
comforted him to think that he would
sbon cease to be, and' so would make
those whom beloved happy by bis depar
ture.
No one made any difficulty in his do
ing what be purpled—because he kept
his intention a secret. He made his will
with all due formalities. It : gave Idm a
very sweet Reeling to secure Ott die’s for
tune—provision was made for Charlotte,
for the unborn child, fur the Captain, and
for the servants. The war, which had
again broken out, favored^his.wishes; he
hadjJi liked exceedingly the half soldi.r
ing which had fallen to him in bis youth,
and that was the reason why he bad left
the service. Now it gave him a fine ex
hilarating feeling to be able to rejoin itr
under a commander of whom it could be
said, that under bis conduct death was
likely, and victory was sure.
Ottilie. when Charlotte’s secret was
made known to her, bewildered by it,
like Edward, and more than be, retired
into herself—she had nothing further to
aw ; hope she could not, and Wish she
dared not. A glimpse into what was
passing in her we gather from Ler Diary,
some passages of which we think to com-
municate.
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