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She who had no secrets, no jealousies, felt it to be impossible that Nathanael should bury within his breast that foul thing a secret jealousy of his brother.
I would like to cure myself, and spend my money usefully, as Anne Valery does. Charity is such a luxury." "Too dear a luxury for every one," said Nathanael sighing. She looked up, scarcely believing him to be in earnest. Her open-hearted, open-handed nature was much hurt. She said, with a bitter meaning: "I did not know I had such a very prudent husband."
"Oh, no, no!" hurriedly answered the other, walking away in the sunny window-seat, and breathing its freshness eagerly, as if to drive away the bare thought of death and the grave. Nathanael went out but ere he had closed the door a little hand touched him. "What do you want, Agatha?" "I should like to go with you, if you would allow that is, if you would not forbid me." "Forbid you? Nay! But"
But the general conclusion seemed to be, that this sudden movement was a mysterious whim of Nathanael and Nathanael was supposed by one-half of his family to be mightily prone to mysteries and whims. At length, when the day was nigh spent, and Agatha had dressed for the last of those formal dinners to which she had never been able quite to reconcile herself, she took refuge in Elizabeth's room.
As it so happened, this Man did not come out of Nazareth at all, though neither Philip nor Nathanael knew it; but if He had, it would have been all the same. The right answer was 'Come and see.
And it must indeed have been so; for Olimpia never uttered any other words than those already mentioned. And when Nathanael himself in his clear and sober moments, as, for instance, directly after waking in a morning, thought about her utter passivity and taciturnity, he only said, "What are words but words? The glance of her heavenly eyes says more than any tongue of earth.
Agatha, Nathanael believe one who has seen more of life than you rarely do those that truly love ever attain the happiness of marrying one another. One half the world the best and noblest half thirst all their lives for that bliss which you throw away. What, Agatha, crying?" And she tried to lift up the drooping head, but could not. "Nay, dear, I was wrong to grieve you so.
"Do you think Nathanael will come and see us this morning?" said Anne, looking up from the papers with which she was occupied, towards Agatha, who stood at the window watching down the road. "Did you want my husband!" "Oh, no! I can do my business myself now. But I think he will come." "Why do you think so?" "Why? Child, come here."
All this while Nathanael spoke but little to his wife, apparently leaving her to nestle down at her own will among his family. But he kept continually near her, within reach of a word or glance, had she given him either; and she more than once felt his look of grave tenderness reading her very soul.
Yes, your prophecy was true: I have been the disgrace of our house the destruction of my father. What shall I do, Nathanael?" And he held out his hands to his younger brother in the helplessness of despair. "The first thing, Frederick, is for you to be silent Anne, take my sisters away; my brother and I have something to say to one another. What? no one will go? Then, brother, come with me."
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