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Brotherly Love.
serious impression on the heart of a puritanical relative of her husband ' s , it Lutheran minister in the neighbourhood . This latter was told with an ail'of levity , but she sighed heavily , and remained silent for some time afterwards . Simon did not notice the alteration , for he appeared buried in thought , and his countenance wore a melancholy expression . Mons . Lefebre was also unusually grave , and he appeared to be
labouring under some heavy depression of' spirit , which he vahdy endeavoured to conceal by his customary manner . In the course of the day he requested Simon to accompany him to his study , and informed him he woidd require his assistance . as a relative and friend , the next morning . He * stated that a duel was to take place between him and a former friend , and that he felt a presentiment
theresult woidd be * fatal to him . To Simon ' s suggestion that the affair might be arranged , he replied it was impossible , for his opponent had received through him a dishonour to his family , which , were he in his place , he woidd feel bound to take vengeance for . It was the seduction of a sister . Though Simon would have preferred declining to act as a second in the sanguinary scene , he could not refuse the request of his . relative , and agreed to meet him at an early hour the following morning .
The remainder of the day was spent b y Mons . Lelebre in his study , arranging his affairs and giving a detailed account of his stewardship of the Madelaine estate , which he addressed to Simon . He also wrote a brief but affectionate letter to his wife , and another to Jeunegrace . When these were completed , he flung himself back in his chair , and involuntarily entered into a retrospect of his past life , the incidents of which rose up
vividly before him . He remembered distinctly the period when he had been the pride and hope of fond parents , and the rapture with ivhich they watched his mental and physical faculties unfolding , and his grief when lie saw them consigned in his boyhood to an earlv grave . How , for months afterwards , he would wander desolate about the old mansion , where every object reminded Mm of the vanished looks of love and tenderness ,
so different to the cold and formal aspect- of the guardian to whose care he was entrusted . He was still in the prime of manhood , but a life of dissipation had impaired his constitution , and he felt the curse of the S ybarite , a disgust and weariness at almost everything he felt or saw , and the want of capacity for permanent enjoyment . But he recollected clearly with what ardour and trustfulness in the future he entered in early youth on the path of pleasure , scarcely thinking that decay is an element in the physical genesis , and that all fruition produces only satiety .
How fresh was once each object in existence . What a bloom was on creation ; and what dreamy and luxurious feelings sprang up in his mind , as he wandered through the woodland , or by the winding stream , inhaling the pure atmosphere of the country , and surrounded by the beauty of floral and vegetable life . And then , how glorious that golden romance that pervaded his imagination , how far superior to the grossness of
reality . This was the period when he had revelled in his day-dream of love , when love is an incense of the young untainted soul , pining for pmlty and excellence , and unsullied by any gross emanations of sense .
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Brotherly Love.
serious impression on the heart of a puritanical relative of her husband ' s , it Lutheran minister in the neighbourhood . This latter was told with an ail'of levity , but she sighed heavily , and remained silent for some time afterwards . Simon did not notice the alteration , for he appeared buried in thought , and his countenance wore a melancholy expression . Mons . Lefebre was also unusually grave , and he appeared to be
labouring under some heavy depression of' spirit , which he vahdy endeavoured to conceal by his customary manner . In the course of the day he requested Simon to accompany him to his study , and informed him he woidd require his assistance . as a relative and friend , the next morning . He * stated that a duel was to take place between him and a former friend , and that he felt a presentiment
theresult woidd be * fatal to him . To Simon ' s suggestion that the affair might be arranged , he replied it was impossible , for his opponent had received through him a dishonour to his family , which , were he in his place , he woidd feel bound to take vengeance for . It was the seduction of a sister . Though Simon would have preferred declining to act as a second in the sanguinary scene , he could not refuse the request of his . relative , and agreed to meet him at an early hour the following morning .
The remainder of the day was spent b y Mons . Lelebre in his study , arranging his affairs and giving a detailed account of his stewardship of the Madelaine estate , which he addressed to Simon . He also wrote a brief but affectionate letter to his wife , and another to Jeunegrace . When these were completed , he flung himself back in his chair , and involuntarily entered into a retrospect of his past life , the incidents of which rose up
vividly before him . He remembered distinctly the period when he had been the pride and hope of fond parents , and the rapture with ivhich they watched his mental and physical faculties unfolding , and his grief when lie saw them consigned in his boyhood to an earlv grave . How , for months afterwards , he would wander desolate about the old mansion , where every object reminded Mm of the vanished looks of love and tenderness ,
so different to the cold and formal aspect- of the guardian to whose care he was entrusted . He was still in the prime of manhood , but a life of dissipation had impaired his constitution , and he felt the curse of the S ybarite , a disgust and weariness at almost everything he felt or saw , and the want of capacity for permanent enjoyment . But he recollected clearly with what ardour and trustfulness in the future he entered in early youth on the path of pleasure , scarcely thinking that decay is an element in the physical genesis , and that all fruition produces only satiety .
How fresh was once each object in existence . What a bloom was on creation ; and what dreamy and luxurious feelings sprang up in his mind , as he wandered through the woodland , or by the winding stream , inhaling the pure atmosphere of the country , and surrounded by the beauty of floral and vegetable life . And then , how glorious that golden romance that pervaded his imagination , how far superior to the grossness of
reality . This was the period when he had revelled in his day-dream of love , when love is an incense of the young untainted soul , pining for pmlty and excellence , and unsullied by any gross emanations of sense .