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Chapter 28

           Theclearheightswheresheexpectedtowalkinfullcommunionhadbecomedifficulttoseeeveninherimagination;thedeliciousreposeofthesoulonacompletesuperiorhadbeenshakenintouneasyeffortandalarmedwithdimpresentiment.Whenwouldthedaysbeginofthatactivewifelydevotionwhichwastostrengthenherhusband’slifeandexaltherown?Neverperhaps,asshehadpreconceivedthem;butsomehowstillsomehow.Inthissolemnlypledgedunionofherlife,dutywouldpresentitselfinsomenewformofinspirationandgiveanewmeaningtowifelylove.

           Meanwhiletherewasthesnowandthelowarchofdunvaportherewasthestiflingoppressionofthatgentlewoman’sworld,whereeverythingwasdoneforherandnoneaskedforheraidwherethesenseofconnectionwithamanifoldpregnantexistencehadtobekeptuppainfullyasaninwardvision,insteadofcomingfromwithoutinclaimsthatwouldhaveshapedherenergies."WhatshallIdo?""Whateveryouplease,mydear:"thathadbeenherbriefhistorysinceshehadleftofflearningmorninglessonsandpractisingsillyrhythmsonthehatedpiano.Marriage,whichwastobringguidanceintoworthyandimperativeoccupation,hadnotyetfreedherfromthegentlewoman’soppressiveliberty:ithadnotevenfilledherleisurewiththeruminantjoyofuncheckedtenderness.

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