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Chapter XXXIV

           "ShallI?"Isaidbriefly;andIlookedathisfeatures,beautifulintheirharmony,butstrangelyformidableintheirstillseverity;athisbrow,commandingbutnotopen;athiseyes,brightanddeepandsearching,butneversoft;athistallimposingfigure;andfanciedmyselfinideahiswife. Oh!itwouldneverdo!Ashiscurate,hiscomrade,allwouldberight:Iwouldcrossoceanswithhiminthatcapacity;toilunderEasternsuns,inAsiandesertswithhiminthatoffice;admireandemulatehiscourageanddevotionandvigour;accommodatequietlytohismasterhood;smileundisturbedathisineradicableambition;discriminatetheChristianfromtheman:profoundlyesteemtheone,andfreelyforgivetheother. Ishouldsufferoften,nodoubt,attachedtohimonlyinthiscapacity:mybodywouldbeunderratherastringentyoke,butmyheartandmindwouldbefree. Ishouldstillhavemyunblightedselftoturnto:mynaturalunenslavedfeelingswithwhichtocommunicateinmomentsofloneliness. Therewouldberecessesinmymindwhichwouldbeonlymine,towhichhenevercame,andsentimentsgrowingtherefreshandshelteredwhichhisausteritycouldneverblight,norhismeasuredwarrior-marchtrampledown: butashiswifeathissidealways,andalwaysrestrained,andalwayscheckedforcedtokeepthefireofmynaturecontinuallylow,tocompelittoburninwardlyandneverutteracry,thoughtheimprisonedflameconsumedvitalaftervitalthiswouldbeunendurable. 

           "St.John!"Iexclaimed,whenIhadgotsofarinmymeditation. 

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