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Chapter 3

           Itissolongbeforethemindcanpersuadeitselfthatshewhomwesaweverydayandwhoseveryexistenceappearedapartofourowncanhavedepartedforeverthatthebrightnessofabelovedeyecanhavebeenextinguishedandthesoundofavoicesofamiliaranddeartotheearcanbehushed,nevermoretobeheard.Thesearethereflectionsofthefirstdays;butwhenthelapseoftimeprovestherealityoftheevil,thentheactualbitternessofgriefcommences.Yetfromwhomhasnotthatrudehandrentawaysomedearconnection?AndwhyshouldIdescribeasorrowwhichallhavefelt,andmustfeel?Thetimeatlengtharriveswhengriefisratheranindulgencethananecessity;andthesmilethatplaysuponthelips,althoughitmaybedeemedasacrilege,isnotbanished.Mymotherwasdead,butwehadstilldutieswhichweoughttoperform;wemustcontinueourcoursewiththerestandlearntothinkourselvesfortunatewhilstoneremainswhomthespoilerhasnotseized.

           MydepartureforIngolstadt,whichhadbeendeferredbytheseevents,wasnowagaindeterminedupon.Iobtainedfrommyfatherarespiteofsomeweeks.Itappearedtomesacrilegesosoontoleavetherepose,akintodeath,ofthehouseofmourningandtorushintothethickoflife.Iwasnewtosorrow,butitdidnotthelessalarmme.Iwasunwillingtoquitthesightofthosethatremainedtome,andaboveall,IdesiredtoseemysweetElizabethinsomedegreeconsoled.

           Sheindeedveiledhergriefandstrovetoactthecomfortertousall.Shelookedsteadilyonlifeandassumeditsdutieswithcourageandzeal.Shedevotedherselftothosewhomshehadbeentaughttocallheruncleandcousins.Neverwasshesoenchantingasatthistime,whensherecalledthesunshineofhersmilesandspentthemuponus.Sheforgotevenherownregretinherendeavourstomakeusforget.

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