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Chapter 34

           Maylie;‘Iknowthatthedevotionandaffectionofhernaturerequirenoordinaryreturn,butonethatshallbedeepandlasting.IfIdidnotfeelthis,andknow,besides,thatachangedbehaviourinoneshelovedwouldbreakherheart,Ishouldnotfeelmytasksodifficultofperformance,orhavetoencountersomanystrugglesinmyownbosom,whenItakewhatseemstometobethestrictlineofduty.

           ‘Thisisunkind,mother,’saidHarry.‘DoyoustillsupposethatIamaboyignorantofmyownmind,andmistakingtheimpulsesofmyownsoul?’

           ‘Ithink,mydearson,’returnedMrs.Maylie,layingherhanduponhisshoulder,‘thatyouthhasmanygenerousimpulseswhichdonotlast;andthatamongthemaresome,which,beinggratified,becomeonlythemorefleeting.Aboveall,Ithink’saidthelady,fixinghereyesonherson’sface,‘thatifanenthusiastic,ardent,andambitiousmanmarryawifeonwhosenamethereisastain,which,thoughitoriginateinnofaultofhers,maybevisitedbycoldandsordidpeopleuponher,anduponhischildrenalso:and,inexactproportiontohissuccessintheworld,becastinhisteeth,andmadethesubjectofsneersagainsthim:hemay,nomatterhowgenerousandgoodhisnature,onedayrepentoftheconnectionheformedinearlylife.Andshemayhavethepainofknowingthathedoesso.

           ‘Mother,’saidtheyoungman,impatiently,‘hewouldbeaselfishbrute,unworthyalikeofthenameofmanandofthewomanyoudescribe,whoactedthus.

           ‘Youthinksonow,Harry,’repliedhismother.

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