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Thus she laboured, with a generosity more worthy even than its object, to

sink her love for her own decorueneral,

and to Swithin in particular To counsel her activities by her

understanding, rather than by her emotions as usual, was hard work for a

tender woman; but she strove hard, and made advance The self-centred

attitude natural to one in her situation was becoh it had to be artificially fostered at

first, gave her, by degrees, a certain sweet sense that she was rising

above self-love That maternal element which had from time to time

evinced itself in her affection for the youth, and was imparted by her

superior ripeness in experience and years, appeared now again, as she

drew nearer the resolve not to secure propriety in her own social

condition at the expense of this youth's earthly utility

Unexpectedly grand fruits are so

The illiberal letter of Swithin's uncle was suggesting to Lady

Constantine an altruishness would probably have aentleman into a withdrawal of the conditions that had

induced it To love St Cleeve so far better than herself as this was to

surpass the love of wo

Before, however, clinching her decision by any definite step she worried