Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-19
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quite happiness enough; so Bell
decided with her usual firmness.
She got Lizzie away with her directly after
breakfast Nobody else should have Lizzie
that morning. for they wanted ito talk. !"
Look back ten or twenty year,, and recall
what it meant TO talk, and you will know
just how thee new-.iedged women, in ali
the pride Of their fancied mature plumage,
fpttered away into corner Of one Of the
parlors and began to make the most Of the
time before any one else should find them
out
They were sitting close by the open door,
having one Of their old school debates about
Middlemarch. They were considering a
former theory of Bell concerning Dorothea.
al understand that better, now" said Bell.
locking up with earnest wide-opened eye.
She sa " Viii standing in the doorway,
AMI waiting for her to sac him and speak tn
him. She could not tell how much he had
heard
The room was full Of light; the great win
dow seemed 10 let in all the glory Of the
morning Everywhere You looked, your
eyes were met 10y dense masses OF green
foliage. the ;enierest. deepest most lustrous
green, which rarely renews itself after the
skies and soft white clouds, until you felt
that you were looking into the very heart OF
summer All the air was sweet and still,
the languor of heat
The radiance Of the morning seemed to
surround and transiigure Bell where she sat,
as lie looked in upon her from the shaded
hall The light of her eyes and the glow OF
Ia, -ta, nj mSfr
Will was lover yet, though Bell had
doubted il the evening before; and perhaps
the uncertainty had not worked altogether
nc ainst him in her mind She was con.
scous Of change in herself AMI ha Taught
herself TO expect it in him She had been
tryin. to walk by hsrsslf long enough to
understand the true meaning of help. sup
port and protecting affection which was
perhaps now again within her reach.
This love was Il thing well known
familiar. and yes yes, she acknowledged
that il was agreeable 10 her, that it might
satisfy the need Of her own mind. OF bel
own mind a. shs knew 1t now. On ths
other hand. Win had learned to trust e
himself, to know that he might have Q
value, to feel q modest confidence in stand
ing by himself in the world.
So. when Will said rather timidly. ut L
very pleasant: would you mind going for Z
drive this morning. Bsll.' and Bell an
swered rather systematically. "Yes, it il
very pleasant lie knew that she meant
that she would go. and he ventured TO hop
that the return might be very diiferen
thing from tina; other disastrous one.
As they came out of the long, leafy arcade
Of tho woods. and saw the length OF tn
Long Pond. a mimic sea. rolling before tn
rising breeze into actual waves and dashins
with much noise against the curiously In
denied shores. the familiar sight and SOUND
were speakinsto them both. They quietet
and subiuei Bell. She no longer though
of what she should say. She no longe
thought Of dwelling upon her unconquerabl'
love and admiration for the great soul o
\ George Eliot. iut waited silently, timiily
with downcast face. for what she humbly
and gratefully acknowledged to be tn,
bnupiest moment of her life