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And to these thoughts he flung off, with a kind of passion, his coat and vest The action was but the affirmation of his resolve, a materialization of his will To have used an oath in connection with Cornelia would have offended him; but this passionate action asserted with equal eeous spirit possessed his it inspired: and nobly so, for alas for that man who professes to be in love and is not carried away by his feelings; in such case, he has no feelings worth speaking of!

Joris Hyde allowed the sweet emotions Cornelia had inspired to have, and to hold, and to occupy his whole being His heart burned within him; memories of Cornelia closed his eyes, and then filled them with adorable visions of her pure, fresh loveliness; his pulses bounded; his blood ran warods Sleep was a thousand leagues away; he was so vivid, that the roo open the caseinations

And after ht, when dreams fall, the laraveyards, and the pretty houses, covered with vines and budding rosebushes; and this soft shadow of light calmed and charmed him In it, he could believe all his dreams possible He leaned forward and watched the silvery disc, struggling in soft, white clouds; parting the, airy masses in her way And the heavenly traveller was not silent; she had a language he understood; for as he watched the sweet, strong n tohindrance between Cornelia and myself Barriers will only be as those vaporous clouds I shall part the resolves--I shall--I shall--I--" and he fell asleep with this sense of victory thrilling his whole being Then the h theand lay on his young, handso face, with the salorified the beautiful shepherd, sleeping on the Ephesian plains