"
"I do not know that I took her specially by the hand."
"You had her down at Harrington."
"Yes; I did. And I do like her. And I know nothing against her. I
think you are prejudiced against her, Laura."
"Very well. Of course you think and can say what you please. I hate
her, and that is sufficient." Then, after a pause, she added, "Of
course he will marry her. I know that well enough. It is nothing to
me whom he marries--only,--only,--only, after all that has passed it
seems hard upon me that his wife should be the only woman in London
that I could not visit."
"Dear Laura, you should control your thoughts about this young man."
"Of course I should;--but I don't. You mean that I am disgracing
myself."
"No."
"Yes, you do. Oswald is more candid, and tells me so openly. And
yet what have I done? The world has been hard upon me, and I have
suffered. Do I desire anything except that he shall be happy and
respectable? Do I hope for anything? I will go back and linger
out my life at Dresden, where my disgrace can hurt no one.
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