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adventure,  vi
opportunities!
would  have
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ged  tomislea
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was  joking  her,  and  asking  her
whetner  she  would  take  the  water
again,  whether  she  had  found  an-
other lover,  and  so  forth,  she  sud-
denly burst  into  tears,  and,  seizing
hold  of  my  hand,  cried  passionately
out, —

"  Ah,  Barry,  you  know  well  enough
that  I  have  never  loved  but  you!
Was  I  ever  so  wretched  that  a  kind
word  from  you  did  not  make  me
happy  P  ever  so  angry,  but  the  least
oiler  of  good- will  on  your  part  did  not
bring  me  to  your  side  ?  Did  I  not
ffive  a  sufficient  proof  of  my  affection
for  you,  in  bestowing  one  of  the  first
fortunes  in  England  upon  you  ?  have
I  repined  or  rebuked  you  for  the  way
you  have  wasted  it?  No,  I  loved
you  too  much  and  too  fondly ;  I  have
always  loved  you.  From  the  first
moment  I  saw  you,  I  felt  irresistibly
attracted  towai^  you.  I  saw  your
bad  qualities,  and  trembled  at  your
violence;  but  I  could  not  help  loving
you.  I  married  you,  though  I  knew
I  was  sealing  my  own  fate  in  doing
so,  and  in  spite  of  reason  and  duty.
