The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

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LOVELINESS OF SPIRIT. 117
jf finding tinsel, where he sought gold.
Happily he
one day made a call at an unexpected hour. The
door was open, and with a justifiable familiarity he
entered the parlor. A shrill voice reached his ear
It was speakmg m angry tones. Could it be Annette's
voice ? He listened with painful attention
and heard her, whom he supposed to be the mirroi
of all gentleness, scolding her mother in
most unfilial
language, and in all the vehemence of unwomanly
passion. He quietly retired, and from that hour
Annette had no lover. Sne had deceived him, and
he felt justified in shrinking from an alliance which
would be sure to embitter his life.
You may pronounce this an unfortunate
discovery
for Annette. But would she have gained aught for
herself, if, by blinding Frederick, she had become his
bride ? Would not that unlovely spirit have accompanied
her to her bridal home ? Would it not have
become a grim destroyer of its peace ? Revealing
itself to her husband, it would have dashed his cup
of bliss to the dust, and have uncovered the deception
when too Jite for a remedy. Then his love