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How can I give my confidence to him, and yet how can I withhold it, for he wins from me my very thoughts!" HOW CAN I GIVE MY CONFIDENCE TO HIM AND YET HOW CAN I WITHHOLD IT FOR HE WINS FOR ME MY VERY THOUGHTS
say so, yet he felt that already he loved the mild yet eloquent and lovely girl with a devotion that caused all other interests to fade in importance. It was a novel idea to him to realize that so fair and gentle a creature could entertain such sufficient interest in him, a rough sailor, to strive and mould his conduct for good. On her part, it would be difficult for us to define the exact state of feelings which actuated the beautiful girl whom we first introduced to the reader in India. She felt an interest in the commander of the slaver that she was afraid to acknowledge not only to her mother, but indeed to herself. The tones of his voice came over her heart like the memory of music that we have heard at some distant time, and in some forgotten place; his eyes betrayed to her the love he dared not speak, and when she did pause to consider their relation towards each other, she half shuddered, and said to herself, "Would to heaved this man was a poor mechanic, anything but a slaver! THOUGH HE DARED NOT SAY SO YET HE FELT THAT ALREADY HE LOVED THE MILD YET ELOQUENT AND LOVELY GIRL WITH A DEVOTION THAT CAUSED ALL OTHER INTERESTS TO FADE IN IMPORTANCE IT WAS A NOVEL IDEA TO HIM TO REALIZE THAT SO FAIR AND GENTLE A CREATURE COULD ENTERTAIN SUCH SUFFICIENT INTEREST IN HIM A ROUGH SAILOR TO STRIVE AND MOULD HIS CONDUCT FOR GOOD ON HER PART IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DEFINE THE EXACT STATE OF FEELINGS WHICH ACTUATED THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOM WE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE READER IN INDIA SHE FELT AN INTEREST IN THE COMMANDER OF THE SLAVER THAT SHE WAS AFRAID TO ACKNOWLEDGE NOT ONLY TO HER MOTHER BUT INDEED TO HERSELF THE TONES OF HIS VOICE CAME OVER HER HEART LIKE THE MEMORY OF MUSIC THAT WE HAVE HEARD AT SOME DISTANT TIME AND IN SOME FORGOTTEN PLACE HIS EYES BETRAYED TO HER THE LOVE HE DARED NOT SPEAK AND WHEN SHE DID PAUSE TO CONSIDER THEIR RELATION TOWARDS EACH OTHER SHE HALF SHUDDERED AND SAID TO HERSELF WHAT TO HEAVE THIS MAN WAS A POOR MECHANIC ANYTHING BUT A SLAVER
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