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"I have no doubt that when Aurelia is engaged, people will say she is a most admirable girl, certainly; but they cannot understand why any man should be in love with her. As if it were at all necessary that they should! And her lover, like a boy who finds a pearl in the public street, and wonders as much that others did not see it as that he did, will tremble until he knows his passion is returned; feeling, of course, that the whole world must be in love with this paragon, who cannot possibly smile upon anything so unworthy as he. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN A REALIA IS ENGAGED PEOPLE WILL SAY SHE IS A MOST ADMIRABLE GIRL CERTAINLY BUT THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY ANY MAN SHOULD BE IN LOVE WITH HER AS IF IT WERE AT ALL NECESSARY THAT THEY SHOULD AND HER LOVER LIKE A BOY WHO FINDS A PEARL IN THE PUBLIC STREET AND WONDERS AS MUCH THAT OTHERS DID NOT SEE IT AS THAT HE DID WILL TREMBLE UNTIL HE KNOWS HIS PASSION IS RETURNED FEELING OF COURSE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE IN LOVE WITH THIS PARAGON WHO CANNOT POSSIBLY SMILE UPON ANYTHING SO UNWORTHY AS HE
, embellished with gold-threaded embroidery and wrought in a thousand exquisite elaborations, so that I cannot see one of those lovely girls pass me by, without thanking God for the vision,--if I thought that this was all, and that, underneath her lace flounces and diamond bracelets, Aurelia was a sullen, selfish woman, then I should turn sadly homeward, for I should see that her jewels were flashing scorn upon the object they adorned, that her laces were of a more exquisite loveliness than the woman whom they merely touched with a superficial grace. It would be like a gaily decorated mausoleum,--bright to see, but silent and dark within. "Great excellences, my dear Prue," I sometimes allow myself to say, "lie concealed in the depths of character, like pearls at the bottom of the sea. Under the laughing, glancing surface, how little they are suspected! Perhaps love is nothing else than the sight of them by one person. Hence every man's mistress is apt to be an enigma to everybody else. LUSTROUS SILKS AND AIRY GAUZES EMBELLISHED WITH GOLD THREADED EMBROIDERY AND WROUGHT IN A THOUSAND EXQUISITE ELABORATIONS SO THAT I CANNOT SEE ONE OF THOSE LOVELY GIRLS PASS ME BY WITHOUT THANKING GOD FOR THE VISION IF I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ALL AND THAT UNDERNEATH HER LACE FLOUNCES AND DIAMOND BRACELETS AURELIA WAS A SULLEN SELFISH WOMAN THEN I SHOULD TURN SADLY HOMEWARD FOR I SHOULD SEE THAT HER JEWELS WERE FLASHING SCORN UPON THE OBJECT THEY ADORNED THAT HER LACES WERE OF A MORE EXQUISITE LOVELINESS THAN THE WOMAN WHOM THEY MERELY TOUCHED WITH A SUPERFICIAL GRACE IT WOULD BE LIKE A GAILY DECORATED MAUSOLEUM BRIGHT TO SEE BUT SILENT AND DARK WITHIN GREAT EXCELLENCES MY DEAR PRUE I SOMETIMES ALLOW MYSELF TO SAY LIE CONCEALED IN THE DEPTHS OF CHARACTER LIKE PEARLS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA UNDER THE LAUGHING GLANCING SURFACE HOW LITTLE THEY ARE SUSPECTED PERHAPS LOVE IS NOTHING ELSE THAN THE SIGHT OF THEM BY ONE PERSON HENCE EVERY MAN'S MISTRESS IS APT TO BE AN ENIGMA TO EVERYBODY ELSE
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