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"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. 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
 their table, as her own sumptuous bouquet is for herself. I have so much faith in the perception of that lovely lady. It is my habit,--I hope I may say, my nature,--to believe the best of people, rather than the worst. If I thought that all this sparkling setting of beauty,--this fine fashion,--these blazing jewels, and 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. OF ROSES WAS AS FINE AND FIT UPON THEIR TABLE AS HER OWN SUMPTUOUS BOUQUET IS FOR HERSELF I HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN THE PERCEPTION OF THAT LOVELY LADY IT IS MY HABIT I HOPE I MAY SAY MY NATURE TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE WORST IF I THOUGHT THAT ALL THIS SPARKLING SETTING OF BEAUTY THIS FINE FASHION THESE BLAZING JEWELS AND 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
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