Excerpt from Within the Precincts, Vol. 3 of 3 Ment of his duty, she would even have made him generous to herself, not for the sake of herself, but that he should be a model of brotherhood, an example of all a true man ought to be; and if this was so in the case of her brother, how much more with her lover P If to be harsh as a tyrant or indifferent as a sultan, was the highest ideal of a man's conduct, how much happier many a poor creature would be! It seems a paradox to say so, but it is true enough for the worst of all, in a woman's mind, is to feel that the wrong done to ller is worse wrong to Mm, an infringement of the glory of the being whom she would fain see perfect. This, however, is a mystery beyond the com prehension of the crowd. Lottie was used to being disappointed with Law - was she fated to another disappointment more cruel and bitter She did not ask herself the question, she would not have thought it even, much less said it for all the world but secretly there was a wonder, a pang, a faintness of failure in her heart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.