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He could
be pleased as an amateur; but he wanted the moral to be touched,
and to sympathize with a being so gifted and so feeble--so high
aiming, yet so liable to fall.
The ardor of Margaret Cooper, and the profound devotion which
it was the policy of Stevens to display, necessarily established
their acquaintance, in a very short time, on the closest footing
of familiarity. With a nature such as hers, all that is wanted is
sympathy--all that she craves is sympathy--and, to win this, no
toil is too great, no sufferance too severe; alas, how frequently
do we see that no penalty is too discouraging! But the confiding
spirit never looks for penalties, and seldom dreams of deceit.
What, then, were the emotions of William Hinkley as he beheld the
cordiality which distinguished the manner of Margaret Cooper as she
approached the edge of the lake with her companion? In the space
of a single week, this stranger had made greater progress in her
acquaintance than HE had been able to make in a period of years.
The problem which distressed him was beyond his power to solve.


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