How admirably would they have mated. In him, self-reliance, reason,
judgment, and deep feeling would have found in her all the qualities
they seek--taste, perception, tenderness and love. They would have
grown upwards into higher ideas of life, not downwards into
sensualism and mere worldliness, like the many. Alas! This mistake
on her part may ruin them both; for a man of deep, reserved
feelings, who suffers a disappointment in love, is often warped in
his appreciation of the sex, and grows one-sided in his character as
he advances through the cycles of life.
I had parted from Henry only a few minutes when I met his rival,
Ralph Dewey. Let me describe him. In person he was taller than
Wallingford, and had the easy, confident manner of one who had seen
the world, as we say. His face was called handsome; but it was not a
manly face--manly in that best sense which includes character and
thought. The chin and mouth were feeble, and the forehead narrow,
throwing the small orbs close together. But he had a fresh
complexion, dark, sprightly eyes, and a winning smile.
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