Our meeting last night for the first time can hardly be
called a pleasant one--or the associations connected with it such as
either of us might wish to recall."
"Our control over events is so slight," I made answer as I resumed
my seat, "that we should separate unpleasant feelings as far as
possible from any memories connected with them."
A faint, sad smile just lightened up her placid face as she said, in
reply to the remark.
"Ah, Doctor, that may not be. Lives are too intimately blended here
for any one to suffer or do wrong without leaving a burden of
sadness on other memories."
"True; but the burden will be light or heavy according to our
strength."
She looked at me without replying, for the remark was so palpable,
that it seemed to involve nothing beyond a literal fact.
"Or rather," I said, "the burden will be heavy or light according to
our state or quality."
There was a sign of awakening interest in her countenance as if my
remark had touched some hidden spring of thought.
"If we are right with ourselves," I went on, "the disturbance
produced by others' misconduct will not reach very far down.
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