Should She Have Left Him? — page 68: what you’re looking at

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62 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? have marked out for yourself, I think I can best show my friendship by pointing out where you fail. There is no success for you in acareer of gallantry until you learn to be earnest. It is like anything else in life, you must be in in earnest to succeed— really in earnest—you must really fall in love with the object of your attack. You never loved me, you know.” “Ah, now, Mrs. Trevor-Allen,” stammered the poor youth, “how can you say such cruel things, after all my devotion ?”’ “ Because it is the truth. If you want to com- promise a woman, you must not only make her feel that you love her, but you must, in fact, love her. Whether she loves you, is immaterial; better for your success that you sway her pride than her affections. As a course of preparatory training devote yourself to some single girl and fall seriously in love with her, with a view to marriage.” “Oh, now, Mrs. Trevor-Allen,” cried Tracey, utterly disgusted with the advice, which if followed would in his opinion take so much from his Zoz. ‘“Now there is Hilda Courtena i. ‘Oh, she’s gone,” interrupted the young man. “Gone? What do you mean?” “Waldemar proposed last night and was accepted on the jump by the whole family.” “To triumphe !” cried the lady witha merry laugh. “Dear Mamma Courtenay carries off the blue rib- bon again. Oh, the tears of all the rest!” “It’s dead luck, isn’t it?”’ asked Tracey, trying to Comicboolkks C@ 5}