`` But a Pole , Amy , so different in tastes , habits , character , and beliefs . It is a great risk to marry a foreigner ; races are so unlike . '' `` I do n't care if he is a Tartar , a Calmuck , or any of the other wild tribes ; I love him , he loves me , and no one need object if I do n't . '' `` But , dear , the great and sad objection still remains -- his health . He just said he had but a little while to live . '' Amy 's angry eyes grew dim , but she answered , with soft earnestness , -- `` So much the more need of me to make that little while happy . Think how much he has suffered and done for others ; surely I may do something for him . Oh , Nell , can I let him die alone and in exile , when I have both heart and home to give him ? '' Helen could say no more ; she kissed and comforted the faithful little soul , feeling all the while such sympathy and tenderness that she wondered at herself , for with this interest in the love of another came a sad sense of loneliness , as if she was denied the sweet experience that every woman longs to know . Amy never could remain long under a cloud , and seeing Helen 's tears , began to cheer both her cousin and herself . `` Hoffman said he might live with care , do n't you remember ? and Hoffman knows the case better than we . Let us ask him if Casimer is worse . You do it ; I ca n't without betraying myself . '' `` I will , '' and Helen felt grateful for any pretext to address a friendly word to Karl , who had looked sad of late , and had been less with them since the major became absorbed in Mrs. Cumberland . Leaving Amy to compose herself , Helen went away to find Hoffman . It was never difficult , for he seemed to divine her wishes and appear uncalled the moment he was wanted . Hardly had she reached her favorite nook in the garden when he approached with letters , and asked with respectful anxiety , as she glanced at and threw them by with an impatient sigh , -- `` Has mademoiselle any orders ? Will the ladies drive , sail , or make a little expedition ? It is fine , and mademoiselle looks as if the air would refresh her .
Pardon that I XXXXX the suggestion . ''
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