Look up, Edward; you, too, have done your duty.

Why should your sister's conduct cause this sudden depression, my young friend ?" "Because," exclaimed he, with an earnestness almost startling, and as he looked up his eyes glistened with tears, "because all my efforts sink to nothing beside hers.

I deemed myself becoming worthy; that the conquests over inclination I made would obliterate the past; but what are my sacrifices compared to hers?
Weak, frail, sensitive creature as she is, thus secretly, laboriously to earn that sum which, because it required one or two petty sacrifices of inclination, I deemed that I had so nobly gained.

What have been my efforts compared to hers ?" "Almost as great to you, my dear boy, as hers were to her," said Mr.
Hamilton, kindly; "you, too, have done well.

Your past errors have already, in my mind and in that of Mr.Howard and your aunt's, been obliterated by the pleasure your late conduct has bestowed.