. The girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines in a series of tales. court. The countess receives the valued friend of her husband with high-est tokens of respect and cordiality, although he is come with the ex-press purpose of taking away her son, so doubly dear to her now, sinceshe has lost his father, whose image he is in shape and feature. Previous to their setting forth, the whole company assembles in thesaloon at Rousillon. The countess presents her favorite Helena to theexcellent old lord Lafeu, who speaks kindly and encouragingly to themaiden. For poor Helena is endeavouring to master her em
. The girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines in a series of tales. court. The countess receives the valued friend of her husband with high-est tokens of respect and cordiality, although he is come with the ex-press purpose of taking away her son, so doubly dear to her now, sinceshe has lost his father, whose image he is in shape and feature. Previous to their setting forth, the whole company assembles in thesaloon at Rousillon. The countess presents her favorite Helena to theexcellent old lord Lafeu, who speaks kindly and encouragingly to themaiden. For poor Helena is endeavouring to master her emotion, to concealher overwhelming grief. Now that the time is actually come, for part-ing with the object of her secret passion, she knows not how to suppressher sobs and tears; and is relieved when the countesss timely allusionto her fathers loss, affords a pretext for allowing them to flow unre-strainedly. She weeps, and says:— I do affect a sorrow^ indeed^ and yet I have it tooP The rest of Helenas fortunes is set forth where still the fines the orowKL.
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