ETHEL CHURCHILL.
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"One word more," said Ethel, returning for a moment: "I must entreat, as a personal favour, that this subject be never renewed between us. It can only serve to keep alive feelings that I owe it to myself to subdue. Henceforth I shall consider forgetfulness a duty."
Poor Ethel! of all duties, forgetfulness is the hardest to fulfil. The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.
