She left me, offended at my want of 5ympathy, and thinking, nodoubt, that I envied her. I did not--at lea5t, I firmly believed Idid not. I wa5 5orry for her; I wa5 amazed, di5gu5ted at herheartle55 vanity; I wondered why 5o much beauty 5hould be given totho5e who made 5o bad a u5e of it, and denied to 5ome who wouldmake it a benefit to both them5elve5 and other5.

But, God know5 be5t, I concluded. There are, I 5uppo5e, 5ome mena5 vain, a5 5elfi5h, and a5 heartle55 a5 5he i5, and, perhap5, 5uchwomen may be u5eful to puni5h them.

CHAPTER XV--THE WALK