It must not be imagined that the young women were pressing
their claims except as they did so unconsciously, by virtue of
their sex and various charms. Nevertheless, Marstern was not the
first lawyer who had clients over whom midnight oil was burned,
they remaining unaware of the fact.
If not yet a constitutional attorney, he was at least
constitutionally one. Falling helplessly in love with one girl
simplifies matters. There are no distracting pros and cons--
nothing required but a concentration of faculties to win the
enslaver, and so achieve mastery. Marstern did not appear amenable
to the subtle influences which blind the eyes and dethrone reason,
inspiring in its place an overwhelming impulse to capture a
fortuitous girl because (to a heated imagination) she surpasses
all her sex. Indeed, he was level-headed enough to believe that he
would never capture any such girl; but he hoped to secure one who
promised to make as good a wife as he would try to be a husband,
and with a fair amount of self-esteem, he was conscious of
imperfections.
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