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After she had been a little longer in town, Rose saw more clearly the workings of that ambition which had undermined her cousin's happiness. She saw where the canker ate and withered, but she did not know how it could be eradicated. Something which women understand, prevented her laying open the secrets of the house to Edward; and yet she desired counsel. Possessing much observation as to the workings of the human heart, she had but little knowledge as to how those feelings might be moulded for the best; and she naturally turned for advice, and with the faith of a Christian spirit, to the pastor who had instructed her youth. He had loved them both, and she longed for his counsel, in the -- alas! vain -- hope that she, a right-minded but simple girl -- simple as regards the ambition of life's drama -- might be able to turn her cousin from the unsatisfied, unsatisfying longings after place and station.
The difference in their opinions was simply this -- Rose thought that Helen possessed everything that Helen could desire, while Helen thought that Helen wanted all things.