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unless   occasionally察  when   they   consisted   of   the   accumulation   of 

some very large amount of money。 

    ^Why察good gracious察院said Miss Flite察 how can you say  that拭

Surely     you   know察   my    dear察  that  all  the   greatest   ornaments      of 

England       in    knowledge察      imagination察     active    humanity察      and 



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improvement of every sort察are added to  its   nobility  Look   round 

you察my dear察and consider。 You must be rambling a little now察I 

think察if you don¨t know that this is the great reason why titles will 

always last in the land 院

    I am afraid she believed what she said察for there were moments 

when she was very mad indeed。 



   And now I must part with the little secret I have thus far tried 

to keep。 I had thought察sometimes察that Mr Woodcourt loved   me察

and that if he had been richer察he would perhaps have told me that 

he loved me察before he went away。 I had thought察sometimes察that 

if  he  had done so察  I   should   have been   glad   of   it。   But察  how   much 

better   it   was   now察  that   this   had   never   happened   What   should   I 

have   suffered察  if  I   had   had   to  write   to  him察  and   tell   him   that   the 

poor face he had known as mine was quite gone from me察and that 

I freely released him from his bondage to one whom he had never 

seen 

    O察it was so much better察as it was With a great pang mercifully 

spared me察I could take back to my heart my childish prayer to be 

all he had so brightly shown himself察and there was nothing to be 

undone此no chain for me to break察or for him to drag察and I could 

go察please God察my lowly way along the path of duty察and he could 

go   his   nobler   way   upon   its   broader   road察  and   though   we   were 

apart   upon   the   journey察  I   might   aspire   to   meet   him察  unselfishly察

innocently察better far than he had thought me when I found some 

favour in his eyes察at the journey¨s end。 



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                                Chapter 36 



                             Chesney Wold 



         harley and I did not set off alone upon our expedition into 

         Lincolnshire。 My  Guardian   had made   up   his  mind  not  to 

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         lose sight of me until I was safe in Mr Boythorn¨s house察so 

he accompanied us察and we were two days upon the road。 I found 

every breath of air察and every scent察and every flower and leaf and 

blade of grass察and every passing cloud察and everything in nature察

more beautiful and wonderful to me than I had ever found it yet。 

This was my first gain from my illness。 How little I had lost察when 

the wide world was so full of delight for me。 

   My Guardian intending to go back immediately察we appointed察

on our way down察a day when my dear girl should come。 I wrote 

her a letter察of which he took charge察and he left us within half an 

hour  of  our  arrival   at   our   destination察  on   a   delightful   evening   in 

the early summer time。 

   If  a   good   fairy   had   built   the   house   for   me   with   a   wave   of   her 

wand察  and   I   had   been   a   princess   and   her   favoured   godchild察  I 

could not have been more considered in it。 So many preparations 

were    made    for  me察  and   such   an  endearing     remembrance       was 

shown of all my little tastes and likings察that I could have sat down察

overcome察a dozen times察before I had revisited   half  the   rooms。   I 

did   better   than   that察  however察  by   showing   them    all   to   Charley 

instead。   Charley¨s   delight   calmed   mine察  and   after   we   had   had   a 

walk     in  the  garden察   and    Charley    had    exhausted     her   whole 

vocabulary of admiring expressions察I was as tranquilly happy as I 



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ought   to   have   been。   It   was   a   great   comfort   to   be   able   to   say   to 

myself after tea察 Esther察  my  dear察  I   think   you  are   quite   sensible 

enough to sit down now察and write a note of thanks to your host。 ̄ 

He  had left  a note  of  welcome  for  me察 as  sunny   as   his   own   face察

and   had   confided   his   bird   to   my   care察  which   I   knew   to   be   his 

highest   mark   of   confidence。   Accordingly   I   wrote   a   little   note   to 

him in London察telling him how all his favourite plants and trees 

were looking察and how the most astonishing of birds had chirped 

the   honours   of   the   house   to   me   in   the   most   hospitable   manner察

and     how察   after   singing     on   my    shoulder察     to  the   inconceivable 

rapture of my little maid察he was then at roost in the usual corner 

of   his   cage察  but   whether   dreaming   or   no   I   could   not   report。   My 

note finished and sent off to the post察I made myself very busy in 

unpacking and arranging察and I sent Charley to bed in good time察

and told her I should want her no more that night。 

    For  I   had not  yet  looked in   the   glass察  and   had   never   asked   to 

have my own restored to me。 I knew this to be a weakness which 

must   be   overcome察  but   I   had   always   said   to   myself  that   I   would 

begin   afresh察  when   I   got   to   where   I   now   was。   Therefore   I   had 

wanted   to   be   alone察  and   therefore   I   said察  now   alone   in   my   own 

room察 Esther察if you are to be happy察if you are to have any right 

to pray to be true´hearted察you must keep your word察my dear。 ̄ I 

was quite resolved to keep it察but I sat down for a little while first察

to reflect upon all my blessings。 And then I said my prayers察and 

thought a little more。 

    My   hair   had   not   been   cut   off察  though   it   had   been   in   danger 

more than once。 It was long and thick。 I let it down察and shook it 

out察and went up to the glass upon the dressing´table。 There was a 

little muslin curtain drawn across it。 I drew it back此and stood for a 



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moment looking through such a veil of my own air察that I could see 

nothing else。 Then I put my hair aside察and looked at the reflection 

in the mirror察encouraged by seeing how placidly it looked at me。 I 

was very much changed!O very察very much。 At first察my face was 

so strange to me察that I think I should have put my hands before it 

and   started   back察  but   for   the   encouragement   I   have   mentioned。 

Very soon it became more familiar察and then I knew the extent of 

the alteration in it better than I had done at  first。   It  was not  like 

what   I   had   expected察  but   I   had   expected   nothing   definite察  and   I 

dare say anything definite would have surprised me。 

    I had never been a beauty and had never  thought  myself  one察

but    I  had   been    very   different   from    this。  It  was   all  gone    now。 

Heaven   was   so   good   to   me察  that   I   could   let   it   go   with   a   few   not 

bitter tears察and could stand there arranging my hair for the night 

quite thankfully。 

    One     thing   troubled   me察  and     I  considered   it   for  a  long   time 

before I went to sleep。 I had kept Mr Woodcourt¨s flowers。 When 

they were withered I had dried 

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