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is more beautiful than useful察being priceless but small。 My Lady察
changing her position察sees the papers on the table!looks at them
nearer!looks at them nearer still!asks impulsively此
^Who copied that拭院
Mr Tulkinghorn stops short察surprised by my Lady¨s animation
and her unusual tone。
^Is it what you people call law´hand拭院she asks察looking full at
him in her careless way again察and toying with her screen。
^Not quite。 Probably ̄!Mr Tulkinghorn examines it as he
speaks!^the legal character it has察was acquired after the original
hand was formed。 Why do you ask拭院
^Anything to vary this detestable monotony。 O察go on察do 院
Mr Tulkinghorn reads again。 The heat is greater察 my Lady
screens her face。 Sir Leicester dozes察starts up suddenly察and cries
^Eh拭what do you say拭院
^I say I am afraid察院says Mr Tulkinghorn察who has risen hastily察
^that Lady Dedlock is ill。 ̄
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^Faint察院my Lady murmurs察with white lips察 only that察but it is
like the faintness of death。 Don¨t speak to me。 Ring察and take me to
my room 院
Mr Tulkinghorn retires into another chamber察 bells ring察 feet
shuffle and patter察 silence ensues。 Mercury at last begs Mr
Tulkinghorn to return。
^Better now察院quoth Sir Leicester察 motioning the lawyer to sit
down and read to him alone。 ^I have been quite alarmed。 I never
knew my Lady swoon before。 But the weather is extremely
trying!and she really has been bored to death down at our place
in Lincolnshire。 ̄
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Chapter 3
A Progress
have a great deal of difficulty in beginning to write my
portion of these pages察 for I know I am not clever。 I always
I
knew that。 I can remember察 when I was a very little girl
indeed察 I used to say to my doll察 when we were alone together察
^Now Dolly察I am not clever察you know very well察and you must be
patient with me察like a dear 院And so she used to sit propped up in
a great armchair察 with her beautiful complexion and rosy lips察
staring at me!or not so much at me察I think察as at nothing!while
I busily stitched away察and told her every one of my secrets。
My dear old doll I was such a shy little thing that I seldom
dared to open my lips察 and never dared to open my heart察 to
anybody else。 It almost makes me cry to think what a relief it used
to be to me察when I cam home from school of a day察to run upstairs
to my room察and say察 O you dear faithful Dolly察I knew you would
be expecting me 院and then to sit down on the floor察leaning on the
elbow of her great chair察 and tell her all I had noticed since we
parted。 I had always rather a noticing way!not a quick way察 O
no a silent way of noticing what passed before me察and thinking
I should like to understand it better。 I have not by any means a
quick understanding。 When I love a person very tenderly indeed察
it seems to brighten。 But even that may be my vanity。
I was brought up察from my earliest remembrance!like some of
the princesses in the fairy stories察only I was not charming!by my
godmother。 At least I only knew her as such。 She was a good察good
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woman She went to church three times every Sunday察 and to
morning prayers on Wednesdays and Fridays察 and to lectures
whenever there were lectures察 and never missed。 She was
handsome察and if she had ever smiled察would have been I used to
think like an angel!but she never smiled。 She was always grave
and strict。 She was so very good herself察 I thought察 that the
badness of other people made her frown all her life。 I felt so
different from her察 even making every allowance for the
differences between a child and a woman察I felt so poor察so trifling察
and so far off察 that I never could be unrestrained with her!no察
could never even love her as I wished。 It made me very sorry to
consider how good she was察and how unworthy of her I was察and I
used ardently to hope that I might have a better heart察and I talked
it over very often with the dear old doll察 but I never loved my
godmother as I ought to have loved her察and as I felt I must have
loved her if I had been a better girl。
This made me察 I dare say察 more timid and retiring than I
naturally was察 and cast me upon Dolly as the only friend with
whom I felt at ease。 But something happened when I was still
quite a little thing察that helped it very much。
I had never heard my mama spoken of。 I had never heard of my
papa either察 but I felt more interested about my mama。 I had
never worn a black frock察that I could recollect。 I had never been
shown my mama¨s grave。 I had never been told where it was。 Yet I
had never been taught to pray for any relation but my godmother。
I had more than once approached this subject of my thoughts with
Mrs Rachael察our only servant察who took my light away when I was
in bed another very good woman察but austere to me察and she had
only said察 Esther察good night 院and gone away and left me。
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Although there were seven girls at the neighbouring school
where I was a day boarder察 and although they called me little
Esther Summerson察 I knew none of them at home。 All of them
were older than I察to be sure I was the youngest there by a good
deal察but there seemed to be some other separation between us
besides that察and besides their being far more clever than I was察
and knowing much more than I did。 One of them察in the first week
of my going to the school I remember it very well察 invited me
home to a little party察to my great joy。 But my godmother wrote a
stiff letter察declining for me察and I never went。 I never went out at
all。
It was my birthday。 There were holidays at school on other
birthdays!none on mine。 There were rejoicings at home on other
birthdays察 as I knew from what I heard the girls relate to one
another!there were none on mine。 My birthday was the most
melancholy day at home察in the whole year。
I have mentioned察that察unless my vanity should deceive me as
I know it may察 for I may be very vain察 without suspecting it!
though indeed I don¨t察my comprehension is quickened when my
affection is。 My disposition is very affectionate察 and p