Chapter 33

           

           "Closeuphiseyesanddrawthecurtainclose;Andletusalltomeditation."2HenryVI.

           Thatnightaftertwelveo’clockMaryGarthrelievedthewatchinMr.Featherstone’sroom,andsattherealonethroughthesmallhours.Sheoftenchosethistask,inwhichshefoundsomepleasure,notwithstandingtheoldman’stestinesswheneverhedemandedherattentions.Therewereintervalsinwhichshecouldsitperfectlystill,enjoyingtheouterstillnessandthesubduedlight.Theredfirewithitsgentlyaudiblemovementseemedlikeasolemnexistencecalmlyindependentofthepettypassions,theimbeciledesires,thestrainingafterworthlessuncertainties,whichweredailymovinghercontempt.Marywasfondofherownthoughts,andcouldamuseherselfwellsittingintwilightwithherhandsinherlap;for,havingearlyhadstrongreasontobelievethatthingswerenotlikelytobearrangedforherpeculiarsatisfaction,shewastednotimeinastonishmentandannoyanceatthatfact.Andshehadalreadycometotakelifeverymuchasacomedyinwhichshehadaproud,nay,agenerousresolutionnottoactthemeanortreacherouspart.Marymighthavebecomecynicalifshehadnothadparentswhomshehonored,andawellofaffectionategratitudewithinher,whichwasallthefullerbecauseshehadlearnedtomakenounreasonableclaims.

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