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Chapter IX

           ApriladvancedtoMay:abrightsereneMayitwas;daysofbluesky,placidsunshine,andsoftwesternorsoutherngalesfilledupitsduration. Andnowvegetationmaturedwithvigour;Lowoodshooklooseitstresses;itbecameallgreen,allflowery;itsgreatelm,ash,andoakskeletonswererestoredtomajesticlife;woodlandplantssprangupprofuselyinitsrecesses;unnumberedvarietiesofmossfilleditshollows,anditmadeastrangeground-sunshineoutofthewealthofitswildprimroseplants: Ihaveseentheirpalegoldgleaminovershadowedspotslikescatteringsofthesweetestlustre. AllthisIenjoyedoftenandfully,free,unwatched,andalmostalone:forthisunwontedlibertyandpleasuretherewasacause,towhichitnowbecomesmytasktoadvert. 

           HaveInotdescribedapleasantsiteforadwelling,whenIspeakofitasbosomedinhillandwood,andrisingfromthevergeofastream?Assuredly,pleasantenough:butwhetherhealthyornotisanotherquestion. 

           Thatforest-dell,whereLowoodlay,wasthecradleoffogandfog-bredpestilence; which,quickeningwiththequickeningspring,creptintotheOrphanAsylum,breathedtyphusthroughitscrowdedschoolroomanddormitory,and,ereMayarrived,transformedtheseminaryintoanhospital. 

           Semi-starvationandneglectedcoldshadpredisposedmostofthepupilstoreceiveinfection:forty-fiveoutoftheeightygirlslayillatonetime. Classeswerebrokenup,rulesrelaxed. Thefewwhocontinuedwellwereallowedalmostunlimitedlicense;becausethemedicalattendantinsistedonthenecessityoffrequentexercisetokeeptheminhealth:andhaditbeenotherwise,noonehadleisuretowatchorrestrainthem. MissTemple’swholeattentionwasabsorbedbythepatients:shelivedinthesick-room,neverquittingitexcepttosnatchafewhours’restatnight. 

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