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Chapter XXI

           Ididnotneedtobeguidedtothewell-knownroom,towhichIhadsooftenbeensummonedforchastisementorreprimandinformerdays. IhastenedbeforeBessie;Isoftlyopenedthedoor:ashadedlightstoodonthetable,foritwasnowgettingdark. Therewasthegreatfour-postbedwithamberhangingsasofold;therethetoilet-table,thearmchair,andthefootstool,atwhichIhadahundredtimesbeensentencedtokneel,toaskpardonforoffencesbymeuncommitted. Ilookedintoacertaincornernear,half-expectingtoseetheslimoutlineofaoncedreadedswitchwhichusedtolurkthere,waitingtoleapoutimp-likeandlacemyquiveringpalmorshrinkingneck. Iapproachedthebed;Iopenedthecurtainsandleantoverthehigh-piledpillows. 

           WelldidIrememberMrs.Reed’sface,andIeagerlysoughtthefamiliarimage. Itisahappythingthattimequellsthelongingsofvengeanceandhushesthepromptingsofrageandaversion.Ihadleftthiswomaninbitternessandhate,andIcamebacktohernowwithnootheremotionthanasortofruthforhergreatsufferings,andastrongyearningtoforgetandforgiveallinjuriestobereconciledandclasphandsinamity. 

           Thewell-knownfacewasthere:stern,relentlessasevertherewasthatpeculiareyewhichnothingcouldmelt,andthesomewhatraised,imperious,despoticeyebrow. Howoftenhaditloweredonmemenaceandhate!andhowtherecollectionofchildhood’sterrorsandsorrowsrevivedasItraceditsharshlinenow! AndyetIstoopeddownandkissedher:shelookedatme. 

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