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Chapter XXXVII

           Violentashehadseemedinhisdespair,he,intruth,lovedmefartoowellandtootenderlytoconstitutehimselfmytyrant:hewouldhavegivenmehalfhisfortune,withoutdemandingsomuchasakissinreturn,ratherthanIshouldhaveflungmyselffriendlessonthewideworld. Ihadendured,hewascertain,morethanIhadconfessedtohim. 

           "Well,whatevermysufferingshadbeen,theywereveryshort,"Ianswered:andthenIproceededtotellhimhowIhadbeenreceivedatMoorHouse;howIhadobtainedtheofficeofschoolmistress,etc.Theaccessionoffortune,thediscoveryofmyrelations,followedindueorder. Ofcourse,St.JohnRivers’namecameinfrequentlyintheprogressofmytale. WhenIhaddone,thatnamewasimmediatelytakenup. 

           "ThisSt.John,then,isyourcousin?" 

           "Yes." 

           "Youhavespokenofhimoften:doyoulikehim?" 

           "Hewasaverygoodman,sir;Icouldnothelplikinghim." 

           "Agoodman.Doesthatmeanarespectablewell-conductedmanoffifty?Orwhatdoesitmean?" 

           "StJohnwasonlytwenty-nine,sir." 

           "‘Jeuneencore,’astheFrenchsay.Isheapersonoflowstature,phlegmatic,andplain.Apersonwhosegoodnessconsistsratherinhisguiltlessnessofvice,thaninhisprowessinvirtue." 

           "Heisuntiringlyactive.Greatandexalteddeedsarewhathelivestoperform." 

           "Buthisbrain?Thatisprobablyrathersoft?Hemeanswell:butyoushrugyourshoulderstohearhimtalk?" 

           "Hetalkslittle,sir:whathedoessayisevertothepoint. 

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