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           Thecorruptionofourhearts,theevilofourways,thecursethatisuponus,theterrorsthatsurroundus—thesewerethethemesofmychildhood.Theyformedmycharacter,andfilledmewithanabhorrenceofevil-doers.WhenoldMrGilbertClennamproposedhisorphannephewtomyfatherformyhusband,myfatherimpresseduponmethathisbringing-uphadbeen,likemine,oneofsevererestraint.Hetoldme,thatbesidesthedisciplinehisspirithadundergone,hehadlivedinastarvedhouse,whereriotingandgaietywereunknown,andwhereeverydaywasadayoftoilandtriallikethelast.Hetoldmethathehadbeenamaninyearslongbeforehisunclehadacknowledgedhimasone;andthatfromhisschool-daystothathour,hisuncle’sroofhasbeenasanctuarytohimfromthecontagionoftheirreligiousanddissolute.When,withinatwelvemonthofourmarriage,Ifoundmyhusband,atthattimewhenmyfatherspokeofhim,tohavesinnedagainsttheLordandoutragedmebyholdingaguiltycreatureinmyplace,wasItodoubtthatithadbeenappointedtometomakethediscovery,andthatitwasappointedtometolaythehandofpunishmentuponthatcreatureofperdition?WasItodismissinamoment—notmyownwrongs—whatwasI!butalltherejectionofsin,andallthewaragainstit,inwhichIhadbeenbred?’

           Shelaidherwrathfulhanduponthewatchonthetable.

           ‘No!“Donotforget.”Theinitialsofthosewordsarewithinherenow,andwerewithinherethen.

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