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Chapter 28. Nobody’s Disappearance

           

           ‘IfIdonotspeakofmama,’saidPet,moremovedby,andmoreprettyin,herinnocentgrief,thanClennamcouldtrusthimselfeventoconsider—forwhichreasonhecountedthetreesbetweenthemandthefadinglightastheyslowlydiminishedinnumber—‘itisbecausemamawillunderstandmebetterinthisaction,andwillfeelmylossinadifferentway,andwilllookforwardinadifferentmanner.Butyouknowwhatadear,devotedmothersheis,andyouwillrememberhertoo;willyounot?’

           LetMinnietrusthim,Clennamsaid,letMinnietrusthimtodoallshewished.

           ‘And,dearMrClennam,’saidMinnie,‘becausepapaandonewhomIneednotname,donotfullyappreciateandunderstandoneanotheryet,astheywillby-and-by;andbecauseitwillbetheduty,andthepride,andpleasureofmynewlife,todrawthemtoabetterknowledgeofoneanother,andtobeahappinesstooneanother,andtobeproudofoneanother,andtoloveoneanother,bothlovingmesodearly;oh,asyouareakind,trueman!whenIamfirstseparatedfromhome(Iamgoingalongdistanceaway),trytoreconcilepapatohimalittlemore,anduseyourgreatinfluencetokeephimbeforepapa’smindfreefromprejudiceandinhisrealform.Willyoudothisforme,asyouareanoble-heartedfriend?’

           PoorPet!Self-deceived,mistakenchild!Whenweresuchchangesevermadeinmen’snaturalrelationstooneanother:whenwassuchreconcilementofingraindifferencesevereffected!Ithasbeentriedmanytimesbyotherdaughters,Minnie;ithasneversucceeded;nothinghasevercomeofitbutfailure.

           SoClennamthought.

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