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Chapter 10
Heconcealeditfromher;butifeverheheardmeanswersharply,orsawanyotherservantgrowcloudyatsomeimperiousorderofhers,hewouldshowhistroublebyafrownofdispleasurethatneverdarkenedonhisownaccount.Hemanyatimespokesternlytomeaboutmypertness;andaverredthatthestabofaknifecouldnotinflictaworsepangthanhesufferedatseeinghisladyvexed.Nottogrieveakindmaster,Ilearnedtobelesstouchy;and,forthespaceofhalfayear,thegunpowderlayasharmlessassand,becausenofirecameneartoexplodeit.Catherinehadseasonsofgloomandsilencenowandthen:theywererespectedwithsympathisingsilencebyherhusband,whoascribedthemtoanalterationinherconstitution,producedbyherperilousillness;asshewasneversubjecttodepressionofspiritsbefore.Thereturnofsunshinewaswelcomedbyansweringsunshinefromhim.IbelieveImayassertthattheywerereallyinpossessionofdeepandgrowinghappiness.
Itended.Well,wemustbeforourselvesinthelongrun;themildandgenerousareonlymorejustlyselfishthanthedomineering;anditendedwhencircumstancescausedeachtofeelthattheone’sinterestwasnotthechiefconsiderationintheother’sthoughts.OnamelloweveninginSeptember,IwascomingfromthegardenwithaheavybasketofappleswhichIhadbeengathering.Ithadgotdusk,andthemoonlookedoverthehighwallofthecourt,causingundefinedshadowstolurkinthecornersofthenumerousprojectingportionsofthebuilding.
