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Chapter 46

           Hereplied,certainlynot,andthatthelodgerwasMr.Campbell.HealsoexplainedthattheutmostknownofMr.Campbelltherewas,thathe(Herbert)hadMr.Campbellconsignedtohim,andfeltastrongpersonalinterestinhisbeingwellcaredfor,andlivingasecludedlife.So,whenwewentintotheparlorwhereMrs.WhimpleandClarawereseatedatwork,IsaidnothingofmyowninterestinMr.Campbell,butkeptittomyself.

           WhenIhadtakenleaveofthepretty,gentle,dark-eyedgirl,andofthemotherlywomanwhohadnotoutlivedherhonestsympathywithalittleaffairoftruelove,IfeltasiftheOldGreenCopperRopewalkhadgrownquiteadifferentplace.OldBarleymightbeasoldasthehills,andmightswearlikeawholefieldoftroopers,buttherewereredeemingyouthandtrustandhopeenoughinChinks’sBasintofillittooverflowing.AndthenIthoughtofEstella,andofourparting,andwenthomeverysadly.

           AllthingswereasquietintheTempleaseverIhadseenthem.Thewindowsoftheroomsonthatside,latelyoccupiedbyProvis,weredarkandstill,andtherewasnoloungerinGardenCourt.IwalkedpastthefountaintwiceorthricebeforeIdescendedthestepsthatwerebetweenmeandmyrooms,butIwasquitealone.Herbert,comingtomybedsidewhenhecameinforIwentstraighttobed,dispiritedandfatiguedmadethesamereport.

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