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Chapter 52

           

           Theytooktheirsuppertogether,inthehousewhichmaybehenceforthcalledthechild’s;and,whentheyhadfinishedtheirmeal,drewroundthefire,andalmostinwhispers—theirheartsweretooquietandgladforloudexpression—discussedtheirfutureplans.Beforetheyseparated,theschoolmasterreadsomeprayersaloud;andthen,fullofgratitudeandhappiness,theypartedforthenight.

           Atthatsilenthour,whenhergrandfatherwassleepingpeacefullyinhisbed,andeverysoundwashushed,thechildlingeredbeforethedyingembers,andthoughtofherpastfortunesasiftheyhadbeenadreamAndsheonlynowawoke.Theglareofthesinkingflame,reflectedintheoakenpanelswhosecarvedtopsweredimlyseenintheduskyroof—theagedwalls,wherestrangeshadowscameandwentwitheveryflickeringofthefire—thesolemnpresence,within,ofthatdecaywhichfallsonsenselessthingsthemostenduringintheirnature:and,without,androundaboutoneveryside,ofDeath—filledherwithdeepandthoughtfulfeelings,butwithnoneofterrororalarm.Achangehadbeengraduallystealingoverher,inthetimeofherlonelinessandsorrow.Withfailingstrengthandheighteningresolution,therehadsprungupapurifiedandalteredmind;therehadgrowninherbosomblessedthoughtsandhopes,whicharetheportionoffewbuttheweakanddrooping.Therewerenonetoseethefrail,perishablefigure,asitglidedfromthefireandleanedpensivelyattheopencasement;nonebutthestars,tolookintotheupturnedfaceandreaditshistory.

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