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Chapter 61

           ButKitwasinnocent;andknowingthis,andfeelingthathisbestfriendsdeemedhimguilty—thatMrandMrsGarlandwouldlookuponhimasamonsterofingratitude—thatBarbarawouldassociatehimwithallthatwasbadandcriminal—thattheponywouldconsiderhimselfforsaken—andthatevenhisownmothermightperhapsyieldtothestrongappearancesagainsthim,andbelievehimtobethewretchheseemed—knowingandfeelingallthis,heexperienced,atfirst,anagonyofmindwhichnowordscandescribe,andwalkedupanddownthelittlecellinwhichhewaslockedupforthenight,almostbesidehimselfwithgrief.

           Evenwhentheviolenceoftheseemotionshadinsomedegreesubsided,andhewasbeginningtogrowmorecalm,therecameintohismindanewthought,theanguishofwhichwasscarcelyless.Thechild—thebrightstarofthesimplefellow’slife—she,whoalwayscamebackuponhimlikeabeautifuldream—whohadmadethepoorestpartofhisexistence,thehappiestandbest—whohadeverbeensogentle,andconsiderate,andgood—ifshewereevertohearofthis,whatwouldshethink!Asthisideaoccurredtohim,thewallsoftheprisonseemedtomeltaway,andtheoldplacetorevealitselfintheirstead,asitwaswonttobeonwinternights—thefireside,thelittlesuppertable,theoldman’shat,andcoat,andstick—thehalf-openeddoor,leadingtoherlittleroom—theywereallthere.AndNellherselfwasthere,andhe—bothlaughingheartilyastheyhadoftendone—andwhenhehadgotasfarasthis,Kitcouldgonofarther,butflunghimselfuponhispoorbedsteadandwept.

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