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A Discovery

           Heentertainedmeonthewaywithavarietyofdelightfulconversationandassuredme,atparting,thatheshouldneverforgetthefinetactwithwhichIhadfoundthatoutforhimaboutouryoungfriends.AsitsohappenedthatIneversawMr.Skimpoleagain,ImayatoncefinishwhatIknowofhishistory.Acoolnessarosebetweenhimandmyguardian,basedprincipallyontheforegoinggroundsandonhishavingheartlesslydisregardedmyguardian’sentreaties(asweafterwardslearnedfromAda)inreferencetoRichard.Hisbeingheavilyinmyguardian’sdebthadnothingtodowiththeirseparation.Hediedsomefiveyearsafterwardsandleftadiarybehindhim,withlettersandothermaterialstowardshislife,whichwaspublishedandwhichshowedhimtohavebeenthevictimofacombinationonthepartofmankindagainstanamiablechild.Itwasconsideredverypleasantreading,butIneverreadmoreofitmyselfthanthesentenceonwhichIchancedtolightonopeningthebook.Itwasthis:"Jarndyce,incommonwithmostothermenIhaveknown,istheincarnationofselfishness."AndnowIcometoapartofmystorytouchingmyselfverynearlyindeed,andforwhichIwasquiteunpreparedwhenthecircumstanceoccurred.Whateverlittlelingeringsmayhavenowandthenrevivedinmymindassociatedwithmypooroldfacehadonlyrevivedasbelongingtoapartofmylifethatwasgonegonelikemyinfancyormychildhood.Ihavesuppressednoneofmymanyweaknessesonthatsubject,buthavewrittenthemasfaithfullyasmymemoryhasrecalledthem.

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