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Esther’s Narrative

           "ItwasagreatchangefromCaptainSwossertoProfessorDingo,"sheresumedwithaplaintivesmile."Ifeltitagooddealatfirst.Suchanentirerevolutioninmymodeoflife!Butcustom,combinedwithscienceparticularlyscienceinuredmetoit.Beingtheprofessor’ssolecompanioninhisbotanicalexcursions,IalmostforgotthatIhadeverbeenafloat,andbecamequitelearned.ItissingularthattheprofessorwastheantipodesofCaptainSwosserandthatMr.Badgerisnotintheleastlikeeither!"WethenpassedintoanarrativeofthedeathsofCaptainSwosserandProfessorDingo,bothofwhomseemtohavehadverybadcomplaints.Inthecourseofit,Mrs.Badgersignifiedtousthatshehadnevermadlylovedbutonceandthattheobjectofthatwildaffection,nevertoberecalledinitsfreshenthusiasm,wasCaptainSwosser.Theprofessorwasyetdyingbyinchesinthemostdismalmanner,andMrs.Badgerwasgivingusimitationsofhiswayofsaying,withgreatdifficulty,"WhereisLaura?LetLauragivememytoastandwater!"whentheentranceofthegentlemenconsignedhimtothetomb.Now,Iobservedthatevening,asIhadobservedforsomedayspast,thatAdaandRichardweremorethaneverattachedtoeachother’ssociety,whichwasbutnatural,seeingthattheyweregoingtobeseparatedsosoon.Iwasthereforenotverymuchsurprisedwhenwegothome,andAdaandIretiredupstairs,tofindAdamoresilentthanusual,thoughIwasnotquitepreparedforhercomingintomyarmsandbeginningtospeaktome,withherfacehidden."MydarlingEsther!"murmuredAda.

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