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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

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           WhenAmeliaheardthatherfather-in-lawwasreconciledtoher,herheartmelted,andshewasgratefulforthefortunelefttoher.ButwhensheheardhowGeorgywasrestoredtoher,andknewhowandbywhom,andhowitwasWilliam’sbountythatsupportedherinpoverty,howitwasWilliamwhogaveherherhusbandandhersonoh,thenshesankonherknees,andprayedforblessingsonthatconstantandkindheart;sheboweddownandhumbledherself,andkissedthefeet,asitwere,ofthatbeautifulandgenerousaffection.

           Andgratitudewasallthatshehadtopaybackforsuchadmirabledevotionandbenefitsonlygratitude!Ifshethoughtofanyotherreturn,theimageofGeorgestoodupoutofthegraveandsaid,"Youaremine,andmineonly,nowandforever."

           Williamknewherfeelings:hadhenotpassedhiswholelifeindiviningthem?

           WhenthenatureofMr.Osborne’swillbecameknowntotheworld,itwasedifyingtoremarkhowMrs.GeorgeOsborneroseintheestimationofthepeopleforminghercircleofacquaintance.TheservantsofJos’sestablishment,whousedtoquestionherhumbleordersandsaytheywould"askMaster"whetherornottheycouldobey,neverthoughtnowofthatsortofappeal.Thecookforgottosneerathershabbyoldgowns(which,indeed,werequiteeclipsedbythatlady’sfinerywhenshewasdressedtogotochurchofaSundayevening),theothersnolongergrumbledatthesoundofherbell,ordelayedtoanswerthatsummons.

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