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Chapter IX

           noreverceasedtocherishforherasentimentofattachment,asstrong,tender,andrespectfulasanythateveranimatedmyheart. Howcoulditbeotherwise,whenHelen,atalltimesandunderallcircumstances,evincedformeaquietandfaithfulfriendship,whichill-humourneversoured,norirritationnevertroubled? ButHelenwasillatpresent:forsomeweeksshehadbeenremovedfrommysighttoIknewnotwhatroomupstairs. Shewasnot,Iwastold,inthehospitalportionofthehousewiththefeverpatients; forhercomplaintwasconsumption,nottyphus:andbyconsumptionI,inmyignorance,understoodsomethingmild,whichtimeandcarewouldbesuretoalleviate. 

           Iwasconfirmedinthisideabythefactofheronceortwicecomingdownstairsonverywarmsunnyafternoons,andbeingtakenbyMissTempleintothegarden; but,ontheseoccasions,Iwasnotallowedtogoandspeaktoher;Ionlysawherfromtheschoolroomwindow,andthennotdistinctly;forshewasmuchwrappedup,andsatatadistanceundertheverandah. 

           Oneevening,inthebeginningofJune,IhadstayedoutverylatewithMaryAnninthewood;wehad,asusual,separatedourselvesfromtheothers,andhadwanderedfar;sofarthatwelostourway,andhadtoaskitatalonelycottage,whereamanandwomanlived,wholookedafteraherdofhalf-wildswinethatfedonthemastinthewood. Whenwegotback,itwasaftermoonrise:apony,whichweknewtobethesurgeon’s,wasstandingatthegardendoor. MaryAnnremarkedthatshesupposedsomeonemustbeveryill,asMr.Bateshadbeensentforatthattimeoftheevening. Shewentintothehouse;IstayedbehindafewminutestoplantinmygardenahandfulofrootsIhaddugupintheforest,andwhichIfearedwouldwitherifIleftthemtillthemorning. 

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