Chapter XXI

           Presentimentsarestrangethings!andsoaresympathies;andsoaresigns;andthethreecombinedmakeonemysterytowhichhumanityhasnotyetfoundthekey. Ineverlaughedatpresentimentsinmylife,becauseIhavehadstrangeonesofmyown. Sympathies,Ibelieve,exist(forinstance,betweenfar-distant,long-absent,whollyestrangedrelativesasserting,notwithstandingtheiralienation,theunityofthesourcetowhicheachtraceshisorigin)whoseworkingsbafflemortalcomprehension. Andsigns,foraughtweknow,maybebutthesympathiesofNaturewithman. 

           WhenIwasalittlegirl,onlysixyearsold,IonenightheardBessieLeavensaytoMarthaAbbotthatshehadbeendreamingaboutalittlechild;andthattodreamofchildrenwasasuresignoftrouble,eithertoone’sselforone‘skin. Thesayingmighthavewornoutofmymemory,hadnotacircumstanceimmediatelyfollowedwhichservedindeliblytofixitthere. ThenextdayBessiewassentforhometothedeathbedofherlittlesister. 

           OflateIhadoftenrecalledthissayingandthisincident;forduringthepastweekscarcelyanighthadgoneovermycouchthathadnotbroughtwithitadreamofaninfant,whichIsometimeshushedinmyarms,sometimesdandledonmyknee,sometimeswatchedplayingwithdaisiesonalawn,oragain,dabblingitshandsinrunningwater. 

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