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Chapter XXXIV

           Refusetobemywife,andyoulimityourselfforevertoatrackofselfisheaseandbarrenobscurity. Tremblelestinthatcaseyoushouldbenumberedwiththosewhohavedeniedthefaith,andareworsethaninfidels!" 

           Hehaddone.Turningfromme,heoncemore"Lookedtoriver,lookedtohill." 

           Butthistimehisfeelingswereallpentinhisheart:Iwasnotworthytohearthemuttered. AsIwalkedbyhissidehomeward,Ireadwellinhisironsilenceallhefelttowardsme:thedisappointmentofanaustereanddespoticnature,whichhasmetresistancewhereitexpectedsubmissionthedisapprobationofacool,inflexiblejudgment,whichhasdetectedinanotherfeelingsandviewsinwhichithasnopowertosympathise:inshort,asaman,hewouldhavewishedtocoercemeintoobedience:itwasonlyasasincereChristianheboresopatientlywithmyperversity,andallowedsolongaspaceforreflectionandrepentance. 

           Thatnight,afterhehadkissedhissisters,hethoughtpropertoforgeteventoshakehandswithme,butlefttheroominsilence. Iwho,thoughIhadnolove,hadmuchfriendshipforhimwashurtbythemarkedomission:somuchhurtthattearsstartedtomyeyes. 

           "IseeyouandSt.Johnhavebeenquarrelling,Jane,"saidDiana,"duringyourwalkonthemoor. Butgoafterhim;heisnowlingeringinthepassageexpectingyouhewillmakeitup." 

           Ihavenotmuchprideundersuchcircumstances:Iwouldalwaysratherbehappythandignified;andIranafterhimhestoodatthefootofthestairs. 

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