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           Youcometousnowtoshareamiserywhichnothingcanalleviate;yetyoupresencewill,Ihope,reviveourfather,whoseemssinkingunderhismisfortune;andyourpersuasionswillinducepoorElizabethtoceasehervainandtormentingself-accusations.—PoorWilliam!hewasourdarlingandourpride!"

           Tears,unrestrained,fellfrommybrother’seyes;asenseofmortalagonycreptovermyframe.Before,Ihadonlyimaginedthewretchednessofmydesolatedhome;therealitycameonmeasanew,andanotlessterrible,disaster.ItriedtocalmErnest;Ienquiredmoreminutelyconcerningmyfather,andherInamedmycousin.

           "Shemostofall,"saidErnest,"requiresconsolation;sheaccusedherselfofhavingcausedthedeathofmybrother,andthatmadeherverywretched.Butsincethemurdererhasbeendiscovered—"

           "Themurdererdiscovered!GoodGod!howcanthatbe?whocouldattempttopursuehim?Itisimpossible;onemightaswelltrytoovertakethewinds,orconfineamountain-streamwithastraw.Isawhimtoo;hewasfreelastnight!"

           "Idonotknowwhatyoumean,"repliedmybrother,inaccentsofwonder,"buttousthediscoverywehavemadecompletesourmisery.Noonewouldbelieveitatfirst;andevennowElizabethwillnotbeconvinced,notwithstandingalltheevidence.Indeed,whowouldcreditthatJustineMoritz,whowassoamiable,andfondofallthefamily,couldsuddenlybecomesocapableofsofrightful,soappallingacrime?"

           "JustineMoritz!Poor,poorgirl,isshetheaccused?Butitiswrongfully;everyoneknowsthat;noonebelievesit,surely,Ernest?"