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Chapter 9

           Itisalsoadutyowedtoyourself,forexcessivesorrowpreventsimprovementorenjoyment,oreventhedischargeofdailyusefulness,withoutwhichnomanisfitforsociety."

           Thisadvice,althoughgood,wastotallyinapplicabletomycase;Ishouldhavebeenthefirsttohidemygriefandconsolemyfriendsifremorsehadnotmingleditsbitterness,andterroritsalarm,withmyothersensations.NowIcouldonlyanswermyfatherwithalookofdespairandendeavourtohidemyselffromhisview.

           AboutthistimeweretiredtoourhouseatBelrive.Thischangewasparticularlyagreeabletome.Theshuttingofthegatesregularlyatteno’clockandtheimpossibilityofremainingonthelakeafterthathourhadrenderedourresidencewithinthewallsofGenevaveryirksometome.Iwasnowfree.Often,aftertherestofthefamilyhadretiredforthenight,Itooktheboatandpassedmanyhoursuponthewater.Sometimes,withmysailsset,Iwascarriedbythewind;andsometimes,afterrowingintothemiddleofthelake,Ilefttheboattopursueitsowncourseandgavewaytomyownmiserablereflections.Iwasoftentempted,whenallwasatpeacearoundme,andItheonlyunquietthingthatwanderedrestlessinascenesobeautifulandheavenlyifIexceptsomebat,orthefrogs,whoseharshandinterruptedcroakingwasheardonlywhenIapproachedtheshoreoften,Isay,Iwastemptedtoplungeintothesilentlake,thatthewatersmightcloseovermeandmycalamitiesforever.ButIwasrestrained,whenIthoughtoftheheroicandsufferingElizabeth,whomItenderlyloved,andwhoseexistencewasboundupinmine.Ithoughtalsoofmyfatherandsurvivingbrother;shouldIbymybasedesertionleavethemexposedandunprotectedtothemaliceofthefiendwhomIhadletlooseamongthem?

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