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           Flightsoffancygaveplace,inhermind,toasteadyfiresideglow,andIhadalreadybeguntoperceivehow,withthedevelopmentoftheconvictionthat—astimewentonwithoutapublicaccident—ouryoungthingscould,afterall,lookoutforthemselves,sheaddressedhergreatestsolicitudetothesadcasepresentedbytheirinstructress.That,formyself,wasasoundsimplification:Icouldengagethat,totheworld,myfaceshouldtellnotales,butitwouldhavebeen,intheconditions,animmenseaddedstraintofindmyselfanxiousabouthers.

           AtthehourInowspeakofshehadjoinedme,underpressure,ontheterrace,where,withthelapseoftheseason,theafternoonsunwasnowagreeable;andwesattheretogetherwhile,beforeus,atadistance,butwithincallifwewished,thechildrenstrolledtoandfroinoneoftheirmostmanageablemoods.Theymovedslowly,inunison,belowus,overthelawn,theboy,astheywent,readingaloudfromastorybookandpassinghisarmroundhissistertokeepherquiteintouch.Mrs.Grosewatchedthemwithpositiveplacidity;thenIcaughtthesuppressedintellectualcreakwithwhichsheconscientiouslyturnedtotakefrommeaviewofthebackofthetapestry.Ihadmadeherareceptacleofluridthings,buttherewasanoddrecognitionofmysuperiority—myaccomplishmentsandmyfunction—inherpatienceundermypain.Sheofferedhermindtomydisclosuresas,hadIwishedtomixawitch’sbrothandproposeditwithassurance,shewouldhaveheldoutalargecleansaucepan.