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           MydearestLouisa,Icannotgomyself,orletyougo,inthishardabuseofyourpower.’

           Mrs.Sparsitsawhimdetainherwithhisencirclingarm,andheardhimthenandthere,withinher(Mrs.Sparsit’s)greedyhearing,tellherhowhelovedher,andhowshewasthestakeforwhichheardentlydesiredtoplayawayallthathehadinlife.Theobjectshehadlatelypursued,turnedworthlessbesideher;suchsuccessaswasalmostinhisgrasp,heflungawayfromhimlikethedirtitwas,comparedwithher.Itspursuit,nevertheless,ifitkepthimnearher,oritsrenunciationifittookhimfromher,orflightifshesharedit,orsecrecyifshecommandedit,oranyfate,oreveryfate,allwasaliketohim,sothatshewastruetohim,themanwhohadseenhowcastawayshewas,whomshehadinspiredattheirfirstmeetingwithanadmiration,aninterest,ofwhichhehadthoughthimselfincapable,whomshehadreceivedintoherconfidence,whowasdevotedtoherandadoredher.Allthis,andmore,inhishurry,andinhers,inthewhirlofherowngratifiedmalice,inthedreadofbeingdiscovered,intherapidlyincreasingnoiseofheavyrainamongtheleaves,andathunderstormrollingupMrs.Sparsitreceivedintohermind,setoffwithsuchanunavoidablehaloofconfusionandindistinctness,thatwhenatlengthheclimbedthefenceandledhishorseaway,shewasnotsurewheretheyweretomeet,orwhen,exceptthattheyhadsaiditwastobethatnight.

           Butoneofthemyetremainedinthedarknessbeforeher;andwhileshetrackedthatoneshemustberight.

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