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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           Petandherbabysisterweresoexactlyalike,andsocompletelyone,thatinourthoughtswehaveneverbeenabletoseparatethemsince.Itwouldbeofnousetotellusthatourdeadchildwasamereinfant.Wehavechangedthatchildaccordingtothechangesinthechildsparedtousandalwayswithus.AsPethasgrown,thatchildhasgrown;asPethasbecomemoresensibleandwomanly,hersisterhasbecomemoresensibleandwomanlybyjustthesamedegrees.ItwouldbeashardtoconvincemethatifIwastopassintotheotherworldto-morrow,Ishouldnot,throughthemercyofGod,bereceivedtherebyadaughter,justlikePet,astopersuademethatPetherselfisnotarealityatmyside.’

           ‘Iunderstandyou,’saidtheother,gently.

           ‘Astoher,’pursuedherfather,‘thesuddenlossofherlittlepictureandplayfellow,andherearlyassociationwiththatmysteryinwhichweallhaveourequalshare,butwhichisnotoftensoforciblypresentedtoachild,hasnecessarilyhadsomeinfluenceonhercharacter.Then,hermotherandIwerenotyoungwhenwemarried,andPethasalwayshadasortofgrown-uplifewithus,thoughwehavetriedtoadaptourselvestoher.Wehavebeenadvisedmorethanoncewhenshehasbeenalittleailing,tochangeclimateandairforherasoftenaswecould—especiallyataboutthistimeofherlife—andtokeepheramused.So,asIhavenoneedtostickatabank-desknow(thoughIhavebeenpoorenoughinmytimeIassureyou,orIshouldhavemarriedMrsMeagleslongbefore),wegotrottingabouttheworld.

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