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Chapter 53

           These,andathousandlooksandsmiles,andturnsfothoughtandspeechIwouldfainrecallthemeveryone.

           HowMr.Brownlowwenton,fromdaytoday,fillingthemindofhisadoptedchildwithstoresofknowledge,andbecomingattachedtohim,moreandmore,ashisnaturedevelopeditself,andshowedthethrivingseedsofallhewishedhimtobecomehowhetracedinhimnewtraitsofhisearlyfriend,thatawakenedinhisownbosomoldremembrances,melancholyandyetsweetandsoothinghowthetwoorphans,triedbyadversity,remembereditslessonsinmercytoothers,andmutuallove,andferventthankstoHimwhohadprotectedandpreservedthemtheseareallmatterswhichneednottobetold.Ihavesaidthattheyweretrulyhappy;andwithoutstrongaffectionandhumanityofheart,andgratitudetothatBeingwhosecodeisMercy,andwhosegreatattributeisBenevolencetoallthingsthatbreathe,happinesscanneverbeattained.

           Withinthealtaroftheoldvillagechurchtherestandsawhitemarbletablet,whichbearsasyetbutoneword:‘AGNES.Thereisnocoffininthattomb;andmayitbemany,manyyears,beforeanothernameisplacedaboveit!But,ifthespiritsoftheDeadevercomebacktoearth,tovisitspotshallowedbythelovethelovebeyondthegraveofthosewhomtheyknewinlife,IbelievethattheshadeofAgnessometimeshoversroundthatsolemnnook.IbelieveitnonethelessbecausethatnookisinaChurch,andshewasweakanderring.

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