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Chapter 3

           Iwouldleavehernotwithresourceswhichcouldbeeasilyspentorsquanderedaway,butwithwhatwouldplaceherbeyondthereachofwantforever.Youmarkmesir?Sheshallhavenopittance,butafortuneHush!Icansaynomorethanthat,noworatanyothertime,andsheishereagain!’

           Theeagernesswithwhichallthiswaspouredintomyear,thetremblingofthehandwithwhichheclaspedmyarm,thestrainedandstartingeyeshefixeduponme,thewildvehemenceandagitationofhismanner,filledmewithamazement.AllthatIhadheardandseen,andagreatpartofwhathehadsaidhimself,ledmetosupposethathewasawealthyman.Icouldformnocomprehensionofhischaracter,unlesshewereoneofthosemiserablewretcheswho,havingmadegainthesoleendandobjectoftheirlivesandhavingsucceededinamassinggreatriches,areconstantlytorturedbythedreadofpoverty,andbesetbyfearsoflossandruin.ManythingshehadsaidwhichIhadbeenatalosstounderstand,werequitereconcilablewiththeideathuspresentedtome,andatlengthIconcludedthatbeyondalldoubthewasoneofthisunhappyrace.

           Theopinionwasnottheresultofhastyconsideration,forwhichindeedtherewasnoopportunityatthattime,asthechildcamedirectly,andsoonoccupiedherselfinpreparationsforgivingKitawritinglesson,ofwhichitseemedhehadacoupleeveryweek,andoneregularlyonthatevening,tothegreatmirthandenjoymentbothofhimselfandhisinstructress

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