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           Whatwashisdeathbutthekey-stoneofagloomyarchremoved,andnowthearchbeginstofallinathousandfragments,eachcrushingandmanglingpiecemeal!Thus,aterribleimpressionstealsuponandovershadowsherthatfromthispursuer,livingordead—obdurateandimperturbablebeforeherinhiswell-rememberedshape,ornotmoreobdurateandimperturbableinhiscoffin-bed—thereisnoescapebutindeath.Hunted,sheflies.Thecomplicationofhershame,herdread,remorse,andmisery,overwhelmsheratitsheight;andevenherstrengthofself-relianceisoverturnedandwhirledawaylikealeafbeforeamightywind.Shehurriedlyaddressestheselinestoherhusband,seals,andleavesthemonhertable:IfIamsoughtfor,oraccusedof,hismurder,believethatIamwhollyinnocent.Believenoothergoodofme,forIaminnocentofnothingelsethatyouhaveheard,orwillhear,laidtomycharge.Hepreparedme,onthatfatalnight,forhisdisclosureofmyguilttoyou.Afterhehadleftme,IwentoutonpretenceofwalkinginthegardenwhereIsometimeswalk,butreallytofollowhimandmakeonelastpetitionthathewouldnotprotractthedreadfulsuspenseonwhichIhavebeenrackedbyhim,youdonotknowhowlong,butwouldmercifullystrikenextmorning.Ifoundhishousedarkandsilent.Irangtwiceathisdoor,buttherewasnoreply,andIcamehome.Ihavenohomeleft.Iwillencumberyounomore

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