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A Wintry Day and Night

           Rouncewell,whosetruthandfidelitynoonecanquestion,andinthepresenceofhersonGeorge,whocomesbacklikeafamiliarrecollectionofmyyouthinthehomeofmyancestorsatChesneyWold—incaseIshouldrelapse,incaseIshouldnotrecover,incaseIshouldlosebothmyspeechandthepowerofwriting,thoughIhopeforbetterthings—"Theoldhousekeeperweepingsilently;Volumniainthegreatestagitation,withthefreshestbloomonhercheeks;thetrooperwithhisarmsfoldedandhisheadalittlebent,respectfullyattentive."ThereforeIdesiretosay,andtocallyoualltowitness—beginning,Volumnia,withyourself,mostsolemnly—thatIamonunalteredtermswithLadyDedlock.ThatIassertnocausewhateverofcomplaintagainsther.ThatIhaveeverhadthestrongestaffectionforher,andthatIretainitundiminished.Saythistoherself,andtoeveryone.Ifyoueversaylessthanthis,youwillbeguiltyofdeliberatefalsehoodtome."Volumniatremblinglyproteststhatshewillobservehisinjunctionstotheletter."MyLadyistoohighinposition,toohandsome,tooaccomplished,toosuperiorinmostrespectstothebestofthosebywhomsheissurrounded,nottohaveherenemiesandtraducers,Idaresay.Letitbeknowntothem,asImakeitknowntoyou,thatbeingofsoundmind,memory,andunderstanding,IrevokenodispositionIhavemadeinherfavour.IabridgenothingIhaveeverbestoweduponher.Iamonunalteredtermswithher,andIrecall—havingthefullpowertodoitifIweresodisposed,asyousee—noactIhavedoneforheradvantageandhappiness.

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