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           TheyburiedAmelia’smotherinthechurchyardatBrompton,uponjustsucharainy,darkdayasAmeliarecollectedwhenfirstshehadbeentheretomarryGeorge.Herlittleboysatbyhersideinpompousnewsables.Sherememberedtheoldpew-womanandclerk.Herthoughtswereawayinothertimesastheparsonread.ButthatsheheldGeorge’shandinherown,perhapsshewouldhavelikedtochangeplaceswith....Then,asusual,shefeltashamedofherselfishthoughtsandprayedinwardlytobestrengthenedtodoherduty.

           Soshedeterminedwithallhermightandstrengthtotryandmakeheroldfatherhappy.Sheslaved,toiled,patched,andmended,sangandplayedbackgammon,readoutthenewspaper,cookeddishes,foroldSedley,walkedhimoutsedulouslyintoKensingtonGardensortheBromptonLanes,listenedtohisstorieswithuntiringsmilesandaffectionatehypocrisy,orsatmusingbyhissideandcommuningwithherownthoughtsandreminiscences,astheoldman,feebleandquerulous,sunnedhimselfonthegardenbenchesandprattledabouthiswrongsorhissorrows.Whatsad,unsatisfactorythoughtsthoseofthewidowwere!ThechildrenrunningupanddowntheslopesandbroadpathsinthegardensremindedherofGeorge,whowastakenfromher;thefirstGeorgewastakenfromher;herselfish,guiltylove,inbothinstances,hadbeenrebukedandbitterlychastised.Shestrovetothinkitwasrightthatsheshouldbesopunished.Shewassuchamiserablewickedsinner.Shewasquitealoneintheworld.

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