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Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought

           Sheputupthetwoorthreetrinkets:and,asfortheletters,shedrewthemoutoftheplacewhereshekeptthem;andreadthemover—asifshedidnotknowthembyheartalready:butshecouldnotpartwiththem.Thateffortwastoomuchforher;sheplacedthembackinherbosomagain—asyouhaveseenawomannurseachildthatisdead.YoungAmeliafeltthatshewoulddieorlosehersensesoutright,iftornawayfromthislastconsolation.Howsheusedtoblushandlightenupwhenthoseletterscame!Howsheusedtotripawaywithabeatingheart,sothatshemightreadunseen!Iftheywerecold,yethowperverselythisfondlittlesoulinterpretedthemintowarmth.Iftheywereshortorselfish,whatexcusesshefoundforthewriter!

           Itwasoverthesefewworthlesspapersthatshebroodedandbrooded.Shelivedinherpastlife—everyletterseemedtorecallsomecircumstanceofit.Howwellsherememberedthemall!Hislooksandtones,hisdress,whathesaidandhow—theserelicsandremembrancesofdeadaffectionwereallthatwereleftherintheworld.Andthebusinessofherlife,was—towatchthecorpseofLove.

           Todeathshelookedwithinexpressiblelonging.Then,shethought,Ishallalwaysbeabletofollowhim.IamnotpraisingherconductorsettingherupasamodelforMissBullocktoimitate.MissB.knowshowtoregulateherfeelingsbetterthanthispoorlittlecreature.MissB.

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