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Chapter 14

           WeremovedtoWindsor;andtwodaysafterwardsIreceivedaparcelfromher,myownlettersallreturned!andafewlinesatthesametimebythepost,statingherextremesurprizeatnothavinghadthesmallestreplytoherlast;andadding,thatassilenceonsuchapointcouldnotbemisconstrued,andasitmustbeequallydesirabletobothtohaveeverysubordinatearrangementconcludedassoonaspossible,shenowsentme,byasafeconveyance,allmyletters,andrequested,thatifIcouldnotdirectlycommandhers,soastosendthemtoHighburywithinaweek,Iwouldforwardthemafterthatperiodtoherat—:inshort,thefulldirectiontoMr.Smallridge’s,nearBristol,staredmeintheface.Iknewthename,theplace,Iknewallaboutit,andinstantlysawwhatshehadbeendoing.ItwasperfectlyaccordantwiththatresolutionofcharacterwhichIknewhertopossess;andthesecrecyshehadmaintained,astoanysuchdesigninherformerletter,wasequallydescriptiveofitsanxiousdelicacy.Fortheworldwouldnotshehaveseemedtothreatenme.Imaginetheshock;imaginehow,tillIhadactuallydetectedmyownblunder,Iravedattheblundersofthepost.Whatwastobedone?Onethingonly.Imustspeaktomyuncle.WithouthissanctionIcouldnothopetobelistenedtoagain.

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