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never had a hope inspired by察 made an enduring impression on
my memory!I say I explained察 or tried to do it察 how I had only
hoped that Mr Jarndyce察who had been the best of fathers to me察
might be able to afford some counsel and support to her。 But my
mother answered no察 it was impossible察 no one could help her。
Through the desert that lay before her察she must go alone。
^My child察my child 院she said。 ^For the last time These kisses
for the last time These arms upon my neck for the last time We
shall meet no more。 To hope to do what I seek to do察 I must be
what I have been so long。 Such is my reward and doom。 If you
hear of Lady Dedlock察brilliant察prosperous察and flattered察think of
your wretched mother察 conscience´stricken察 underneath that
mask Think that the reality is in her suffering察 in her useless
remorse察 in her murdering within her breast the only love and
truth of which it is capable And then forgive her察if you can察and
cry to Heaven to forgive her察which it never can 院
We held one another for a little space yet察but she was so firm察
that she took my hands away察 and put them back against my
breast察and察with a last kiss as she held them there察released them察
and went from me into the wood。 I was alone察and察calm and quiet
below me in the sun and shade察lay the old house察with its terraces
and turrets察on which there had seemed to me to be such complete
repose when I first saw it察but which now looked like the obdurate
and unpitying watcher of my mother¨s misery。
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Stunned as I was察 as weak and helpless at first as I had ever
been in my sick chamber察 the necessity of guarding against the
danger of discovery察 or even of the remotest suspicion察 did me
service。 I took such precautions as I could to hide from Charley
that I had been crying察and I constrained myself to think of every
sacred obligation that there was upon me to be careful and
collected。 It was not a little while before I could succeed察or could
even restrain bursts of grief察but after an hour or so察I was better察
and felt that I might return。 I went home very slowly察 and told
Charley察whom I found at the gate looking for me察that I had been
tempted to extend my walk after Lady Dedlock had left me察 and
that I was overtired察and would lie down。 Safe in my own room I
read the letter。 I clearly derived from it!and that was much
then!that I had not been abandoned by my mother。 Her elder
and only sister察the godmother of my childhood察discovering signs
of life in me when I had been laid aside as dead察had察in her stern
sense of duty察 with no desire or willingness that I should live察
reared me in rigid secrecy察 and had never again beheld my
mother¨s face from within a few hours of my birth。 So strangely
did I hold my place in this world察 that察 until within a short time
back察I had never察to my own mother¨s knowledge察breathed!had
been buried!had never been endowed with life!had never borne
a name。 When she had first seen me in the church察she had been
startled察and had thought of what would have been like me察 if it
had ever lived察and had lived on察but that was all察then。
What more the letter told me察needs not to be repeated here。 It
has its own times and places in my story。
My first care was to burn what my mother had written察and to
consume even its ashes。 I hope it may not appear very unnatural
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or bad in me察that I then became heavily sorrowful to think I had
ever been reared。 That I felt as if I knew it would have been better
and happier for many people察if indeed I had never breathed。 That
I had a terror of myself察as the danger and the possible disgrace of
my own mother察 and of a proud family name。 That I was so
confused and shaken察 as to be possessed by a belief that it was
right察 and had been intended察 that I should die in my birth察 and
that it was wrong察and not intended that I should be then alive。
These are the real feelings that I had。 I fell asleep察 worn out察
and when I awoke察I cried afresh to think that I was back in the
world察 with my load of trouble for others。 I was more than ever
frightened of myself thinking anew of her察 against whom I was a
witness察 of the owner of Chesney Wold察 of the new and terrible
meaning of the old words察 now moaning in my ear like a surge
upon the shore察 Your mother察Esther察was your disgrace察and you
are hers。 The time will come!and soon enough!when you will
understand this better察 will feel it too察 as no one save a woman
can。 ̄ With them察those other words returned察 Pray daily that the
sins of others be not visited upon your head。 ̄ I could not
disentangle all that was about me察and I felt as if the blame and
the shame were all in me察and the visitation had come down。
The day waned into a gloomy evening察overcast and sad察and I
still contended with the same distress。 I went out alone察and察after
walking a little in the park察watching the dark shades falling on the
trees察 and the fitful flight of the bats察 which sometimes almost
touched me察was attracted to the house for the first time。 Perhaps I
might not have gone near it察if I had been in a stronger frame of
mind。 As it was察I took the path that led close by it。
I did not dare to linger or to look up察 but I passed before the
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terrace garden with its fragrant odours察and its broad walks察and
its well´kept beds and smooth turf察 and I saw how beautiful and
grave it was察and how the old stone balustrades and parapets察and
wide flights of shallow steps察 were seamed by time and weather察
and how the trained moss and ivy grew about them察 and around
the old stone pedestal of the sundial察 and I heard the fountain
falling。 Then the way went by long lines of dark windows察
diversified by turreted towers察 and porches察 of eccentric shapes察
where old stone lions and grotesque monsters bristled outside
dens of shadow察 and snarled at the evening gloom over the
escutcheons they held in their grip。 Thence the path wound
underneath a gateway察 and through a courtyard where the
principal entrance was I hurried quickly on察 and by the stables
where none but deep voices seemed to be察 whether in the
murmuring of the wind through t