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ection of what I had already hazarded。 Besides; I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over; and my frankness was congealed beneath it。 He had not kept his promise of treating me like his sisters; he continually made little chilling differences between us; which did not at all tend to the development of cordiality: in short; now that I was acknowledged his kinswoman; and lived under the same roof with him; I felt the distance between us to be far greater than when he had known me only as the village schoolmistress。 When I remembered how far I had once been admitted to his confidence; I could hardly prehend his present frigidity。

Such being the case; I felt not a little surprised when he raised his head suddenly from the desk over which he was stooping; and said—

“You see; Jane; the battle is fought and the victory won。”

Startled at being thus addressed; I did not immediately reply: after a moment’s hesitation I answered—

“But are you sure you are not in the position of those conquerors whose triumphs have cost them too dear? Would not such another ruin you?”

“I think not; and if I were; it does not much signify; I shall never be called upon to contend for such another。 The event of the conflict is decisive: my way is now clear; I thank God for it!” So saying; he returned to his papers and his silence。

As our mutual happiness (i。e。; Diana’s; Mary’s; and mine) settled into a quieter character; and we resum

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