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THE EECOBD OF A VANISHED LIFE. 195
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I Went Abroad. All The Fairest Scenes Of...
and re-ass w ured ith fr , i when ends , it she was could pitiful be made to see to the feel exaggerated that she was gratitude safe ,
— -gratitude terribly genuine , but exaggerated as respects the _certainty slightness of It the was service painfu rendered l to think — how with much which unkindness she received must the
. h affect ave been her so sho powerfully wn her , be . fore Poor a li thing ttle human ; how much sympath she y could must
have borne and suffered ! In her extreme thankfulness ; in her _deserate clining to a little affection—for she had clenched
pg read her hand lon in lon a ti su ght ffering grasp endin upon in Mrs some . Townsend great shock ' s gown . —you
Then , g amids , g t many sobs , her g tale was briefly indicated . She had lost her situationbeen turned out of itShe had long
; . been been il unhappy lShe — had oh , no very friends unhappy no relatives !—and had , she t one thoug sister ht ,
who was . in London , a cripple ; , and unable ; to excep support herself , . from She had oth no er money sources . ( Both t much Mrs . Townsend of Miss A and shl I knew ' s , thoug littl h e poor
earnings had long , been devoted to the support ey of that sick , crippled sister . ) She did not know what to do , or where to go .
She must advertise for another situation ; but she did not know wa if she s she should going be when able I to niet g * et her one ? . She Oh did , her not poor know sister . ! She Where had
just another left situation Croesus ? Lod Oh ge . if Could we would we ! advise Still her not ; to hel take p her to any
, , trouble Bullound for her had . re She fused feared to advertising ive her a character , because—because had been Mrs so . ;
unkind p ; in fact—she had— g yes , there was something else—• something deep I thoug crimson ht that flush it — better Her , on e Mrs to she . leave Townsend hid her the face ' two s shoulder , now to women burning , ' s with sacred a
to confidence Miss Ashley . I just and paused then withdrew to try and promising say a few words Mrs . of Townsend comfort
, , to I cal went l in the home morning , much . pitying , and deeply pondering how to
hel I strolled Nex p the t morning poor about friendless in was clear little thing , bri garden . ght and waiting frosty . for Desp a si ite gnal the from cold , _,
my , the Presentl next cottage old Martha . frosty looking as the morning
itselfpeared I found in the y old garden friend , and , alone summoned in the me neat to atten war d her mistress l , ittle ap . cosy
parlour and the . urn my The hissed fire burned bri the ghtl breakfast y in the service trim , , shinin on , the g grate , snowy
during slep cloth t . badly the Miss , ni and g Ashley ht had ; but among been had Marth very not a yet , feverish who risen had , . sorrowfu passed She had l and the , I was wretched night told in ,
The Eecobd Of A Vanished Life. 195
THE EECOBD OF A VANISHED _LIFE . 195
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/51/
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