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Papa knows everything now, said Amy.
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I had just finished telling him when you came in.
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I met Lord Rochford's carriage on the road, observed Colonel Herbert;
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I think Margaret is more unhappy than any one, said Dora.
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She was crying so bitterly when I went to her room just now; and she had fastened her door, and would not let me in at first.
gpt
She will never forgive me for having spoken to Mr Cunningham,
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Yes, replied Colonel Herbert;
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Now Lucy is gone, said Dora,
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I wish she would let me go to her, said Amy;
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I am sure she must think I have been very unkind. But indeed I did not mean to make her so wretched; I only thought of Miss Morton.
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She cares more about poor Rose now than anything else, replied Dora.
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She says it will make her miserable for life, if she does not get better. And I know I should feel just the same. It would be so very dreadful to think of having caused such an accident.
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But, said Colonel Herbert,
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Only the consequences may be so much worse,
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The consequences of our actions are not in our own power, my dear Dora, answered her uncle.
gpt
If we look to them, we may just as well say that Miss Morton ought to be miserable, or the poor man who drove the cows into the field, they all had a share in the accident.
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Certainly, said Dora,
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It is a great blessing, said Colonel Herbert,
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But, papa, said Amy,
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Do you not see, my dear child, replied Colonel Herbert,
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It is very difficult sometimes to find out what is right,
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The best way of discovering our duty, my dear, replied her father,
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I think I wished to do what was right just now, papa, said Amy;
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I do not mean to say, answered Colonel Herbert,
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What did happen just now?
gpt
One of the servants had seen Miss Morton, he replied,
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I would give all the world, exclaimed Dora,
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I wish it were possible to comfort her, observed Colonel Herbert;
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Oh, if Rose should but get well! exclaimed Dora,
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Yes, replied her uncle;
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Indeed, uncle, said Dora,
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I will quite allow that, replied Colonel Herbert;
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he added, seeing Dora look surprised,
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I am a stranger to her as yet, he said;
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Your papa is so different from every one else, Amy; he almost frightens me. I wonder you could talk to him as you did this morning.
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I don't feel comfortable always, said Amy;
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I wish Julia Stanley had talked to him a little, observed Dora;
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I wanted to ask you a few questions about her and the others, said Amy;
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Yes, I would, replied Dora.
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I think it does me good to forget for a few minutes. I sat in that room just now, looking at poor little Rose, and watching mamma's misery, till I felt as if I could not breathe--there was such a weight upon me; and it will come back again presently.
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Don't fancy that, replied Amy;
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I cannot think so, said Dora.
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I have often had a fear about Rose, though I hardly know why; but she was so beautiful and innocent, and everyone loved her so--she seemed born for something better than living amongst persons who are always doing wrong. Do you remember, Amy, the day we went together to Stephen's cottage, when he talked so gravely, and said that she had an angel's face, and that it was fitter for heaven than for earth? It gave me a pang to hear him; and I have thought of it so often this afternoon.
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I remember it quite well, said Amy;
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Yes. And then Rose has never done any great harm as other people have, who are older; and, besides, she cannot look forward to anything.
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That is what I feel sometimes, said Amy.
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It seems as if there were so many things to be seen in the world, and so much pleasure to come when one is grown up. I can quite understand that old people do not care about dying, or persons like Miss Morton, who have nothing to make them happy; but I cannot feel like them.
gpt
Poor Emily! sighed Dora;
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And then, as if trying to shake off painful thoughts, she added, in a different tone,
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But, Amy, you must tell me at once what you wish to know about Julia Stanley, or I shall have no time left. I promised Margaret to go back to her for a few minutes.
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It was nothing particular, said Amy;
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Lucy and Margaret went out almost immediately after you were gone, replied Dora;
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And Mrs Danvers, said Amy;
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Directly after breakfast; because she was afraid of the children being out late. I wish, oh, how I wish she had stayed, for then Rose would not have been taken for a walk. They had all left us before one o'clock; and Mr Dornford prevailed on papa to let Frank return with him for a day or two.
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I shall never think of any of them with much pleasure, said Amy;
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I don't know, replied Dora.
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Mary Warner may, perhaps, because her home is not very far off; but Mr Stanley intends to live in London soon; so that unless we meet there, I suppose there is not much chance of their ever coming in our way again. But one thing more, Amy, I must tell you: I saw Mr Cunningham and Lucy before they set off. Lucy was very sulky, and would hardly speak; but Mr Cunningham was extremely kind; and I could see how much he felt for us all. He begged particularly to be remembered to you, and said he wished he could have said good-bye to you.
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I think he is the kindest person I ever met with, replied Amy;
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Perhaps her brother will not speak of you, said Dora;
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Margaret will not like to see me, I am sure, observed Amy.
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But I wish you could tell her how sorry I am,--I don't mean that you should give her a message; but only if, in talking to her, you could make her think me less unkind.
gpt
She does not know that you had anything to do with the affair,
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But I would much rather she should know, said Amy, looking vexed.
gpt
I could never bear her to love me, and yet feel all the time that I had been deceiving her.
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I will tell her, if you desire it: I did not like to do it before. But if I were in your place I could not keep such a thing back.
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No, answered Amy;
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I do not wish any one to love me when they do not know I have done things to vex them: it would seem as if I were taking what did not belong to me. But, Dora, perhaps you will say to Margaret, now that I wished her to know it myself, and that I am very, very sorry about it, and that I hope, with all my heart, she will forgive me.
gpt
She would never be angry with you if she felt as I do,
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Hark! exclaimed Amy, interrupting her,
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It was not the bell, she said;