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Amy! my dear, dear Amy! exclaimed Miss Morton,
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What of your mamma? she inquired.
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Is she ill?
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Will you not try to be calm for my sake? she said;
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Is it true? exclaimed Amy, almost gasping for breath;
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What should I have told you? said Emily, feeling completely bewildered.
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I have known nothing.
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But mamma, continued Amy,
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This is some very great mistake, dearest, said Miss Morton;
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Ah! but Mrs Danvers said it,
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Said what?
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She said, answered Amy, forcing herself to an unnatural composure,
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she added, with a vehemence which startled Miss Morton.
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God would not let me live without them: do you think He would?
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My own dear Amy, she said,
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Has he? exclaimed Amy.
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Oh! why did you not tell me?
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Because you were engaged at the time, replied Emily,
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Are you sure? are you quite sure?
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Yes, indeed, I am sure, replied Emily;
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But you cannot be quite certain, said Amy, whilst the cloud, which had partly passed away, seemed about to return;
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Mrs Danvers can know nothing of the matter, answered Emily;