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I never hoped for anything like this, were the only words on the first page, under the vague date,
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Wednesday. On the next page was jotted:
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It's like heaven after hell, and _she_ is an angel. I never saw anyone so beautiful or sweet. Would she be as kind if she _knew_?
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This must mean Maida, my heart said. Certainly it could not refer to the Head Sister! But, after all, how did I _know_ that the
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was Anne Garth? So far, I merely surmised. Eagerly I turned over the leaves. Often the writer spoke of herself, or of things that had no special meaning for me. Then came a note which held my eyes.
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I've confessed to _her_ the truth. She says I was more sinned against than sinning. Heaven bless her! She has confided in me what is making her ill. The poor child suffers! I never heard of one as sane as she, having illusions. I suppose they _are_ illusions. She can have no enemies.
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She has told me her history. What a strange one! She _has_ enemies. But none of them can have got in here? I'm glad she has a love story. I pray it may have a happier end than mine.
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There's a room with a locked door over hers. Nobody sleeps in it. I wonder why they keep it locked? I suppose it's a coincidence. If they wished her harm why should they send for a nurse to take care of her, when she isn't ill, except for dreams.... A beautiful thing she said last night. 'I should die of horror if I didn't make _his_ face come between me and the wicked face. His love saves me.' I envy her the _saving_ love! Through mine I was lost. I wish I were allowed to sleep in her room. _She_ wouldn't ask, because she thought it cowardly, but I did, and was refused. I'm needed at night for the children's room.
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It's against the rules for men to come here, but I saw a man going upstairs--or a ghost. They say there _are_ ghosts in this house. A woman told me that the room over my sweet girl's is haunted. That's why it's locked. I wonder if the man-ghost was going to it? I wish it hadn't been dark in the hall, so I could have seen what he was like. He seemed a tall moving shadow.