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"

What

account

can

you

give

of

yourself

?

"

Somehow

,

now

that

I

had

once

crossed

the

threshold

of

this

house

,

and

once

was

brought

face

to

face

with

its

owners

,

I

felt

no

longer

outcast

,

vagrant

,

and

disowned

by

the

wide

world

.

I

dared

to

put

off

the

mendicant

--

to

resume

my

natural

manner

and

character

.

I

began

once

more

to

know

myself

;

and

when

Mr.

St.

John

demanded

an

account

--

which

at

present

I

was

far

too

weak

to

render

--

I

said

after

a

brief

pause

--

"

Sir

,

I

can

give

you

no

details

to-night

.

"

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"

But

what

,

then

,

"

said

he

,

"

do

you

expect

me

to

do

for

you

?

"

"

Nothing

,

"

I

replied

.

My

strength

sufficed

for

but

short

answers

.

Diana

took

the

word

--

"

Do

you

mean

,

"

she

asked

,

"

that

we

have

now

given

you

what

aid

you

require

?

and

that

we

may

dismiss

you

to

the

moor

and

the

rainy

night

?

"

I

looked

at

her

.

"

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She

had

,

I

thought

,

a

remarkable

countenance

,

instinct

both

with

power

and

goodness

.

I

took

sudden

courage

.

Answering

her

compassionate

gaze

with

a

smile

,

I

said

--

"

I

will

trust

you

.

If

I

were

a

masterless

and

stray

dog

,

I

know

that

you

would

not

turn

me

from

your

hearth

to-night

:

as

it

is

,

I

really

have

no

fear

.

Do

with

me

and

for

me

as

you

like

;

but

excuse

me

from

much

discourse

--

my

breath

is

short

--

I

feel

a

spasm

when

I

speak

.

"

All

three

surveyed

me

,

and

all

three

were

silent

.

"

Hannah

,

"

said

Mr.

St.

John

,

at

last

,

"

let

her

sit

there

at

present

,

and

ask

her

no

questions

;

in

ten

minutes

more

,

give

her

the

remainder

of

that

milk

and

bread

.

Mary

and

Diana

,

let

us

go

into

the

parlour

and

talk

the

matter

over

.

"

They

withdrew

.

Very

soon

one

of

the

ladies

returned

--

I

could

not

tell

which

.

A

kind

of

pleasant

stupor

was

stealing

over

me

as

I

sat

by

the

genial

fire

.

In

an

undertone

she

gave

some

directions

to

Hannah

.

Ere

long

,

with

the

servant

's

aid

,

I

contrived

to

mount

a

staircase

;

my

dripping

clothes

were

removed

;

soon

a

warm

,

dry

bed

received

me

.

I

thanked

God

--

experienced

amidst

unutterable

exhaustion

a

glow

of

grateful

joy

--

and

slept

.

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