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第0章 静海归来

　　'Oh fie, Miss!' said Bessie.

　　'Be sure and take good care of her,' cried she to the guard, ashe lifted me into the inside.

　　'Let her stand half an hour longer on that stool, and let no onespeak to her during the remainder of the day.'

　　'That was very false economy,' remarked Mrs. Fairfax, who now againcaught the drift of the dialogue.

　　'Then she ought to look more cheerful. Come here, Mis Jane: yourname is Jane, is it not?'

　　Heaven is a home, and a rest will not fail me;

have shunnedthem as one would fire, lightning, or anything else that is bright butantipathetic.

　　'Well, Helen?' said I, putting my hand into hers: she chafed myfingers gently to warm them, and went on-

　　He looked at me when I said this; he had hardly turned his eyesin my direction before.