“Yes,” she answered; “no doubt. I am very glad your mind is satisfied.”
“My mind! Surely, with that note in your hand, your mind is at ease too?”
“Oh yes—how can it be otherwise? I know the thing could not be,” she went on, speaking more to herself than to me; “but I almost wish Walter Hartright had stayed here long enough to be present at the explanation, and to hear the proposal to me to write this note.”
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“Yes,” she answered; “no doubt. I am very glad your mind is satisfied.”
“My mind! Surely, with that note in your hand, your mind is at ease too?”
“Oh yes—how can it be otherwise? I know the thing could not be,” she went on, speaking more to herself than to me; “but I almost wish Walter Hartright had stayed here long enough to be present at the explanation, and to hear the proposal to me to write this note.”
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