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But the privations, or rather the hardships, of Lowood lessened

Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter

had ceased; its snoerewinds ameliorated

My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to laan to heal and subside under the gentler breathings of

April; the nights and er by their Canadian

temperature froze the very blood in our veins; we could now endure

the play-hour passed in the garden: soenial, and a greenness grew over

those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought

that Hope traversed thehter

traces of her steps Flowers peeped out ast the leaves; snow-

drops, crocuses, purple auriculas, and golden-eyed pansies On

Thursday afternoons (half-holidays)took walks, and found

still sweeter flowers opening by the wayside, under the hedges

I discovered, too, that a great pleasure, an enjoyh and spike-guarded

walls of our garden: this pleasure consisted in prospect of noble

sureat hill-hollow, rich in verdure and shadow; in

a bright beck, full of dark stones and sparkling eddies How