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I looked at him with surprise "St John," I said, "I think you are

almost wicked to talk so I am disposed to be as content as a

queen, and you try to stirto profit the talents which God has co; and of which He will surely one day demand a strict

account Jane, I shall watch you closely and anxiously--I warn you

of that And try to restrain the disproportionate fervour with

which you throw yourself into commonplace home pleasures Don't

cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and

ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite

transient objects Do you hear, Jane?"

"Yes; just as if you were speaking Greek I feel I have adequate

cause to be happy, and I WILL be happy Goodbye!"

Happy at Moor House I was, and hard I worked; and so did Hannah:

she was charmed to see how jovial I could be amidst the bustle of a

house turned topsy-turvy--how I could brush, and dust, and clean,

and cook And really, after a day or two of confusion worse

confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the

chaos ourselves had made I had previously taken a journey to S- to