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It was the first time she had ever called me by my name Of course she

did so purposely, and knew that I should treasure it up

We came to Richmond all too soon, and our destination there was a house

by the green,--a staid old house, where hoops and powder and patches,

es, ruffles and swords, had had their

court days many a time Some ancient trees before the house were still

cut into fashions as fors and

stiff skirts; but their own allotted places in the great procession of

the dead were not far off, and they would soon drop into theo the

silent way of the rest

A bell with an old voice--which I dare say in its tiale, Here is the diamond-hilted

sword, Here are the shoes with red heels and the blue solitaire--sounded

gravely in the

out to receive Estella The doorway soon absorbed her boxes, and she

gave ht, and was absorbed

likewise And still I stood looking at the house, thinking how happy I

should be if I lived there with her, and knowing that I never was happy