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"But you said to me," returned Estella, very earnestly, "'God bless you,

God forgive you!' And if you could say that to me then, you will not

hesitate to say that to er

than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart

used to be I have been bent and broken, but--I hope--into a better

shape Be as considerate and good to me as you were, and telland bending over her, as she rose from

the bench

"And will continue friends apart," said Estella

I took her hand in mine, and ent out of the ruined place; and, as

the e, so the

eveningnow, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil

light they showed tofrom her