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To herself it would have been a relief to have known the truth  the worst, as far as her mother knew it; but she was not in the habit of thinking of herself. TO HERSELF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A RELIEF TO HAVE KNOWN THE TRUTH THE WORSE AS FAR AS HER MOTHER KNEW IT BUT SHE WAS NOT IN THE HABIT OF THINKING OF HER OF HERSELF
uffering, encouraged him in his determination. CHAPTER VIII. After he was gone, there came a November of the most dreary and characteristic kind. There was incessant rain, and closing-in mists, without a gleam of sunshine to light up the drops of water, and make the wet stems and branches of the trees glisten. Every color seemed dimmed and darkened; and the crisp autumnal glory of leaves fell soddened to the ground. The latest flowers rotted away without ever coming to their bloom; and it looked as if the heavy monotonous sky had drawn closer and closer, and shut in the little moorland cottage as with a shroud. In doors, things were no more cheerful. Maggie saw that her mother was depressed, and she thought that Edward's extravagance must be the occasion. Oftentimes she wondered how far she might speak on the subject; and once or twice she drew near it in conversation; but her mother winced away, and Maggie could not as yet see any decided good to be gained from encountering such pain.  BY JEANA BELMONT THE MORLAND COTTAGE BY ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASCO CHAPTER EIGHT AFTER HE WAS GONE THERE CAME A NOVEMBER OF THE MOST DREARY AND CHARACTERISTIC KIND THERE WAS INCESSANT RAIN AND CLOSING IN MISTS WITHOUT A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE TO LIGHT UP THE DROPS OF WATER AND MAKE THE WET STEMS AND BRANCHES OF THE TREES GLISTEN EVERY COLOR SEEMED DIMMED AND DARKENED AND THE CRISP AUTUMNAL GLORY OF LEAVES FELL SODDEN TO THE GROUND THEIR LATEST FLOWERS ROTTED AWAY WITHOUT EVER COMING TO THEIR BLOOM AND IT LOOKED AS IF THE HEAVY MONOTONOUS SKY HAD DRAWN CLOSER AND CLOSER AND SHUT IN THE LITTLE MOORLAND COTTAGE AS WITH A SHROUD IN DOORS THINGS WERE NO MORE CHEERFUL MAGGIE SAW THAT HER MOTHER WAS DEPRESSED AND SHE THOUGHT THAT EDWARD'S EXTRAVAGANCE MUST BE THE OCCASION OFTENTIMES SHE WONDERED HOW FAR SHE MIGHT SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT AND ONCE OR TWICE SHE DREW NEAR IT IN CONVERSATION BUT HER MOTHER WINCED AWAY AND MAGGIE COULD NOT AS YET SEE ANY DECIDED GOOD TO BE GAINED FROM ENCOUNTERING SUCH PAIN
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