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"There," she said, with a slight catch of the breath, "does not that prove what I said to be true? I was afraid, the very moment I ceased to forget myself. I was afraid of you and of myself. THERE SHE SAID WITH A SLIGHT CATCH OF THE BREATH DOES NOT THAT PROVE WHAT I SAID TO BE TRUE I WAS AFRAID THE VERY MOMENT I CEASED TO FORGET MYSELF I WAS AFRAID OF YOU AND OF MYSELF
at me, I tremble. I dare not speak my mind, and differ with her, when I know she is unjust and in the wrong. No one could say that of Miss Octavia Bassett." "That is perfectly true," said Mr. Burmistone; and he even went so far as to laugh as he thought of Miss Octavia trembling in the august presence of Lady Theobald. The laugh checked Lucia at once in her little outburst of eloquence. She began to blush, the color mounting to her forehead. "Oh!" she began, "I did not mean to--to say so much. I"-- There was something so innocent and touching in her sudden timidity and confusion, that Mr. Burmistone forgot altogether that they were not very old friends, and that Lady Theobald might be looking. He bent slightly forward, and looked into her upraised, alarmed eyes. "Don't be afraid of _me_" he said; "don't, for pity's sake!" He could not have hit upon a luckier speech, and also he could not have uttered it more feelingly than he did. It helped her to recover herself, and gave her courage.  YES I AM A COWARD WHEN GRANDMAMMA LOOKS AT ME I TREMBLE I DARE NOT SPEAK MY MIND AND DIFFER WITH HER WHEN I KNOW SHE IS UNJUST AND IN THE WRONG NO ONE COULD SAY THAT OF MISS OCTAVIA BASSETT THAT IS PERFECTLY TRUE SAID MISTER BERMSTONE AND HE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO LAUGH AS HE THOUGHT OF MISS OCTAVIA TREMBLING IN THE AUGUST PRESENCE OF LADY THEOBALD THE LAUGH CHECKED LUCIA AT ONCE IN A LITTLE OUTBURST OF ELOQUENCE SHE BEGAN TO BLUSH THE COLOR MOUNTING TO HER FOREHEAD OH SHE BEGAN I DID NOT MEAN TO TO SAY SO MUCH I THERE WAS SOMETHING SO INNOCENT AND TOUCHING IN A SUDDEN TIMIDITY AND CONFUSION THAT MISTER BURMISTONE FORGOT ALTOGETHER THAT THEY WERE NOT VERY OLD FRIENDS AND THAT LADY THEOBALD MIGHT BE LOOKING HE BENT SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND LOOKED INTO HER UPRAISED ALARMED EYES DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME HE SAID DON'T FOR PITY'S SAKE HE COULD NOT HAVE HIT UPON HER LUCKIER SPEECH AND ALSO HE COULD NOT HAVE UTTERED IT MORE FEELINGLY THAN HE DID IT HELPED HER TO RECOVER HERSELF AND GAVE HER COURAGE
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