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One evening, however, after Rachel had come home, her mother heard a noise which sounded like suppressed weeping in the girl's room, and on going in found her lying, half undressed, upon the bed, evidently in the greatest distress. ONE EVENING HOWEVER AFTER RACHEL HAD COME HOME HER MOTHER HEARD A NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE SUPPRESSED WEEPING IN THE GIRL'S ROOM AND ON GOING IN FOUND HER LYING HALF UNDRESSED UPON THE BED EVIDENTLY IN THE GREATEST DISTRESS
with her clear, olive skin and almost Italian appearance, and the other of the proverbial red and white of our rural districts. It must be stated that the payments made to Mr. R. for the maintenance of Helen were known in the village for their excessive liberality, and the impression was general that she would one day inherit a large sum of money from her relative. The parents of Rachel were therefore not averse from their daughter’s friendship with the girl, and even encouraged the intimacy, though they now bitterly regret having done so. Helen still retained her extraordinary fondness for the forest, and on several occasions Rachel accompanied her, the two friends setting out early in the morning, and remaining in the wood until dusk. Once or twice after these excursions Mrs. M. thought her daughter’s manner rather peculiar; she seemed languid and dreamy, and as it has been expressed, “different from herself,” but these peculiarities seem to have been thought too trifling for remark. TRAST THE ONE WITH HER CLEAR OLIVE SKIN AND ALMOST ITALIAN APPEARANCE AND THE OTHER OF THE PROVERBIAL RED AND WHITE OF OUR RURAL DISTRICTS IT MUST BE STATED THAT THE PAYMENTS MADE TO MISTER R FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HELEN WERE KNOWN IN THE VILLAGE FOR THEIR EXCESSIVE LIBERALITY AND THE IMPRESSION WAS GENERAL THAT SHE WOULD ONE DAY INHERIT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FROM HER RELATIVE THE PARENTS OF RACHEL WERE THEREFORE NOT AVERSE FROM THEIR DAUGHTER'S FRIENDSHIP WITH THE GIRL AND EVEN ENCOURAGED THE INTIMACY THOUGH THEY NOW BITTERLY REGRET HAVING DONE SO HELEN STILL RETAINED HER EXTRAORDINARY FONDNESS FOR THE FOREST AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS RACHEL ACCOMPANIED HER THE TWO FRIENDS SETTING OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND REMAINING IN THE WOOD UNTIL DUSK ONCE OR TWICE AFTER THESE EXCURSIONS MISSUS M THOUGHT HER DAUGHTER'S MANNER RATHER PECULIAR SHE SEEMED LANGUID AND DREAMY AND AS IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED DIFFERENT FROM HERSELF BUT THESE PECULIARITIES SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TOO TRIFLING FOR REMARK
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