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It is too incredible, too monstrous; such things can never be in this quiet world, where men and women live and die, and struggle, and conquer, or maybe fail, and fall down under sorrow, and grieve and suffer strange fortunes for many a year; but not this, Phillips, not such things as this. IT IS TOO INCREDIBLE TOO MONSTROUS SUCH THINGS CAN NEVER BE IN THIS QUIET WORLD WHERE MEN AND WOMEN LIVE AND DIE AND STRUGGLE AND CONQUER OR MAYBE FAIL AND FALL DOWN UNDER SORROW AND GRIEVE AND SUFFER STRANGE FORTUNES FOR MANY A YEAR BUT NOT THIS PHILLIPS NOT SUCH THINGS AS THIS
ght 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. 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. As soon as she saw her mother, she exclaimed, “Ah, mother, mother, why did you let me go to the forest with Helen?” Mrs. M. was astonished at so strange a question, and proceeded to make inquiries. Rachel told her a wild story. She said— Clarke closed the book with a snap, and turned his chair towards the fire. When his friend sat one evening in that very chair, and told his story, Clarke had interrupted him at a point a little subsequent to this, had cut short his words in a paroxysm of horror. “My God!” he had exclaimed, “think, think what you are saying. ICE 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 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 AS SOON AS SHE SAW HER MOTHER SHE EXCLAIMED AH MOTHER MOTHER WHY DID YOU LET ME GO TO THE FOREST WITH HELEN MISSUS ANNE WAS ASTONISHED AT SO STRANGE A QUESTION AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE INQUIRIES RACHEL TOLD HER A WILD STORY SHE SAID CLARKE CLOSED THE BOOK WITH A SNAP AND TURNED HIS CHAIR TOWARDS THE FIRE WHEN HIS FRIEND SAT ONE EVENING IN THAT VERY CHAIR AND TOLD HIS STORY CLARKE HAD INTERRUPTED HIM IN A POINT A LITTLE SUBSEQUENT TO THIS HAD CUT SHORT HIS WORDS IN A PAROXYSM OF HORROR MY GOD HE HAD EXCLAIMED THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
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