They do, indeed.

That she should have known your position, and had you with her always,--and then have made such a will as that! Quite heartless! She must have been quite heartless." Clara now began to find that she must in justice to her aunt's memory tell her father something more.

And yet it would be very difficult to tell him anything that would not bring greater affliction upon him, and would not also lead her into deeper trouble.

Should it come to pass that her aunt's intention with reference to the fifteen hundred pounds was mentioned, she would be subjected to an endless persecution as to the duty of accepting that money from Captain Aylmer.

But her present feelings would have made her much prefer to beg her bread upon the roads than accept her late lover's generosity.