But for the reluctance I had to betray the confidence of Agnes, but for my uncertainty how to approach the subject with no risk of doing so, it would have reached them before he said, 'God bless you, Daisy, and good night!' In my doubt, it did NOT reach them; and we shook hands, and we parted.
I was up with the dull dawn, and, having dressed as quietly as I could, looked into his room.

He was fast asleep; lying, easily, with his head upon his arm, as I had often seen him lie at school.
The time came in its season, and that was very soon, when I almost wondered that nothing troubled his repose, as I looked at him.

But he slept--let me think of him so again--as I had often seen him sleep at school; and thus, in this silent hour, I left him.

--Never more, oh God forgive you, Steerforth! to touch that passive hand in love and friendship.

Never, never more!.