'I have copied for myself,' was her answer, 'all that he says of us in the will, and all that he says in the letter.' She told me this, and took from her bosom a tiny white silk bag, which she had made in the night, and in which she had put the extracts, so as to keep them always about her.

'This tells me in his own words what his last wishes were for both of us,' she said; 'and this is all I want for the future.' "These are trifles to dwell on; and I am almost surprised at myself for not feeling ashamed to trouble you with them.

But, since I have known what your early connection was with my father and mother, I have learned to think of you (and, I suppose, to write to you) as an old friend.

And, besides, I have it so much at heart to change your opinion of Magdalen, that I can't help telling you the smallest things about her which may, in my judgment, end in making you think of her as I do.
"When breakfast-time came (on Thursday morning), we were surprised to find a strange letter on the table.

Perhaps I ought to mention it to you, in case of any future necessity for your interference.