One moment she exclaimed, 'Then, if I had been the daughter of a mother who had conducted herself ill, he never would have trusted me!' The next moment she recollected, with pleasure, the joy she had just seen in his eyes--the affection, the passion, that spoke in every word and look; then dwelt upon the sober certainty, that all obstacles were removed.
'And no duty opposes my loving him! And my aunt wishes it! my kind aunt! And I may think of him .-- You, my best friend, would not assure me of this if you were not certain of the truth .-- Oh, how can I thank you for all your kindness, and for that best of all kindness, sympathy.

You see, your calmness, your strength of mind supports and tranquillises me.

I would rather have heard all I have just learnt from you than from any other person living.

I could not have borne it from any one else.

No one else knows my mind so perfectly--yet my aunt is very good,--and my dear uncle! should not I go to him ?--But he is not my uncle, she is not my aunt.