Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 173
, beforehe died, that she would always keep me. Well, now, Jane, you know, or at least I will tellyou, that when a criminal is accused, he is alwaysallowed to speak in his own defence. You have beencharged with falsehood; defend yourself to me as wellas you can. Say whatever your memory suggests… … At School at Lowood 123 had to say, I told her all the story of my sad childhood.Exhausted by emotion, my language was more subduedthan it generally was when it developed that sadtheme; and mindful of Helens warnings against theindulgence of resentment, I infused into the narrativefar less of gall…
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