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Indeed you ought not to suppose it.

Alas, my dear friend!

Why that sigh?

Do you know that I am afraid of myself?

And why, dear child; of what are you afraid?

I fear that, when I am comparatively poor, I sha'n't bear the neglect of the world and my own insignificance as I ought.

Nay, that very fear is a voice from heaven for thy preservation.

May it prove so! I feel I shall be supported in doing what is right; and feeling what is right may at length follow (raising her eyes to heaven), if my humble sacrifice be accepted.

And it will be accepted, my own honest girl! But you were going out, I know, and I will not