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him with such warmth that I made him tell Agnes what he
thought of him. But Agnes only looked at me the while, and
very slightly shook her head when only I observed her.
As she was not among people with whom I believed she
could be very much at home, I was almost glad to hear that
she was going away within a few days, though I was sorry at
the prospect of parting from her again so soon. This caused
me to remain until all the company were gone. Convers-
ing with her, and hearing her sing, was such a delightful
reminder to me of my happy life in the grave old house she
had made so beautiful, that I could have remained there
half the night; but, having no excuse for staying any longer,
when the lights of Mr. Waterbrook’s society were all snuffed
out, I took my leave very much against my inclination. I felt
then, more than ever, that she was my better Angel; and if I
thought of her sweet face and placid smile, as though they
had shone on me from some removed being, like an Angel,
I hope I thought no harm.
I have said that the company were all gone; but I ought
to have excepted Uriah, whom I don’t include in that de-
nomination, and who had never ceased to hover near us. He
was close behind me when I went downstairs. He was close
beside me, when I walked away from the house, slowly fit-
ting his long skeleton fingers into the still longer fingers of a
great Guy Fawkes pair of gloves.
It was in no disposition for Uriah’s company, but in re-
membrance of the entreaty Agnes had made to me, that I
asked him if he would come home to my rooms, and have
some coffee.

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