Chapter 27
o, and unlocked a trunk ols: I mean to s myself. I only entertained tention for a moment; for, not being insane, te and unalloyed despair, ruction, in a second.
“A orm broke, streamed, tion. rees of my garden, and amongst its drences and pine-apples, and ropics kindled round me—I reasoned ten; for it rue isdom t consoled me in t pato follow.
“t ill ic y; my , dried up and scorcime, so tone, and filled ed for a pure draug regeneration possible. From a flotom of my garden I gazed over ts opened thus:—
“‘Go,’ said is not knoo you. You may take to England; confine tendance and precautions at travel yourself to ie you like. t your ity, ion o impart to no living being. Place y and comfort: ser ion h secrecy, and leave her.’
“I acted precisely on tion. My fat made my marriage knoo tance; because, in t letter I e to apprise to experience extreme disgust of its consequences, and, from ter and constitution, seeing a ure opening to me—I added an urgent co keep it secret: and very soon t of ted for me o publision, o conceal it as myself.
“to England, ter in t last got o t torey room, of sen years made a ’s den—a goblin’s cell. I rouble in finding an attendant for o select one on ray my secret: besides, servals of days—sometimes I reat. Ser (ed to my confidence. Mrs. Fairfax may indeed ed somet so facts. Grace ly to a fault of appears not to ic is bot; so take advantage of emporary lapses; once to secrete tabbed o possess -time. On t of trated