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_From Norah Vanstone to Mr. Pendril._
"Westmoreland House, Kensington,
"August 14th, 1846.
"DEAR MR. PENDRIL--The date of this letter will show you that the last
of many hard partings is over. We have left Combe-Raven; we have said
farewell to home.
"I have been thinking seriously of what you said to me on Wednesday,
before you went back to town. I entirely agree with you that Miss Garth
is more shaken by all she has gone through for our sakes than she is
herself willing to admit; and that it is my duty, for the future, to
spare her all the anxiety that I can on the subject of my sister and
myself. This is very little to do for our dearest friend, for our second
mother. Such as it is, I will do it with all my heart.
"But, forgive me for saying that I am as far as ever from agreeing with
you about Magdalen. I am so sensible, in our helpless position, of the
importance of your assistance; so anxious to be worthy of the interest
of my father's trusted adviser and oldest friend, that I feel really
and truly disappointed with myself for differing with you--and yet I do
differ. Magdalen is very strange, very unaccountable, to those who don't
know her intimately.
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