Chapter XXX

           ThemoreIknewoftheinmatesofMoorHouse,thebetterIlikedthem. InafewdaysIhadsofarrecoveredmyhealththatIcouldsitupallday,andwalkoutsometimes. IcouldjoinwithDianaandMaryinalltheiroccupations;conversewiththemasmuchastheywished,andaidthemwhenandwheretheywouldallowme. Therewasarevivingpleasureinthisintercourse,ofakindnowtastedbymeforthefirsttimethepleasurearisingfromperfectcongenialityoftastes,sentiments,andprinciples. 

           Ilikedtoreadwhattheylikedtoread:whattheyenjoyed,delightedme;whattheyapproved,Ireverenced. Theylovedtheirsequesteredhome. I,too,inthegrey,small,antiquestructure,withitslowroof,itslatticedcasements,itsmoulderingwalls,itsavenueofagedfirsallgrownaslantunderthestressofmountainwinds;itsgarden,darkwithyewandhollyandwherenoflowersbutofthehardiestspecieswouldbloomfoundacharmbothpotentandpermanent. Theyclungtothepurplemoorsbehindandaroundtheirdwellingtothehollowvaleintowhichthepebblybridle-pathleadingfromtheirgatedescended,andwhichwoundbetweenfern-banksfirst,andthenamongstafewofthewildestlittlepasture-fieldsthateverborderedawildernessofheath,orgavesustenancetoaflockofgreymoorlandsheep,withtheirlittlemossy-facedlambs:-theyclungtothisscene,Isay,withaperfectenthusiasmofattachment.Icouldcomprehendthefeeling,andsharebothitsstrengthandtruth. Isawthefascinationofthelocality. 

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