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Chapter XXX

           DianaofferedtoteachmeGerman.Ilikedtolearnofher:Isawthepartofinstructresspleasedandsuitedher;thatofscholarpleasedandsuitedmenoless. Ournaturesdovetailed:mutualaffectionofthestrongestkindwastheresult. TheydiscoveredIcoulddraw:theirpencilsandcolour-boxeswereimmediatelyatmyservice. Myskill,greaterinthisonepointthantheirs,surprisedandcharmedthem. Marywouldsitandwatchmebythehourtogether:thenshewouldtakelessons;andadocile,intelligent,assiduouspupilshemade. Thusoccupied,andmutuallyentertained,dayspassedlikehours,andweekslikedays. 

           AstoMr.StJohn,theintimacywhichhadarisensonaturallyandrapidlybetweenmeandhissistersdidnotextendtohim. Onereasonofthedistanceyetobservedbetweenuswas,thathewascomparativelyseldomathome:alargeproportionofhistimeappeareddevotedtovisitingthesickandpooramongthescatteredpopulationofhisparish. 

           Noweatherseemedtohinderhiminthesepastoralexcursions:rainorfair,hewould,whenhishoursofmorningstudywereover,takehishat,and,followedbyhisfather’soldpointer,Carlo,gooutonhismissionofloveordutyIscarcelyknowinwhichlightheregardedit. Sometimes,whenthedaywasveryunfavourable,hissisterswouldexpostulate. 

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