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Esther’s Narrative

           OfanightwhenIwasgoingupstairstobed,shewouldinvitemeintoherroom,whereshesatbeforethefireinagreatchair;and,dearme,shewouldtellmeaboutMorganap-KerriguntilIwasquitelow-spirited!SometimessherecitedafewversesfromCrumlinwallinwerandtheMewlinnwillinwodd(ifthosearetherightnames,whichIdaresaytheyarenot),andwouldbecomequitefierywiththesentimentstheyexpressed.ThoughIneverknewwhattheywere(beinginWelsh),furtherthanthattheywerehighlyeulogisticofthelineageofMorganap-Kerrig."So,MissSummerson,"shewouldsaytomewithstatelytriumph,"this,yousee,isthefortuneinheritedbymyson.Wherevermysongoes,hecanclaimkindredwithAp-Kerrig.Hemaynothavemoney,buthealwayshaswhatismuchbetterfamily,mydear."IhadmydoubtsoftheircaringsoverymuchforMorganap-KerriginIndiaandChina,butofcourseIneverexpressedthem.Iusedtosayitwasagreatthingtobesohighlyconnected."ItIS,mydear,agreatthing,"Mrs.Woodcourtwouldreply."Ithasitsdisadvantages;myson’schoiceofawife,forinstance,islimitedbyit,butthematrimonialchoiceoftheroyalfamilyislimitedinmuchthesamemanner."Thenshewouldpatmeonthearmandsmoothmydress,asmuchastoassuremethatshehadagoodopinionofme,thedistancebetweenusnotwithstanding."PoorMr.Woodcourt,mydear,"shewouldsay,andalwayswithsomeemotion,forwithherloftypedigreeshehadaveryaffectionateheart,"wasdescendedfromagreatHighlandfamily,theMacCoortsofMacCoort.

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