407 "The Old Nurse's Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell
The History of Literature
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Miss Rosamond's Pity for Miss Fernaval
I would not leave Miss Rosamond alone for all she was asleep. The old Lord had been playing wilder than ever, and I feared lest my darling should waken to hear the specter child. But even in my fear I had a kind of pity for Miss Fernaval at least. Those gone down to the pit can hardly have a more hopeless look than that which was ever on her face. At last I got so sorry for her who never said a word but what was quite forced from her that I prayed for her.
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