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er have forced me to be his mistress。 Violent as he had seemed in his despair; he; in truth; loved me far too well and too tenderly to constitute himself my tyrant: he would have given me half his fortune; without demanding so much as a kiss in return; rather than I should have flung myself friendless on the wide world。 I had endured; he was certain; more than I had confessed to him。
“Well; whatever my sufferings had been; they were very short;” I answered: and then I proceeded to tell him how I had been received at Moor House; how I had obtained the office of schoolmistress; &c。 The accession of fortune; the discovery of my relations; followed in due order。 Of course; St。 John Rivers’ name came in frequently in the progress of my tale。 When I had do
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