IfthatstaidoldhouseneartheGreenatRichmondshouldevercometobehauntedwhenIamdead, itwillbehaunted, surely, , manynightsanddaysthroughwhichtheunquietspiritwithinmehauntedthathousewhenEstellalivedthere! Letmybodybewhereitwould, myspiritwasalwayswandering, wandering, wandering, aboutthathouse.

TheladywithwhomEstellawasplaced, , wasawidow, , andthedaughterlookedold; themother’scomplexionwaspink, andthedaughter’swasyellow; themothersetupforfrivolity, , andvisited, andwerevisitedby, , ifany, communityoffeelingsubsistedbetweenthemandEstella, buttheunderstandingwasestablishedthattheywerenecessarytoher, ’sbeforethetimeofherseclusion.

’’shouse, , whichplacedmeontermsoffamiliaritywithoutplacingmeontermsoffavour, , andsheturnedtheveryfamiliaritybetweenherselfandme, , steward, half-brother, poorrelation—ifIhadbeenayoungerbrotherofherappointedhusband—Icouldnothaveseemedtomyself, , becameunderthecircumstancesanaggravationofmytrials; andwhileIthinkitlikelythatitalmostmaddenedherotherlovers, Iknowtoocertainlythatitalmostmaddenedme.

; butthereweremorethanenoughofthemwithoutthat.

IsawheroftenatRichmond, Iheardofheroftenintown, andIusedoftentotakeherandtheBrandleysonthewater; therewerepicnics, fêtedays, plays, operas, concerts, parties, allsortsofpleasures, throughwhichIpursuedher—’shappinessinhersociety, andyetmymindallroundthefour-and-twentyhourswasharpingonthehappinessofhavingherwithmeuntodeath.