Page:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (emended first edition), Volume 1.djvu/201

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OF WILDFELL HALL.
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CHAPTER XI.


THE VICAR AGAIN.


You must suppose about three weeks past over. Mrs. Graham and I were now established friends—or brother and sister as we rather chose to consider ourselves. She called me Gilbert, by my express desire, and I called her Helen, for I had seen that name written in her books. I seldom attempted to see her above twice a week; and still I made our meetings appear the result of accident as often as I could—for I found it necessary to be extremely careful—and, altogether, I behaved with such ex-