He says that he will bring the blind by a way they knew not, and 'make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight'; and he adds, 'These things will I do unto them, and will not forsake them.' That has always seemed to me the most godlike passage in the Bible."
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Miss Mehitable sat for a long time, leaning her head upon her hand.
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"Then, Horace, you would n't advise me," she said, after a pause, "to say anything to Ellery Davenport about it?"
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"Supposing," said I, "that there are communications that he is bound in honor not to reveal, of what use could be your inquiries? It can only create unpleasantness; it may make Tina feel unhappy, who is so very happy now, and probably, at best, you cannot learn anything that would satisfy you."
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"Probably not," said she, sighing.
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"I can hand this envelope to him," I said after a moment's thought, "this evening, if you think best, and you can see how he looks on receiving it."
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"I don't know as it will be of any use," said Miss Mehitable, "but you may do it."
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Accordingly, that evening, as we were all gathered in a circle around the open fire, and Tina and Ellery, seated side by side, were carrying on that sort of bantering warfare of wit in which they delighted, I drew this envelope from my pocket and said, carelessly, "Mr. Davenport, here is a letter of your that you dropped in the library this morning."
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He was at that moment playing with a silk tassel which fluttered from Tina's wrist. He let it go, and took the envelope and looked at it carelessly.
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"A letter!" said Tina, snatching it out of his hand with saucy freedom,"dated at Geneva, and a lady's handwriting! I think I have a right to open it!"
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"Do so by all means," said Ellery.
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"O pshaw! there 's nothing in it," said Tina.
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"Not an uncommon circumstance in a lady's letter," said Ellery.
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"You saucy fellow!" said Tina.
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"Why," said Ellery, "is it not the very province and privilege of the fair sex to make nothing more valuable and more
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