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Elizabeth's Pretenders
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decide whether to go back there. As the place was of my dear father's making, I should never wish to sell it, but the idea of living there is at present very distasteful to me.
"I do not expect you to understand, or to forgive me. I have behaved, apparently, very badly, my dear uncle. So you and all your friends have a right to believe. But by-and-by, when the secrets of all hearts are made known, it may be that you will not think so hardly of
"Your ever grateful and affectionate
"Elizabeth Shaw."
