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Show 174 here and be the mistress of the Wentworth estate." "The estate is yours, not mine. Father and mother would not be pleased if they knew you were so generous with me. " "Mother and father were wrong to do what they did." "But it is not up to you to undo the wrong that has been done." "If not I, then there is no one." "Then there is no one." "Elise, I think you're wrong. God did not intend that wrongs could not be made right." "God has seen fit to bring you and I together again. That is right enough. Besides, I'm leaving for America." "America?" Prentiss was aghast at the thought. "America's a penal colony!" "Yes, I believe I've heard that." "It's so uncivilized!" "That's why it needs us English." "And that's why you're going--to civilize America? Elise, I think you've lost your sensibilities!" "Prentiss, I didn't realize fully until now how much I am a part of the Lathrop family. They gave me a home when I was homeless. They treated me with respect when I had lost the respect of all others-even myself. They comforted me when I thought it was impossible to know peace in my heart ever again. They gave me a bed |