`“Ah！that’sbecauseyouthinkyourselfmorefittodie！”

　　`Therewasapainfulpause。Hewasevidentlyplungedingloomyreflections，butwhileIponderedforsomethingtosay，thatmightbenefitwithoutalarminghim，Hattersley，whosemindhadbeenpursuingalmostthesamecourse，brokesilencewith，——

　　`“Isay，Huntingdon，Icouldsendforaparson，ofsomesort——Ifyoudidn’tlikethevicar，youknow，youcouldhavehiscurate，orsomebodyelse。”

　　`“No；noneofthemcanbenefitmeifshecan’t。”wastheanswer。Andthetearsgushedfromhiseyesasheearnestlyexclaimed，——“Oh，Helen，ifIhadlistenedtoyou，itneverwouldhavecometothis！AndifIhadheardyoulongago——oh，God！howdifferentitwouldhavebeen！”

　　`“Hearmenow，then，Arthur。”saidI，gentlypressinghishand。

......

购买会员看全站小说，或者下载APP免费观看所有作品 点击立即下载，搜索"TheTenant of Wildfell Hall",免费读到尾