of L--'s
eldest daughter--a lady whose superiority had roused his latent virtues,
and stimulated him to the most surprising exertions, not only to gain her
affection and esteem, and to obtain a fortune sufficient to aspire to her
hand, but to render himself worthy of her, in his own eyes, as well as in
those of her parents; and in the end he was successful, as you already
know. As for myself, I need not tell you how happily my Helen and I have
lived together, and how blessed we still are in each other's society, and
in the promising young scions that are growing up about us. We are just
now looking forward to the advent of you and Rose, for the time of your
annual visit draws nigh, when you must leave your dusty, smoky, noisy,
toiling, striving city for a season of invigorating relaxation and social
retirement with us.

Till then, farewell,
GILBERT MARKHAM.

STANINGLEY: _June_ 10_th_, 1847.

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THE END

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Footnotes:

{0} Introduction to _Wuthering Heights_, p. xl. 'Still, as I mused the
naked room,' &c.

{1} This Preface is now printed here for the first time in a collected
edition of the works of the Bronte sisters.

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