29/31 Oh the ecstasy, the pure, unearthly ecstasy of that moment! I sat--I hardly know on what--quite lost in my own exalted feelings. When I opened my eyes again, it was like descending from heaven to earth. There was nobody but my aunt in the room. He had gone. Unhappily there is more, much more, which the unrelenting pecuniary pressure of Mr.Blake's cheque obliges me to tell. |