Her waking thoughts were not more consoling.

The struggle was too great for her constitution.

As morning approached, she resolved, at all hazards, to put herself into the hands of Grimes.

This determination was no sooner made, than she felt her heart sensibly lightened.

She could not conceive any evil which could result from this proceeding, that deserved to be put in the balance against those which, under the roof of her kinsman, appeared unavoidable.
When she communicated her determination to Grimes, it was not possible to say whether he received pleasure or pain from the intimation.