For I gather I have no reason to be ashamed of this young man--which on your account, even more than on my own, is so much clear gain .-- But I oughtn't to have brought you here to live at Deadham.

I ought to have taken the possibility of some accidental revelation, such as the present one, into serious account and saved you from that.

To expose you, however remotely, to the risk was both callous and stupid on my part.

I own I have a strong sentiment for this house.

It seemed natural and restful to return to it--the only house to call a home, I have ever had.