[The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 by Elizabeth Gaskell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 CHAPTER XII 41/51
I pray, with heart and soul, that all may continue well at Haworth; above all in our grey half-inhabited house.
God bless the walls thereof! Safety, health, happiness, and prosperity to you, papa, and Tabby.
Amen. "C.
B." Towards the end of this year (1843) various reasons conspired with the causes of anxiety which have been mentioned, to make her feel that her presence was absolutely and imperatively required at home, while she had acquired all that she proposed to herself in coming to Brussels the second time; and was, moreover, no longer regarded with the former kindliness of feeling by Madame Heger.
In consequence of this state of things, working down with sharp edge into a sensitive mind, she suddenly announced to that lady her immediate intention of returning to England. Both M.and Madame Heger agreed that it would be for the best, when they learnt only that part of the case which she could reveal to them--namely, Mr.Bronte's increasing blindness.
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