ofwhichshehadbeenacollectorfromthefirsthourofhercommandingashilling——herwriting-desk,andherworksofcharityandingenuity,wereallwithinherreach;
orifindisposedforemployment,ifnothingbutmusingwoulddo,shecouldscarcelyseeanobjectinthatroomwhichhadnotaninterestingremembranceconnectedwithit。
Everythingwasafriend,orboreherthoughtstoafriend;
andthoughtherehadbeensometimesmuchofsufferingtoher;thoughhermotiveshadoftenbeenmisunderstood,herfeelingsdisregarded,andhercomprehensionundervalued;
thoughshehadknownthepainsoftyranny,ofridicule,andneglect,yetalmosteveryrecurrenceofeitherhadledtosomethingconsolatory:herauntBertramhadspokenforher,orMissLeehadbeenencouraging,or,whatwasyetmorefrequentormoredear,Edmundhadbeenherchampionandherfriend:hehadsupportedhercauseorexplainedhermeaning,hehadtoldhernottocry,orhadgivenhersomeproofofaffectionwhichmadehertearsdelightful;