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n your eye (beware; by…the…bye; what you express with that organ; I am quick at interpreting its language)。 Then take my word for it;—I am not a villain: you are not to suppose that—not to attribute to me any such bad eminence; but; owing; I verily believe; rather to circumstances than to my natural bent; I am a trite monplace sinner; hackneyed in all the poor petty dissipations with which the rich and worthless try to put on life。 Do you wonder that I avow this to you? Know; that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances’ secrets: people will instinctively find out; as I have done; that it is not your forte to tell of yourself; but to listen while others talk of themselves; they will feel; too; that you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion; but with a kind of innate sympathy; not the less forting and encouraging because it is very unobtrusive in its manifestations。”

“How do you know?—how can you guess all this; sir?”

“I know it well; therefore I proceed almost as freely as if I were writing my thoughts in a diary。 You would say; I should have been superior to circumstances; so I should—so I should; but you see I was not。 When fate wronged me; I had not the wisdom to remain cool: I turned desperate; then I degenerated。 Now; when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry ribaldry; I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level。 I wish I had stood firm—God knows I do! Dread remorse when you are tempted to err; Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life。”

“Repentance is said to be its cure; sir。”

“It is not its cure。 Reformation may be its cure; and I could reform—I have strength yet 

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