She heard the sound of the old lady's dress in the corridor, and instantly ran out to meet her I heard Mrs. Merridew, but for Rachel's presence of mind. I have, however, no objection to add, that we should have been certainly discovered by Mrs. Sir and Madam, look back at the time when you were passionately attached to each other-and you will know what happened, after Ezra Jennings had shut the door of the sitting-room, as well as I know it myself. I decline to account, and Rachel declines to account, for the extraordinary rapidity of our reconciliation. Confining myself merely to results, I have to report that Rachel and I thoroughly understood each other, before a single word of explanation had passed on either side. Of what happened after my waking, I do not feel called upon to render an account in detail. Of myself, I have only to say that I awoke on the morning of the twenty-sixth, perfectly ignorant of all that I had said and done under the influence of the opium-from the time when the drug first laid its hold on me, to the time when I opened my eyes, in Rachel's sitting-room. Previous Chapter Next Chapter Fifth Narrativeīut few words are needed, on my part, to complete the narrative that has been presented in the Journal of Ezra Jennings.
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