charlotte temple(夏洛特·藤布尔)-第24章
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every valuable; and thought only of ending her life in a prison; when a
benevolent friend paid her debts and released her; but that her illness
encreasing; she had no possible means of supporting herself; and her
friends were weary of relieving her。 〃I have fasted;〃 said she; 〃two days;
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CHARLOTTE TEMPLE
and last night lay my aching head on the cold pavement: indeed it was but
just that I should experience those miseries myself which I had unfeelingly
inflicted on others。〃
Greatly as Mr。 Temple had reason to detest Mrs。 Crayton; he could not
behold her in this distress without some emotions of pity。 He gave her
shelter that night beneath his hospitable roof; and the next day got her
admission into an hospital; where having lingered a few weeks; she died; a
striking example that vice; however prosperous in the beginning; in the
end leads only to misery and shame。
F I N I S。
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