Chapter 34

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​⁠It was near Christmas by the time all was settled: the season of general holiday approached. I now closed Morton school, taking care that the parting should not be barren on my side. Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, is but to afford a vent to the unusual ebullition of the sensations. I had long felt with pleasure that