Chapter 1: From the Third to the Nineteenth of September

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠Miss Aldclyffe’s tenderness towards Cytherea, between the hours of her irascibility, increased till it became no less than doting fondness. Like Nature in the tropics, with her hurricanes and the subsequent luxuriant vegetation effacing their ravages, Miss Aldclyffe compensated for her outbursts by excess of generosity afterwards. She seemed to be completely won out of herself by close contact wit