The thing she had cherished
January 21st, 2010 . by adminBut William could hold no more. I thought somebody else had given it. Then, according to her custom, she rebuked herself for her pettishness and ingratitude and determined to make a reparation to honest William for the slight she had not expressed to him, but had felt for his piano. It was not George’s gift; the only one which she had received from antique piano sale her lover, as she thought; the thing she had cherished beyond all others — her dearest relic and prize. Emmy did not note the circumstance at the time, nor take immediate heed of the very dismal expression which honest Dobbin’s countenance assumed, but she thought of it afterwards.