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Days I have said , but after all it was only the evenings that were so left . Every morning Susan got up to give Aaron his breakfast , but Mrs. Bell got up also . Susan boldly declared her right to do so , and Mrs. Bell found no objection which she could urge . But after that Aaron was always absent till seven or eight in the evening , when he would return to his tea . Then came the hour or two of lovers ' intercourse . But they were very tame , those hours . The widow still felt an undefined fear that she was wrong , and though her heart yearned to know that her daughter was happy in the sweet happiness of accepted love , yet she dreaded to be too confident .