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Well -- and what suggested all this ? and what is the inference to be drawn therefrom ? What suggested it , is the circumstance of my best pupil -- my treasure -- being snatched from my hands , and put away out of my reach ; the inference to be drawn from it is -- that , being a steady , reasonable man , I did not allow the resentment , disappointment , and grief , engendered in my mind by this evil chance , to grow there to any monstrous size ; nor did I allow them to monopolize the whole space of my heart ; I pent them , on the contrary , in one strait and secret nook . In the daytime , too , when I was about my duties , I put them on the silent system ; and it was only after I had closed the door of my chamber at night that I somewhat relaxed my severity towards these morose nurslings , and allowed vent to their language of murmurs ; then , in revenge , they sat on my pillow , haunted my bed , and kept me awake with their long , midnight cry . A week passed . I had said nothing more to Mdlle . Reuter .