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`` Some kinds of baseness Are nobly undergone , and most poor matters Point to rich ends . '' SHAKESPEARE . The next morning , after breakfast , I asked Mrs. Middleton what were her plans for the day . She told me she had got a note from Henry after I had gone to bed the evening before , to ask her when and where she wished to see him ; that she had sent him word to come to her before two o'clock , but that she thought I had better not be present at their first interview . I instantly proposed to her to go to Alice as soon as I could be sure that Henry had left his house , and prepare her for the visit which I knew my aunt intended to make to her in the afternoon , or else to bring her back with me to Brookstreet . I felt I had better meet Henry again in her presence than alone . Mrs. Middleton agreed to all this ; and I went to my room to wait there for his arrival , which was to be the signal for my departure .