Devotion Page #10

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There, child.

Don't take on so.

I'll have no more of this.

Emily's wishes or no, I shall

write to Charlotte tonight.

Leave them in the hall for the moment.

Yes, Miss Bront.

Well .. isn't anyone pleased to see me?

Charlotte!

Charlotte, my dear!

My dear child.

Of course we are glad to see you.

Charlotte, what brings

you home so suddenly?

We have not been

expecting you for weeks.

We thought you were

enjoying yourself in London.

London was very kind. However one

can have too much of a good thing.

Where is Emily?

She's upstairs.

She'll be so glad you are back.

Will she?

I wonder.

Why, Charlotte ..

Excuse me.

Mr Bront, I wonder if I might have

a word with you and Miss Branwell.

Certainly.

Come with me to my study.

What is it?

What's happened?

Oh, Charlotte, she's grown

steadily worse since you left.

And you let me fritter away my time in

London when Emily was seriously ill?

I couldn't help it.

She forbade me to write to you.

I heard those footsteps.

In the darkness of the jungle ..

I would know they were yours, Charlotte.

Oh, Emily!

Oh, it's wonderful to see you again.

But how could you bear to the

scenes of your triumph so soon?

Don't tell me success is an illusion.

I should be horribly disappointed.

Success is everything

I hoped it might be.

But there was something missing.

What?

You, my darling.

I don't believe a word of it.

It's very nice to bask in that

fatal charm of yours again.

All the most interesting people I met ..

Talked incessantly of Wuthering Heights.

And Thackeray's last words to me were:

"Pay my homage to that

genius sister of yours."

Bless the old cynic.

And George Smith says that he

won't have a moment's peace.

Until he has your next

book in his printing press.

He'll have to wait a dreadfully

long time, poor man.

Nonsense, Emily.

Now that I'm back to look after you,

you'll be up and about in no time.

Did you see him, Charlotte?

Yes, Emily.

Curiosity overcame my pride.

And I went to see Nicholls.

He was as pleasant and

courteous to me, as ever.

But I found that my old feeling for him

was as dead as though it had never been.

Please don't lie to me, Charlotte.

Not tonight.

There is so little time.

You're not to say these

things, Emily. You're not to.

All our lives there has been too

much left unsaid between us.

Loving is the only thing that

really matters, Charlotte.

It's worthwhile being

hurt a bit to find that out.

The world has always

frightened me a little.

So I'm really not afraid to leave it now.

Though sometimes ..

When I hear the wind

blowing through the heather.

Or see the sun go down

beyond Wuthering Heights.

I think perhaps .. I'd like

to stay just a little longer.

You're not trying, Emily.

You can stay. You must stay.

Listen, my dear one.

Any good there is in me,

has come from you.

Any courage that I have ever

shown has been inspired by you.

You are everything that I

would wish to be myself.

A life without you ..

Would have no meaning.

When he comes back.

And he will.

You'll find the meaning, Charlotte.

And it will be much happier

one tha I could ever teach you.

Emily.

Emily.

Doctor Barnes.

I have found the meaning .. dear Emily.

Goodbye, my dear one.

T-G

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