`` That strikes me to the heart , dear father ! Always so mindful of me ! Always so kind to me ! '' Caleb was very much perplexed to understand her . `` To be -- to be blind , Bertha , my poor dear , '' he faltered , `` is a great affliction ; but -- '' `` I have never felt it ! '' cried the Blind Girl . `` I have never felt it in its fulness . Never ! I have sometimes wished that I could see you , or could see him -- only once , dear father , only for one little minute -- that I might know what it is I treasure up , '' she laid her hands upon her breast , `` and hold here ! That I might be sure I have it right ! And sometimes -LRB- but then I was a child -RRB- I have wept in my prayers at night , to think that , when your images ascended from my heart to Heaven , they might not be the true resemblance of yourselves . But I have never had these feelings long . They have passed away , and left me tranquil and contented . '' `` And they will again , '' said Caleb . `` But , father ! Oh , my good gentle father , bear with me , if I am wicked ! '' said the Blind Girl . `` This is not the sorrow that so weighs me down ! '' Her father could not choose but let his moist eyes overflow ; she was so earnest and pathetic . But he did not understand her yet .
`` Bring her to me , '' said XXXXX .
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