I always have . That other was n't love -- it was just madness . When it passed I hated life because I 'd lost you . I know you ca n't forgive me , but , oh -- '' He broke down . Estella flung her arms around his neck and put her face up to his . She felt as if her heart must break with its great happiness . He understood her mute pardon . In their kiss the past was put aside . Estella 's martyrdom was ended . The Old Chest at Wyther Grange When I was a child I always thought a visit to Wyther Grange was a great treat . It was a big , quiet , old-fashioned house where Grandmother Laurance and Mrs. DeLisle , my Aunt Winnifred , lived . I was a favourite with them , yet I could never overcome a certain awe of them both . Grandmother was a tall , dignified old lady with keen black eyes that seemed veritably to bore through one . She always wore stiffly-rustling gowns of rich silk made in the fashion of her youth . I suppose she must have changed her dress occasionally , but the impression on my mind was always the same , as she went trailing about the house with a big bunch of keys at her belt -- keys that opened a score of wonderful old chests and boxes and drawers . It was one of my dearest delights to attend Grandmother in her peregrinations and watch the unfolding and examining of all those old treasures and heirlooms of bygone Laurances . Of Aunt Winnifred I was less in awe , possibly because she dressed in a modern way and so looked to my small eyes more human and natural . As Winnifred Laurance she had been the beauty of the family and was a handsome woman still , with brilliant dark eyes and cameo-like features . She always looked very sad , spoke in a low sweet voice , and was my childish ideal of all that was high-bred and graceful . I had many beloved haunts at the Grange , but I liked the garret best .
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