`` No , Bertha , indeed ! '' `` No , I am sure you would not . You have too much pity for me . Mary , look across the room to where we were just now -- to where my father is -- my father , so compassionate and loving to me -- and tell me what you see . '' `` I see , '' said Dot , who understood her well , `` an old man sitting in a chair , and leaning sorrowfully on the back , with his face resting on his hand . As if his child should comfort him , Bertha . '' `` Yes , yes . She will . Go on . '' `` He is an old man , worn with care and work . He is a spare , dejected , thoughtful , grey-haired man . I see him now , despondent and bowed down , and striving against nothing . But , Bertha , I have seen him many times before , and striving hard in many ways , for one great sacred object . And I honour his grey head , and bless him ! '' The Blind Girl broke away from her ; and , throwing herself upon her knees before him , took the grey head to her breast . `` It is my sight restored . It is my sight ! '' she cried . `` I have been blind , and now my eyes are open . I never knew him !
To think I might have died , and never truly seen the father who has been so loving XXXXX me ! ''
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