`` You 'll say so presently . You 'll be the first to tell him so . '' `` He cruel to me ! '' cried Bertha with a smile of incredulity . `` Not meaning it , my child , '' said Caleb . `` But I have been : though I never suspected it till yesterday . My dear blind daughter , hear me and forgive me . The world you live in , heart of mine , does n't exist as I have represented it . The eyes you have trusted in have been false to you . '' She turned her wonder-stricken face towards him still ; but drew back , and clung closer to her friend . `` Your road in life was rough , my poor one , '' said Caleb , `` and I meant to smooth it for you . I have altered objects , changed the characters of people , invented many things that never have been , to make you happier . I have had concealments from you , put deceptions on you , God forgive me ! and surrounded you with fancies . '' `` But living people are not fancies ? '' she said hurriedly , and turning very pale , and still retiring from him . `` You ca n't change them . '' `` I have done so , Bertha , '' pleaded Caleb . `` There is one person that you know , my dove -- '' `` Oh , father ! why do you say , I know ? ''
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