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Chapter XXIX

           ButshecouldrememberBillOliver‘sfatherajourneymanneedlemaker;andth’Riversworgentryi’th’owddayso’th’Henrys,asonybodymightseebylookingintoth’registersi’MortonChurchvestry." Still,sheallowed,"theowdmaisterwaslikeotherfolknaughtmichouto’t’commonway:starkmado’shooting,andfarming,andsichlike." Themistresswasdifferent. Shewasagreatreader,andstudiedadeal;andthe"bairns"hadtakenafterher. Therewasnothinglikethemintheseparts,noreverhadbeen;theyhadlikedlearning,allthree,almostfromthetimetheycouldspeak;andtheyhadalwaysbeen"ofamak’oftheirown." Mr.St.John,whenhegrewup,wouldgotocollegeandbeaparson;andthegirls,assoonastheyleftschool,wouldseekplacesasgovernesses: fortheyhadtoldhertheirfatherhadsomeyearsagolostagreatdealofmoneybyamanhehadtrustedturningbankrupt;andashewasnownotrichenoughtogivethemfortunes,theymustprovideforthemselves. Theyhadlivedverylittleathomeforalongwhile,andwereonlycomenowtostayafewweeksonaccountoftheirfather’sdeath;buttheydidsolikeMarshEndandMorton,andallthesemoorsandhillsabout. TheyhadbeeninLondon,andmanyothergrandtowns;buttheyalwayssaidtherewasnoplacelikehome;andthentheyweresoagreeablewitheachotherneverfelloutnor"threaped." Shedidnotknowwheretherewassuchafamilyforbeingunited. 

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