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           Asshestoodinhergarden,holdingupherlittlelanterntolightmeback,Ithoughtherobservationofmehadananxiousairagain;butIwastoomuchoccupiedinponderingonwhatshehadsaid,andtoomuchimpressedforthefirsttime,inrealitybytheconvictionthatDoraandIhadindeedtoworkoutourfutureforourselves,andthatnoonecouldassistus,totakemuchnoticeofit.

           Doracamestealingdowninherlittleslippers,tomeetme,nowthatIwasalone;andcrieduponmyshoulder,andsaidIhadbeenhard-heartedandshehadbeennaughty;andIsaidmuchthesamethingineffect,Ibelieve;andwemadeitup,andagreedthatourfirstlittledifferencewastobeourlast,andthatwewerenevertohaveanotherifwelivedahundredyears.

           Thenextdomestictrialwewentthrough,wastheOrdealofServants.MaryAnne’scousindesertedintoourcoal-hole,andwasbroughtout,toourgreatamazement,byapiquetofhiscompanionsinarms,whotookhimawayhandcuffedinaprocessionthatcoveredourfront-gardenwithignominy.ThisnervedmetogetridofMaryAnne,whowentsomildly,onreceiptofwages,thatIwassurprised,untilIfoundoutaboutthetea-spoons,andalsoaboutthelittlesumsshehadborrowedinmynameofthetradespeoplewithoutauthority.AfteranintervalofMrs.

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