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Chapter 26

           Thefieldswerebeingreaped;twoshipslayanchored,andboatswerecomingandgoingontheHope.Itwasaltogetherarightpleasantsighttome;andIcouldnottakemyfillofgazingatthesecomfortable,green,cultivatedhillsandthebusypeoplebothofthefieldandsea.

           Forallthat,therewasMr.Rankeillor’shouseonthesouthshore,whereIhadnodoubtwealthawaitedme;andherewasIuponthenorth,cladinpoorenoughattireofanoutlandishfashion,withthreesilvershillingslefttomeofallmyfortune,apricesetuponmyhead,andanoutlawedmanformysolecompany.

           “O,Alan!”saidI,“tothinkofit!Overthere,there’sallthatheartcouldwantwaitingme;andthebirdsgoover,andtheboatsgooverallthatpleasecango,butjustmeonly!O,man,butit’saheart-break!”

           InLimekilnsweenteredasmallchange-house,whichweonlyknewtobeapublicbythewandoverthedoor,andboughtsomebreadandcheesefromagood-lookinglassthatwastheservant.Thiswecarriedwithusinabundle,meaningtositandeatitinabushofwoodonthesea-shore,thatwesawsomethirdpartofamileinfront.Aswewent,Ikeptlookingacrossthewaterandsighingtomyself;andthoughItooknoheedofit,Alanhadfallenintoamuse.Atlasthestoppedintheway.

           “Didyetakeheedofthelassweboughtthisof?”sayshe,tappingonthebreadandcheese.

           “Tobesure,”saidI,“andabonnylassshewas.”

           “Yethoughtthat?”crieshe.“Man,David,that’sgoodnews.

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