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Chapter 6

           Thechildrenwereforbiddentomeether;buttheyusedtorunoutofthevillagetotheherdandtakeherfoodandthings;andsometimesjustranoffthereandkissedher,andsaid,‘Jevousaime,Marie!’andthentrottedbackagain.TheyimaginedthatIwasinlovewithMarie,andthiswastheonlypointonwhichIdidnotundeceivethem,fortheygotsuchenjoymentoutofit.Andwhatdelicacyandtendernesstheyshowed!

           “IntheeveningIusedtowalktothewaterfall.Therewasaspottherewhichwasquiteclosedinandhiddenfromviewbylargetrees;andtothisspotthechildrenusedtocometome.TheycouldnotbearthattheirdearLeonshouldloveapoorgirlwithoutshoestoherfeetanddressedallinragsandtatters.So,wouldyoubelieveit,theyactuallyclubbedtogether,somehow,andboughthershoesandstockings,andsomelinen,andevenadress!Ican’tunderstandhowtheymanagedit,buttheydidit,alltogether.WhenIaskedthemaboutittheyonlylaughedandshouted,andthelittlegirlsclappedtheirhandsandkissedme.IsometimeswenttoseeMariesecretly,too.Shehadbecomeveryill,andcouldhardlywalk.Shestillwentwiththeherd,butcouldnothelptheherdsmananylonger.Sheusedtositonastonenear,andwaittherealmostmotionlessallday,tilltheherdwenthome.Herconsumptionwassoadvanced,andshewassoweak,thatsheusedtositwithclosedeyes,breathingheavily.Herfacewasasthinasaskeleton’s,andsweatusedtostandonherwhitebrowinlargedrops.Ialwaysfoundhersittingjustlikethat.

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