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Chapter 22

           

           Itdidnotappear,however,thattherewasanythingremarkablytremendousaboutthisstrangeBarbara,whohavinglivedaveryquietlife,blushedverymuchandwasquiteasembarrassedanduncertainwhatsheoughttosayordo,asKitcouldpossiblybe.Whenhehadsatforsomelittletime,attentivetothetickingofthesoberclock,heventuredtoglancecuriouslyatthedresser,andthere,amongtheplatesanddishes,wereBarbara’slittlework-boxwithaslidinglidtoshutintheballsofcotton,andBarbara’sprayer-book,andBarbara’shymn-book,andBarbara’sBible.Barbara’slittlelooking-glasshunginagoodlightnearthewindow,andBarbara’sbonnetwasonanailbehindthedoor.Fromallthesemutesignsandtokensofherpresence,henaturallyglancedatBarbaraherself,whosatasmuteasthey,shellingpeasintoadish;andjustwhenKitwaslookingathereyelashesandwonderingquiteinthesimplicityofhisheartwhatcolourhereyesmightbe,itperverselyhappenedthatBarbararaisedherheadalittletolookathim,whenbothpairofeyeswerehastilywithdrawn,andKitleantoverhisplate,andBarbaraoverherpea-shells,eachinextremeconfusionathavingbeendetectedbytheother.

           

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