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Chapter 25

           Butallthesetauntsandvexationsfailedtoelicitonewordfromthemeekschoolmaster,whosatwiththechildbyhissidealittlemoredejectedperhaps,butquitesilentanduncomplaining.

           Towardsnightanoldwomancametotteringupthegardenasspeedilyasshecould,andmeetingtheschoolmasteratthedoor,saidhewastogotoDameWest’sdirectly,andhadbestrunonbeforeher.Heandthechildwereonthepointofgoingouttogetherforawalk,andwithoutrelinquishingherhand,theschoolmasterhurriedaway,leavingthemessengertofollowasshemight.

           Theystoppedatacottage-door,andtheschoolmasterknockedsoftlyatitwithhishand.Itwasopenedwithoutlossoftime.Theyenteredaroomwherealittlegroupofwomenweregatheredaboutone,olderthantherest,whowascryingverybitterly,andsatwringingherhandsandrockingherselftoandfro.

           ‘Oh,dame!’saidtheschoolmaster,drawingnearherchair,‘isitsobadasthis?’

           ‘He’sgoingfast,’criedtheoldwoman;‘mygrandson’sdying.It’sallalongofyou.Youshouldn’tseehimnow,butforhisbeingsoearnestonit.Thisiswhathislearninghasbroughthimto.Ohdear,dear,dear,whatcanIdo!’

           ‘DonotsaythatIaminanyfault,’urgedthegentleschool-master.‘Iamnothurt,dame.No,no.Youareingreatdistressofmind,anddon’tmeanwhatyousay.Iamsureyoudon’t.’

           ‘Ido,’returnedtheoldwoman.‘Imeanitall.Ifhehadn’tbeenporingoverhisbooksoutoffearofyou,hewouldhavebeenwellandmerrynow,Iknowhewould.

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