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Chapter 29

           

           ‘Ihaven’tseensuchastormasthis,’saidasharpcrackedvoiceofmostdisagreeablequality,whenatremendouspealofthunderhaddiedaway,‘sincethenightwhenoldLukeWitherswonthirteentimesrunningonthered.WeallsaidhehadtheDevil’sluckandhisown,andasitwasthekindofnightfortheDeviltobeoutandbusy,Isupposehewaslookingoverhisshoulder,ifanybodycouldhaveseenhim.’

           ‘Ah!’returnedthegruffvoice;‘foralloldLuke’swinningthroughthickandthinoflateyears,Irememberthetimewhenhewastheunluckiestandunfortunatestofmen.Henevertookadice-boxinhishand,orheldacard,buthewasplucked,pigeoned,andcleanedoutcompletely.’

           ‘Doyouhearwhathesays?’whisperedtheoldman.‘Doyouhearthat,Nell?’

           Thechildsawwithastonishmentandalarmthathiswholeappearancehadundergoneacompletechange.Hisfacewasflushedandeager,hiseyeswerestrained,histeethset,hisbreathcameshortandthick,andthehandhelaiduponherarmtrembledsoviolentlythatsheshookbeneathitsgrasp.

           ‘Bearwitness,’hemuttered,lookingupward,‘thatIalwayssaidit;thatIknewit,dreamedofit,feltitwasthetruth,andthatitmustbeso!Whatmoneyhavewe,Nell?Come!Isawyouwithmoneyyesterday.Whatmoneyhavewe?Giveittome.’

           ‘No,no,letmekeepit,grandfather,’saidthefrightenedchild.‘Letusgoawayfromhere.Donotmindtherain.Prayletusgo.’

           ‘Giveittome,Isay,’returnedtheoldmanfiercely.‘Hush,hush,don’tcry,Nell.IfIspokesharply,dear,Ididn’tmeanit.

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