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Chapter 38

           InhollowvoicesfromWorkhouse,Hospital,andjail,thistruthispreachedfromdaytoday,andhasbeenproclaimedforyears.Itisnolightmatternooutcryfromtheworkingvulgarnomerequestionofthepeople’shealthandcomfortsthatmaybewhistleddownonWednesdaynights.Inloveofhome,theloveofcountryhasitsrise;andwhoarethetruerpatriotsorthebetterintimeofneedthosewhoveneratetheland,owningitswood,andstream,andearth,andallthattheyproduce?orthosewholovetheircountry,boastingnotafootofgroundinallitswidedomain!

           Kitknewnothingaboutsuchquestions,butheknewthathisoldhomewasaverypoorplace,andthathisnewonewasveryunlikeit,andyethewasconstantlylookingbackwithgratefulsatisfactionandaffectionateanxiety,andofteninditedsquare-foldedletterstohismother,enclosingashillingoreighteenpenceorsuchothersmallremittance,whichMrAbel’sliberalityenabledhimtomake.Sometimesbeingintheneighbourhood,hehadleisuretocalluponher,andthengreatwasthejoyandprideofKit’smother,andextremelynoisythesatisfactionoflittleJacobandthebaby,andcordialthecongratulationsofthewholecourt,wholistenedwithadmiringearstotheaccountsofAbelCottage,andcouldneverbetoldtoomuchofitswondersandmagnificence.

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