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Chapter 43

           

           Howeverycircumstanceofhershort,eventfullife,camethrongingintohermind,astheytravelledon!Slightincidents,neverthoughtoforremembereduntilnow;faces,seenonceandeversinceforgotten;wordsscarcelyheededatthetime;scenes,ofayearagoandthoseofyesterday,mixingupandlinkingthemselvestogether;familiarplacesshapingthemselvesoutinthedarknessfromthingswhich,whenapproached,were,ofallothers,themostremoteandmostunlikethem;sometimes,astrangeconfusioninhermindrelativetotheoccasionofherbeingthere,andtheplacetowhichshewasgoing,andthepeopleshewaswith;andimaginationsuggestingremarksandquestionswhichsoundedsoplainlyinherears,thatshewouldstart,andturn,andbealmosttemptedtoreply;allthefanciesandcontradictionscommoninwatchingandexcitementandrestlesschangeofplace,besetthechild.

           Shehappened,whileshewasthusengaged,toencounterthefaceofthemanondeck,inwhomthesentimentalstageofdrunkennesshadnowsucceededtotheboisterous,andwho,takingfromhismouthashortpipe,quiltedoverwithstringforitslongerpreservation,requestedthatshewouldobligehimwithasong.

           ‘You’vegotaveryprettyvoice,averysofteye,andaverystrongmemory,’saidthisgentleman;‘thevoiceandeyeI’vegotevidencefor,andthememory’sanopinionofmyown.AndI’mneverwrong.Letmehearasongthisminute.’

           ‘Idon’tthinkIknowone,sir,’returnedNell.

           ‘Youknowforty-sevensongs,’saidtheman,withagravitywhichadmittedofnoaltercationonthesubject.

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