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Chapter 52

           Itledintoachamber,vaultedandold,likethatfromwhichtheyhadcome,butnotsospacious,andhavingonlyoneotherlittleroomattached.Itwasnotdifficulttodivinethattheotherhousewasofrighttheschoolmaster’s,andthathehadchosenforhimselftheleastcommodious,inhiscareandregardforthem.Liketheadjoininghabitation,itheldsucholdarticlesoffurnitureaswereabsolutelynecessary,andhaditsstackoffire-wood.

           Tomakethesedwellingsashabitableandfullofcomfortastheycould,wasnowtheirpleasantcare.Inashorttime,eachhaditscheerfulfireglowingandcracklingonthehearth,andreddeningthepaleoldwallwithahaleandhealthyblush.Nell,busilyplyingherneedle,repairedthetatteredwindow-hangings,drewtogethertherentsthattimehadworninthethreadbarescrapsofcarpet,andmadethemwholeanddecent.Theschoolmastersweptandsmoothedthegroundbeforethedoor,trimmedthelonggrass,trainedtheivyandcreepingplantswhichhungtheirdroopingheadsinmelancholyneglect;andgavetotheouterwallsacheeryairofhome.Theoldman,sometimesbyhissideandsometimeswiththechild,lenthisaidtoboth,wenthereandthereonlittlepatientservices,andwashappy.Neighbours,too,astheycamefromwork,profferedtheirhelp;orsenttheirchildrenwithsuchsmallpresentsorloansasthestrangersneededmost.Itwasabusyday;andnightcameon,andfoundthemwonderingthattherewasyetsomuchtodo,andthatitshouldbedarksosoon.

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