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The Old Piano

           andMissClapp,comingperhapstolistenattheparlourdoor,foundLollJewabshakinguponthehall-benchunderthecoats,moaninginastrangepiteousway,andshowinghisyelloweyeballsandwhiteteeth.

           For,yousee,wehaveadroitlyshutthedooruponthemeetingbetweenJosandtheoldfatherandthepoorlittlegentlesisterinside.Theoldmanwasverymuchaffected;so,ofcourse,washisdaughter;norwasJoswithoutfeeling.Inthatlongabsenceoftenyears,themostselfishwillthinkabouthomeandearlyties.Distancesanctifiesboth.Longbroodingoverthoselostpleasuresexaggeratestheircharmandsweetness.Joswasunaffectedlygladtoseeandshakethehandofhisfather,betweenwhomandhimselftherehadbeenacoolnessgladtoseehislittlesister,whomherememberedsoprettyandsmiling,andpainedatthealterationwhichtime,grief,andmisfortunehadmadeintheshatteredoldman.Emmyhadcomeouttothedoorinherblackclothesandwhisperedtohimofhermother’sdeath,andnottospeakofittotheirfather.Therewasnoneedofthiscaution,fortheelderSedleyhimselfbeganimmediatelytospeakoftheevent,andprattledaboutit,andweptoveritplenteously.ItshockedtheIndiannotalittleandmadehimthinkofhimselflessthanthepoorfellowwasaccustomedtodo.

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