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Chapter 9

           Hesendsusasackeveryyear;andcertainlythereneverwassuchakeepingappleanywhereasoneofhistrees—Ibelievethereistwoofthem.Mymothersaystheorchardwasalwaysfamousinheryoungerdays.ButIwasreallyquiteshockedtheotherday—forMr.Knightleycalledonemorning,andJanewaseatingtheseapples,andwetalkedaboutthemandsaidhowmuchsheenjoyedthem,andheaskedwhetherwewerenotgottotheendofourstock.‘Iamsureyoumustbe,’saidhe,‘andIwillsendyouanothersupply;forIhaveagreatmanymorethanIcaneveruse.WilliamLarkinsletmekeepalargerquantitythanusualthisyear.Iwillsendyousomemore,beforetheygetgoodfornothing.’SoIbeggedhewouldnot—forreallyastooursbeinggone,Icouldnotabsolutelysaythatwehadagreatmanyleft—itwasbuthalfadozenindeed;buttheyshouldbeallkeptforJane;andIcouldnotatallbearthatheshouldbesendingusmore,soliberalashehadbeenalready;andJanesaidthesame.Andwhenhewasgone,shealmostquarrelledwithme—No,Ishouldnotsayquarrelled,forweneverhadaquarrelinourlives;butshewasquitedistressedthatIhadownedtheapplesweresonearlygone;shewishedIhadmadehimbelievewehadagreatmanyleft.Oh,saidI,mydear,IdidsayasmuchasIcould.However,theverysameeveningWilliamLarkinscameoverwithalargebasketofapples,thesamesortofapples,abushelatleast,andIwasverymuchobliged,andwentdownandspoketoWilliamLarkinsandsaideverything,asyoumaysuppose.

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