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Chapter XXVIII

           Theaperturewassoscreenedandnarrow,thatcurtainorshutterhadbeendeemedunnecessary;andwhenIstoopeddownandputasidethesprayoffoliageshootingoverit,Icouldseeallwithin. Icouldseeclearlyaroomwithasandedfloor,cleanscoured;adresserofwalnut,withpewterplatesrangedinrows,reflectingtherednessandradianceofaglowingpeat-fire.Icouldseeaclock,awhitedealtable,somechairs. Thecandle,whoserayhadbeenmybeacon,burntonthetable;andbyitslightanelderlywoman,somewhatrough-looking,butscrupulouslyclean,likeallabouther,wasknittingastocking. 

           Inoticedtheseobjectscursorilyonlyinthemtherewasnothingextraordinary. Agroupofmoreinterestappearednearthehearth,sittingstillamidsttherosypeaceandwarmthsuffusingit. Twoyoung,gracefulwomenladiesineverypointsat,oneinalowrocking-chair,theotheronalowerstool;bothworedeepmourningofcrapeandbombazeen,whichsombregarbsingularlysetoffveryfairnecksandfaces: alargeoldpointerdogresteditsmassiveheadonthekneeofonegirlinthelapoftheotherwascushionedablackcat. 

           Astrangeplacewasthishumblekitchenforsuchoccupants! Whowerethey?Theycouldnotbethedaughtersoftheelderlypersonatthetable;forshelookedlikearustic,andtheywerealldelicacyandcultivation. Ihadnowhereseensuchfacesastheirs:andyet,asIgazedonthem,Iseemedintimatewitheverylineament. 

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