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Chapter XXVIII

           "Itis,especiallysuchalanguageasthiscrabbedbutgloriousDeutsch.IwonderwhenSt.Johnwillcomehome." 

           "Surelyhewillnotbelongnow:itisjustten(lookingatalittlegoldwatchshedrewfromhergirdle).Itrainsfast,Hannah:willyouhavethegoodnesstolookatthefireintheparlour?" 

           Thewomanrose:sheopenedadoor,throughwhichIdimlysawapassage:soonIheardherstirafireinaninnerroom;shepresentlycameback. 

           "Ah,childer!"saidshe,"itfairtroublesmetogointoyond’roomnow:itlookssolonesomewi’thechairemptyandsetbackinacorner." 

           Shewipedhereyeswithherapron:thetwogirls,gravebefore,lookedsadnow. 

           "Butheisinabetterplace,"continuedHannah:"weshouldn’twishhimhereagain.Andthen,nobodyneedtohaveaquieterdeathnorhehad." 

           "Yousayhenevermentionedus?"inquiredoneoftheladies. 

           "Hehadn’ttime,bairn:hewasgoneinaminute,wasyourfather. Hehadbeenabitailinglikethedaybefore,butnaughttosignify;andwhenMr.St.Johnaskedifhewouldlikeeithero’yetobesentfor,hefairlaughedathim. Hebeganagainwithabitofaheavinessinhisheadthenextdaythatis,afortnightsin’andhewenttosleepandniverwakened:hewora’moststarkwhenyourbrotherwentintot’chamberandfandhim. Ah,childer!that’st’lasto’t’oldstockforyeandMr.St.Johnislikeofdifferentsoarttothem‘at’sgone;forallyourmotherwormichi’yourway,anda‘mostasbook-learned. 

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