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Chapter XXXI

           "Oh,IonlycamehomefromS-"(shementionedthenameofalargetownsometwentymilesdistant)"thisafternoonPapatoldmeyouhadopenedyourschool,andthatthenewmistresswascome;andsoIputonmybonnetaftertea,andranupthevalleytoseeher:thisisshe?"pointingtome. 

           "Itis,"saidSt.John. 

           "DoyouthinkyoushalllikeMorton?"sheaskedofme,withadirectandnaivesimplicityoftoneandmanner,pleasing,ifchild-like. 

           "IhopeIshall.Ihavemanyinducementstodoso." 

           "Didyoufindyourscholarsasattentiveasyouexpected?" 

           "Quite." 

           "Doyoulikeyourhouse?" 

           "Verymuch." 

           "HaveIfurnisheditnicely?" 

           "Verynicely,indeed." 

           "AndmadeagoodchoiceofanattendantforyouinAliceWood?" 

           "Youhaveindeed.Sheisteachableandhandy." (Thisthen,Ithought,isMissOliver,theheiress;favoured,itseems,inthegiftsoffortune,aswellasinthoseofnature!Whathappycombinationoftheplanetspresidedoverherbirth,Iwonder?) 

           "Ishallcomeupandhelpyoutoteachsometimes,"sheadded. "Itwillbeachangeformetovisityounowandthen;andIlikeachange. Mr.Rivers,IhavebeensogayduringmystayatS-. Lastnight,orratherthismorning,Iwasdancingtilltwoo’clock. The-thregimentarestationedtheresincetheriots;andtheofficersarethemostagreeablemenintheworld:theyputallouryoungknife-grindersandscissormerchantstoshame." 

           ItseemedtomethatMr.St.John’sunderlipprotruded,andhisupperlipcurledamoment. 

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