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VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day

           Uponthewholetheopportunitywasworthtakingadvantageof.

           Herson,too,wasthere,andwasnowmarried.Therecouldbenomorepropermomenttorenderhimhisshareofthemoneythanthepresent.Andthechancethatwouldbeaffordedher,bysendinghimthisgift,ofshowinghowfarshewasfrombearinghimill-will,cheeredthesadmother’sheart.

           Shewentupstairsandtookfromalockeddraweralittlebox,outofwhichshepouredahoardofbroadunwornguineasthathadlaintheremanyayear.Therewereahundredinall,andshedividedthemintotwoheaps,fiftyineach.Tyinguptheseinsmallcanvasbags,shewentdowntothegardenandcalledtoChristianCantle,whowasloiteringaboutinhopeofasupperwhichwasnotreallyowedhim.Mrs.Yeobrightgavehimthemoneybags,chargedhimtogotoMistover,andonnoaccounttodeliverthemintoanyone’shandssaveherson’sandThomasin’s.OnfurtherthoughtshedeemeditadvisabletotellChristianpreciselywhatthetwobagscontained,thathemightbefullyimpressedwiththeirimportance.Christianpocketedthemoneybags,promisedthegreatestcarefulness,andsetoutonhisway.

           “Youneednothurry,”saidMrs.Yeobright.“Itwillbebetternottogettheretillafterdusk,andthennobodywillnoticeyou.Comebackheretosupper,ifitisnottoolate.”

           Itwasnearlynineo’clockwhenhebegantoascendthevaletowardsMistover;butthelongdaysofsummerbeingattheirclimax,thefirstobscurityofeveninghadonlyjustbeguntotanthelandscape.

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