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III. The Custom of the Country

           

           Thespeaker,apeat-orturf-cutter,whohadnewlyjoinedthegroup,carriedacrosshisshoulderthesingularheart-shapedspadeoflargedimensionsusedinthatspeciesoflabour,anditswell-whettededgegleamedlikeasilverbowinthebeamsofthefire.

           “Ahundredmaidenswouldhavehadhimifhe’dasked’em,”saidthewidewoman.

           “Didsteverknowaman,neighbour,thatnowomanatallwouldmarry?”inquiredHumphrey.

           “Ineverdid,”saidtheturf-cutter.

           “NorI,”saidanother.

           “NorI,”saidGrandferCantle.

           “Well,now,Ididonce,”saidTimothyFairway,addingmorefirmnesstooneofhislegs.“Ididknowofsuchaman.Butonlyonce,mind.”Hegavehisthroatathoroughrakeround,asifitwerethedutyofeverypersonnottobemistakenthroughthicknessofvoice.“Yes,Iknewofsuchaman,”hesaid.

           “Andwhatghastlygallicrowmightthepoorfellowhavebeenlike,MasterFairway?”askedtheturf-cutter.

           “Well,’awasneitheradeafman,noradumbman,norablindman.What’awasIdon’tsay.”

           “Isheknownintheseparts?”saidOllyDowden.

           “Hardly,”saidTimothy;“butInamenoname....Come,keepthefireupthere,youngsters.”

           “WhateverisChristianCantle’steetha-chatteringfor?”saidaboyfromamidthesmokeandshadesontheothersideoftheblaze.“Beyea-cold,Christian?”

           Athinjibberingvoicewasheardtoreply,“No,notatall.”

           “Comeforward,Christian,andshowyourself.Ididn’tknowyouwerehere,”saidFairway,withahumanelookacrosstowardsthatquarter.

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