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IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation

           

           “Andyou’veyourworkcutouttodothat,myson,”saidGrandferCantlesmartly.“Iwishthatthedreadofinfirmitieswasnotsostronginme!—I’dstarttheveryfirstthingtomorrowtoseetheworldoveragain!Butseventy-one,thoughnothingathome,isahighfigureforarover....Ay,seventy-one,lastCandlemasday.Gad,I’dsoonerhaveitinguineasthaninyears!”Andtheoldmansighed.

           “Don’tyoubemournful,Grandfer,”saidFairway.“Emptsomemorefeathersintothebed-tick,andkeepupyerheart.Thoughratherleaninthestalksyoubeagreen-leavedoldmanstill.There’stimeenoughlefttoyeyettofillwholechronicles.”

           “Begad,I’llgoto’em,Timothy—tothemarriedpair!”saidGranferCantleinanencouragedvoice,andstartingroundbriskly.“I’llgoto’emtonightandsingaweddingsong,hey?’Tislikemetodoso,youknow;andthey’dseeitassuch.My’DowninCupid’sGardens’waswelllikedinfour;still,I’vegotothersasgood,andevenbetter.Whatdoyousaytomy

           Shecal’-ledto’herlove’

           Fromthelat’-ticea-bove,

           ’Ocomein’fromthefog-gyfog’-gydew’.’

           ’Twouldplease’emwellatsuchatime!Really,nowIcometothinkofit,Ihaven’tturnedmytongueinmyheadtotheshapeofarealgoodsongsinceOldMidsummernight,whenwehadthe’BarleyMow’attheWoman;and’tisapitytoneglectyourstrongpointwherethere’sfewthathavethecompassforsuchthings!”

           “So’tis,so’tis,”saidFairway.“Nowgiethebedashakedown.

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