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Chapter 26

           Shepushedthecandleimpatientlyaway;andonceortwiceasshefeverishlychangedherposition,shuffledherfeetupontheground;butthiswasall.

           Duringthesilence,theJewlookedrestlesslyabouttheroom,asiftoassurehimselfthattherewerenoappearancesofSikeshavingcovertlyreturned.Apparentlysatisfiedwithhisinspection,hecoughedtwiceorthrice,andmadeasmanyeffortstoopenaconversation;butthegirlheededhimnomorethanifhehadbeenmadeofstone.Atlengthhemadeanotherattempt;andrubbinghishandstogether,said,inhismostconcilitorytone,

           ‘AndwhereshouldyouthinkBillwasnow,mydear?’

           Thegirlmoanedoutsomehalfintelligiblereply,thatshecouldnottell;andseemed,fromthesmotherednoisethatescapedher,tobecrying.

           ‘Andtheboy,too,’saidtheJew,straininghiseyestocatchaglimpseofherface.‘Poorleetlechild!Leftinaditch,Nance;onlythink!’

           ‘Thechild,’saidthegirl,suddenlylookingup,‘isbetterwhereheis,thanamongus;andifnoharmcomestoBillfromit,Ihopeheliesdeadintheditchandthathisyoungbonesmayrotthere.

           ‘What!’criedtheJew,inamazement.

           ‘Ay,Ido,’returnedthegirl,meetinghisgaze.‘Ishallbegladtohavehimawayfrommyeyes,andtoknowthattheworstisover.Ican’tbeartohavehimaboutme.Thesightofhimturnsmeagainstmyself,andallofyou.

           ‘Pooh!’saidtheJew,scornfully.‘You’redrunk.

           ‘AmI?’criedthegirlbitterly.

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