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Chapter 44

           

           Whyhadtheyevercometothisnoisytown,whentherewerepeacefulcountryplaces,inwhich,atleast,theymighthavehungeredandthirsted,withlesssufferingthaninitssqualidstrife!Theywerebutanatom,here,inamountainheapofmisery,theverysightofwhichincreasedtheirhopelessnessandsuffering.

           Thechildhadnotonlytoenduretheaccumulatedhardshipsoftheirdestitutecondition,buttobearthereproachesofhergrandfather,whobegantomurmurathavingbeenledawayfromtheirlateabode,anddemandthattheyshouldreturntoit.Beingnowpenniless,andnorelieforprospectofreliefappearing,theyretracedtheirstepsthroughthedesertedstreets,andwentbacktothewharf,hopingtofindtheboatinwhichtheyhadcome,andtobeallowedtosleeponboardthatnight.Buthereagaintheyweredisappointed,forthegatewasclosed,andsomefiercedogs,barkingattheirapproach,obligedthemtoretreat.

           ‘Wemustsleepintheopenairto-night,dear,’saidthechildinaweakvoice,astheyturnedawayfromthislastrepulse;‘andto-morrowwewillbegourwaytosomequietpartofthecountry,andtrytoearnourbreadinveryhumblework.’

           ‘Whydidyoubringmehere?’returnedtheoldmanfiercely.‘Icannotbearthesecloseeternalstreets.Wecamefromaquietpart.Whydidyouforcemetoleaveit?’

           ‘BecauseImusthavethatdreamItoldyouof,nomore,’saidthechild,withamomentaryfirmnessthatlostitselfintears;‘andwemustliveamongpoorpeople,oritwillcomeagain.Deargrandfather,youareoldandweak,Iknow;butlookatme.

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