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The Ghost’s Walk

           ""Iamthankful!Sohehasbroughtyouuptofollowinhiswaysandhassentyouintoforeigncountriesandthelike?Well,heknowsbest.TheremaybeaworldbeyondChesneyWoldthatIdon’tunderstand.ThoughIamnotyoung,either.AndIhaveseenaquantityofgoodcompanytoo!""Grandmother,"saystheyoungman,changingthesubject,"whataveryprettygirlthatwasIfoundwithyoujustnow.YoucalledherRosa?""Yes,child.Sheisdaughterofawidowinthevillage.Maidsaresohardtoteach,now-a-days,thatIhaveputheraboutmeyoung.She’sanaptscholarandwilldowell.Sheshowsthehousealready,verypretty.Sheliveswithmeatmytablehere.""IhopeIhavenotdrivenheraway?""Shesupposeswehavefamilyaffairstospeakabout,Idaresay.Sheisverymodest.Itisafinequalityinayoungwoman.Andscarcer,"saysMrs.Rouncewell,expandingherstomachertoitsutmostlimits,"thanitformerlywas!"Theyoungmaninclineshisheadinacknowledgmentofthepreceptsofexperience.Mrs.Rouncewelllistens."Wheels!"saysshe.Theyhavelongbeenaudibletotheyoungerearsofhercompanion."Whatwheelsonsuchadayasthis,forgracioussake?"Afterashortinterval,atapatthedoor."Comein!"Adark-eyed,dark-haired,shy,villagebeautycomesinsofreshinherrosyandyetdelicatebloomthatthedropsofrainwhichhavebeatenonherhairlooklikethedewuponaflowerfreshgathered."Whatcompanyisthis,Rosa?"saysMrs.Rouncewell.

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