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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           

           "Itisnotbecauseithurtsme,"littleRawdongaspedout—"onlyonly"—sobsandtearswoundupthesentenceinastorm.Itwasthelittleboy’sheartthatwasbleeding."Whymayn’tIhearhersinging?Whydon’tsheeversingtomeasshedoestothatbaldheadedmanwiththelargeteeth?"Hegaspedoutatvariousintervalstheseexclamationsofrageandgrief.Thecooklookedatthehousemaid,thehousemaidlookedknowinglyatthefootmantheawfulkitcheninquisitionwhichsitsinjudgementineveryhouseandknowseverythingsatonRebeccaatthatmoment.

           Afterthisincident,themother’sdislikeincreasedtohatred;theconsciousnessthatthechildwasinthehousewasareproachandapaintoher.Hisverysightannoyedher.Fear,doubt,andresistancesprangup,too,intheboy’sownbosom.Theywereseparatedfromthatdayoftheboxesontheear.

           LordSteynealsoheartilydislikedtheboy.Whentheymetbymischance,hemadesarcasticbowsorremarkstothechild,orglaredathimwithsavage-lookingeyes.Rawdonusedtostarehiminthefaceanddoublehislittlefistsinreturn.Heknewhisenemy,andthisgentleman,ofallwhocametothehouse,wastheonewhoangeredhimmost.OnedaythefootmanfoundhimsquaringhisfistsatLordSteyne’shatinthehall.ThefootmantoldthecircumstanceasagoodjoketoLordSteyne’scoachman;thatofficerimpartedittoLordSteyne’sgentleman,andtotheservants’hallingeneral.Andverysoonafterwards,whenMrs.

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