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"I can tell you egzactly how that is: Henry was the son of Mr. Hampleton's first marriage Henry Hampleton. The second wife, the one your darter lived with, was the Widder Warner, and had a little gal, Rose, when she married Mr. Hampleton. This Widder Warner's husband's brother married Mr. Hampleton's sister, the woman who took the children, and had Henry change his name to Warner.
In the course of a few days Mr. Hamilton had occasion to go for something into Aunt Polly's dominions. The old lady was ready for him. "Mr. Hampleton," said she, "I've been waitin' to see you this long spell." "To see me, Polly?" said he; "what do you want?" "What I wants is this," answered Polly, dropping into a chair.
"Egzactly!" ejaculated the peddler, setting down his pack and himself taking a chair, preparatory to a long talk. "Egzactly; I knowed him like a book. Old Squire Hampleton, the biggest man in Meriden, and you don't say his last wife, that tall, handsome gal, was your darter?"
"Yes, ma'am; an' sure 'twas Miss Hampleton she was wishin' to see," said the Irish girl. "Well, I shall not go down," answered Mag. "Tell her, Rachel, that I am otherwise engaged." "Oh, Maggie," said Carrie, "why not see her? I would if I were you." "Rachel can ask her up here if you wish it," answered Mag, "but I shall leave the room."
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