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John is my father. And who art thou? 'I? Oh, I am Hob Hogward's lad, he answered in an odd off-hand tone, before whooping again his answer to the shouts of Hob, which were coming nearer. 'I am so hungry! said the little lady, in a weak, famished tone. 'Hast aught to eat? 'I have finished my wallet, more's the pity! said the boy, 'but never fear!
'He was Hob Hogward's herd boy, answered Anne, as composedly as she could. 'He hied him back to mind his sheep. Nor would Anne allow another word to be extracted from her ere the grey walls of the Priory of Greystone rose before her, and the lay Sister at the gate shrieked for joy at seeing her riding behind Archie. Yet nothing stern was she in cell, And the nuns loved their abbess well.
'Thou art the boy who lives with the shepherd at Derwentside, on Bunce's ground? 'Ay, Hob Hogward's herd boy, said Hal. 'Oh, sir, are you the holy hermit of the Derwent vale? 'A hermit for the nonce I am, was the answer, with something of a smile responsive to the eager face. 'Oh, sir, if you be not too holy to look at me or speak to me!
'Ay, my pretty, will not I, murmured the old woman, as the child turned round on her pillow, put up a hand, rubbed her eyes, and disclosed a pair of sleepy brown orbs, gazed about, and demanded, 'What's this? Who's this? ''Tis Hob Hogward's hut, my bonnie lamb, where you are full welcome! Here, take a sup of warm milk.
Oh take me back, good lad; the Mother Prioress will give thee ''Tis too far to take thee back to-night, he said. 'Thou must come with me to Hob Hogward, where Doll will give thee supper and bed, and we will have thee home in the morning. 'I never lay in a hogward's house, she said primly. 'Belike, but there be worse spots to be harboured in.
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