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"I was just a thinkin," said Barby; "Mis' Douglass sent round to know if Mis' Rossitur would like a piece of fresh meat Earl's been killing a sheep there's a nice quarter, she says, if she'd like to have it." "A quarter of mutton?" said Fleda, "I don't know no, I think not, Barby; I don't know when we should be able to pay it back again.
"Why Carleton would have no orders issued to them at all, I believe," said young Rossitur; "he has been saying 'hush' to me all day." The old gentleman laughed in a way that indicated intelligence with one of the speakers, which, appeared not. "So you've been following the dogs to-day," said he. "Been successful?" "Not a bit of it," said Rossitur.
Rossitur felt the power of the sunbeam wand, it reached his heart; it was even with a smile that he said as he looked at her, "Will you go to your uncle Orrin, Fleda?" "Not if uncle Rolf will keep me." "Keep you!" said Mr. Rossitur; "I should like to see who wouldn't keep you! There, Dr. Gregory, you have your answer." "Hum!
Still she went on and enjoyed herself; but the mere thought of his patient smile as she passed would have kept her from too much elation of spirits, if there had been any danger. There never was any. "That's a lovely little cousin of yours," said Thorn, one evening, when he and Rossitur, on horseback, were leisurely making their way along the up-and-down road between Montepoole and Queechy.
To the rest of the family Mr. Carleton's influence was more soothing and cheering than any cause beside. To all but the head of it. Even Mrs. Rossitur, after she had once made up her mind to see him, could not bear to be absent when he was in the house. The dreaded contrast with old times gave no pain, either to her or Marion. Mr.
Rossitur, springing up and advancing towards the kitchen door. Fleda threw herself before him. "Nothing at all, uncle Rolf she doesn't mean anything at all she doesn't know any better." "I will improve her knowledge get out the way, Fleda."
Rossitur and her daughter were paying or receiving visits, they, always together, were stowed away behind the book-cases or in the library window, poring patiently over pages of various complexion the soft turning of the leaves, or Fleda's frequent attentions to King, the only sound in the room.
"I will only assure you that if you entrust your treasure to us she shall be cherished as you would wish, till we place her in the hands of her aunt." "I know that, sir, I do not doubt it," said Mr. Ringgan, "but I'll tell you by and by what I conclude upon," he said with evident relief of manner as Fleda came bounding back to them. "Mr. Rossitur, have you made your peace with Fleda?"
"Are you sure? is that it?" said Mrs. Rossitur, rising and looking over the words again; "He would do anything, Fleda " "That is what he means, aunt Lucy; don't you see he says he could not be safe anywhere in America?" Mrs. Rossitur stood eying with intense eagerness for a minute or two the note in her niece's hand. "Then he is gone! now that it is all settled!
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