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She looked older than her years, stately, self-contained and beautiful. It was not till Persis had fortified herself by the reflection that she might as well be hung for an old sheep as for a lamb, that she ventured another revolutionary suggestion. "Diantha, I s'pose you'll make some change in the way you do your hair?" "Yes, indeed."
The doings of authorities were liable to be misty by reason of elevation. The fault lay in her limited vision. "I s'pose the law's right. An' the law said the cañon didn't belong to mother. I think that ought to 'a' settled it. I don't see any good in it all, this talkin' so loud, an' scoldin', an' callin' people names. Do you, Sandy?"
"I thought you did," said she. "Well, you're comin' over to my house, ain't you, Esther? You'll find a good many changes there. My daughter Flora and I are all that's left now, you know, I s'pose." Mrs. Field moved her head uncertainly. This old woman, with her straight demands for truth or falsehood, was torture to her.
I'd sooner our chiefs down East had kept that young man. The job's not soft enough for him. However, I s'pose he lighted the lamp across the bridge?" "Willis has friends," Kemp remarked meaningly, and indicated a reflection behind the trees. "The lamp's burning." Lister glanced at the trembling light. "I expect it's good enough for the engineer, but the flame's not steady.
"Well, I s'pose I'll have to," grumbled Mr. Atwood. "Roger don't want to, and Jotham can do more work in the cornfield than me." "I'm glad you're so sensible. Riding down to the river and back will be a good bit easier than hoeing corn all day.
"Oh, Anne, I'll never say it again never. I'll never WANT to say it again. I knew it was bad, but I didn't s'pose it was so so I didn't s'pose it was like THAT." "No, I don't think you'll ever want to say it again, Davy or think it, either. And I wouldn't go about much with Mr. Harrison's hired boy if I were you." "He can make bully war-whoops," said Davy a little regretfully.
"At last he said that it didn't matter much, any road; and so he went away Lord knows where to begin life again, I s'pose." The traveller smoked awhile reflectively; then he quietly rolled up his right sleeve and scratched his arm. And on that arm we saw the tattooed figure of a woman, holding up a branch.
He took up the parcel again and went below, followed by the mate, and for some time sat silently smoking. "Nine o'clock," said the mate at last in consternation as the little clock tinkled the hour. "That confounded boy's not up to any mischief, I s'pose? He's been in a devil of a temper the last day or two." "I don't see what mischief he could do," pondered the other, knitting his brows.
"Now then!" I says in a whisper to Measles. I didn't say anything else, for he knew what I meant. "Now then now then!" "Well," says Measles then, in a whisper, "I s'pose women and children will bring the soft out of a man at a time like this; but, why I what did he mean by humbugging us like that!"
I've been promisin' of her a rest this good while." "Better keep her a steppin'," urged thrifty Mrs. Fanny. "She'll stiffen up master, an' disapp'int ye, come spring." "You'll have me, now, won't ye, sartin?" pleaded Jefferson, to make sure. "You ain't one o' them that plays with a man's feelin's. Say right out you'll have me." "I s'pose I shall have to," said Mrs. Tobin somewhat mournfully.
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