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'It's grand, lass, isn't it? 'Yi, Matt, it is forsure. 'And them hills they're awlus slumberin', am't they? Doesto know, I sometimes wish I could be as quiet as they are. They fret noan; weet or fine, it's all th' same to them. 'They're a bit o'er quiet for me, lad. I'd rather hev a tree misel. It tosses, thaa knows, and tews i' th' tempest, and laughs i' th' sunleet, and fades i' autumn.
The announcement that dinner was ready allowed him to quit the subject. Hubert with difficulty sat through the meal, and as soon as it was over took his departure, leaving it uncertain whether he would return that evening. The vicar offered no further remark on the subject of their thoughts, but at parting pressed the young man's hand warmly. Hubert walked straight to the Tews' dwelling.
But Adela would be very seriously offended if she guessed that you had done so. 'Then she mustn't guess, that's all. I'll see what I can do to-night. In the home of the Tews there was some difficulty in securing privacy. The house was a small one, and the sacrifice of general convenience when Letty wanted a whole room for herself and Alfred was considerable.
Arrived at the abode of the Tews, she fortunately found Letty in the garden, sitting with two younger sisters, one a child of five years. Miss Tew was reading aloud to them, her book being 'Pilgrim's Progress. At the sight of Adela the youngest of the three slipped down from her seat and ran to meet her with laughter and shaking of curls. 'Carry me round! carry me round! cried the little one.
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