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Or wull it be Sin in a motley gown a-thumping the Black Man over the pate wi' a bladder full o' peasen an' angels wi' silver wingses, an' saints wi' goolden hair? Or wull it be a giant nine yards high, clad in the beards o' murdered kings, like granny saith she used to see?" "Pshaw! no," said Nick; "none of those old-fashioned things.
Then she looked like a ghost, but now when the color comes into her cheeks, and her blue eyes sparkle, a man would be a stupid clod if he didn't look with all his eyes and feel his heart a-thumping.
She stepped behind the bar for some purpose and called to her father, who started to go to her, but before he reached her she looked up and saw me. In a moment she was by my side, smiling and dimpling in a manner fit to set the heart of an anchorite a-thumping. "I came for a lobster, Betty," I said, taking her hand, "and to see you. I was afraid you might forget me."
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