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Indeed, it seemed wrong to trouble the peaceful silence with mere words of courtesy; but Charlotte gave her hand to Stephen, and with it that candid, loving gaze, which has, from the eyes of the beloved, the miraculous power of turning the water of life into wine. And Charlotte perceived this, and she went home happy in the happiness she had given. Four days later, Barf Latrigg was buried.
Rich they might be; but they were not written among the list of county families, nor had they even married into their ranks. He could not understand why Barf Latrigg's death should be allowed to interfere with life at Seat-Sandal. Yet Mrs.
Why were you having sad thoughts?" "Well, then, I really can't understand why. There's no need to fret over changes. At the long end the great change puts all right. Charlotte, I have been coming to Barf Latrigg's shearings for about half a century. I remember the first. I held my nurse's hand, and wore such a funny little coat, and such a big lace collar.
Oldbury wants ter know if yer'll be likin' a barf in the mornin'." "You can tell Mrs. Oldbury that the answer is yes," I said gravely. Then I paused. "What's your name?" I asked. She sniffed again, and looked at me with round, wondering eyes. "Gertie, sir. Gertie 'Uggins." I felt in my pocket and found a couple of half-crowns.
A dead trouble may be forgot: it is the living troubles that make the eyes dim, and the heart fail. Yes, yes; Barf is as happy as a boy now, but I remember when he was back-set and fore-set with trouble. In life every thing goes round like a cart-wheel. Eh? What?" In a short time they reached the outer wall of the farm.
A better Church-of-England man was not in all the dales than Barf Latrigg." "Ay; but you see, Alice, that cross is older than the Church of England. It was given to the first Latrigg of Up-Hill by the first abbot of Furness. Before the days of Wyckliffe and Latimer, every one of them, babe and hoary-head, died with it in their hands.
It was customary for young people of all conditions to give men as aged as Barf Latrigg the honorable name of "grandfather;" and Charlotte said, as she sat down in the breezy shadow beside him, "Who is first, grandfather?" "Why, our Stephen, to be sure! They'll have to be up before day-dawn to keep sidey with our Steve. Steve, how many is thou ahead now?"
In the cold sweetness of the following dawn, the squire returned from Up-Hill. "Barf is gone, Alice," were his first words. "But all is well, William." "No doubt of it. I met the rector on the hillside. 'How is Barf? I asked; and he answered, 'Thank God, he has the mastery! Then he went on without another word.
The lady's arms were round him in an instant. "What is it, dear? Whatever is it?" she asked; and Dickie sobbed out "I ain't got my crutch, and I can't go to that there barf without I got it. Anything 'ud do if 'twas only an old broom cut down to me 'eighth. I'm a cripple, they call it, you see. I can't walk like wot you can." She carried him to the bath.
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