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What troubled him all through the last scene was the thought that now he should never know why she was so set against "Bessie's 'avin' it." It was, indeed, the general opinion in Clinton Magna that John Bolderfield or "Borrofull," as the village pronounced it, took his sister-in-law's death too lightly. The women especially pronounced him a hard heart.

It troubled him to think of the boy, who had fallen into bad ways early. Bessie's children were all small, and she herself still young, though over thirty. When Bessie came up to him, she looked round to see that no one could hear. Then she stooped and told him her errand in a panting whisper. He must go down and fetch the box at once. She had promised John Borrofull that they would stand by him.

What troubled him all through the last scene was the thought that now he should never know why she was so set against 'Bessie's 'avin it. It was, indeed, the general opinion in Clinton Magna that John Bolderfield or 'Borrofull, as the village pronounced it, took his sister-in-law's death too lightly. The women especially pronounced him a hard heart.

It troubled him to think of the boy, who had fallen into bad ways early. Bessie's children were all small, and she herself still young, though over thirty. When Bessie came up to him, she looked round to see that no one could hear. Then she stooped and told him her errand in a panting whisper. He must go down and fetch the box at once. She had promised John Borrofull that they would stand by him.