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Then he was asked to sit down and was offered a cup of coffee. "Mamma has gone to lie down a little," Elsbeth whispered to him, "she is not quite well to day."
The staring eyes disappeared, the court vanished in mist, and the longer the clear, sharp voice of the judge was speaking to him, the more impressively he heard himself threatened with heavenly and earthly punishment, the more he felt as if he were quite alone in the big room with that man, and all his senses tended so to answer him that Elsbeth should be entirely left out of the question.
Oh, no, of course not at the last moment, did you hear you had to go to join your mother, I remember, at Harrogate At the last moment, as I was saying, just as everything was ready, the clothes finished and everything Now Elsbeth is going to sing again. Clara is playing her accompaniment or turning over for Mr. Carter, I think. No, Mr.
Elsbeth led us into a dark underbrush. The branches, as they flew back in our faces, left them wet with dew. A wee path, made by the girl's dear feet, guided our footsteps. Perfumes of elderberry and wild cucumber scented the air. A bird, frightened from its nest, made frantic cries above our heads. The underbrush thickened.
"Come away from here," said Elsbeth. He consented, but remained as if rooted to the ground. "What is the matter?" she asked. He passed his hand across his brow; he could not get those contemptuous words which he had overheard out of his head.
"It was our Elsbeth, cryin' 'cause she hadn't no stockin' an' no toys, and we would have given her all ours, only she went out jus' went out!" Alack! The next Christmas I helped with the little festival.
If Toni studied with him he could help him to sell the finished work, for he had ways open for it. Elsbeth left the pastor with gratitude and new hope in her heart. In front of the house Toni was waiting in great suspense.
"Sister Ruth have need of you to do some errands; and you must go on the street; so you will get your bonnet and veil. Is it that you will be there soon?" "I will come at once, Sister Elsbeth." For several days Sister Ruth had been confined to her room by inflammatory rheumatism, and when Beryl entered, the invalid presented the appearance of a mummy swathed in red flannel.
Paul was allowed to sit down in the witness-box. His father continued staring at him with fury in his eyes, but he made no sign that he wished to speak to him. Elsbeth was brought back into the court, pale as death, and Paul stepped forward again. "I warn you again," the president began, "to be in all things strictly truthful, for you know that each word of your statement is uttered under oath."
She had, from conscientious motives, he feared, sent him an invitation to pass Christmas with her. But Albert had a poor opinion of Aunt Elsbeth. He thought her a very tedious person. She had a dozen cats, talked of nothing but sermons and lessons, and asked him occasionally, with pleasant humor, whether he got many whippings at school.
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