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"Go on; I had rather imprison the splendid day here." "There's nothing for dinner," said Fanny. "The fish-boat may come in, in time." "Will three o'clock do for you? If so, I'll stay with Hepsey till then." "Four will answer?" She cleared away my breakfast things and left me.
At first he was offended, but afterward learned to like it, for she could easily have instructed Hepsey to say that she was out. The pitiless, unsympathetic calendar recorded the fact that July was near its end, and Ruth sighed then hated herself for it. She had grown accustomed to idleness, and, under the circumstances, liked it far too well.
But since she's been gone," the old man tried to keep his face firm and his glance steady, but in vain he winced, "since she's been gone, the human in you's dried up like a sun-baked apple. And it's you, Sylvester Bascom, that's been made the most miserable, 'spite of all the little carks you've put on many another." His face hardened again, and Hepsey paused. "What has all this to do with Mr.
"It is freezing here, but it looks like summer. Is it design?" "Yes; I can't sit here much; still, I can read in bed, and write, especially under my new quilt, which you have not seen." It was composed of red, black, and blue bits of silk, and beautifully quilted. Hepsey and Temperance had made it for her. "How about the wicket, these winter nights?"
Jonathan proved resignedly obedient to Hepsey's demands, but the vestry blustered and scolded, because they had not been consulted in the matter, until Hepsey said she would be glad to receive any contribution they might choose to offer; then they relapsed into innocuous desuetude and talked crops.
She ate her dinner with the zest of hunger, while Hepsey noiselessly served her. "I have been to Miss Ainslie's, Hepsey," she said at length, not wishing to appear unsociable. The maid's clouded visage cleared for an instant. "Did you find out about the lamp?" she inquired, eagerly. "No, I didn't, Hepsey; but I'll tell you what I think.
Hepsey did not frame the thought, but she had a vague impression that the guest was lazy. Yet she was grateful for the new interest which had come into her monotonous life. Affairs moved like clock work at Miss Hathaway's breakfast at half past six, dinner at one, and supper at half past five. Each day was also set apart by its regular duties, from the washing on Monday to the baking on Saturday.
Will it not be at peace then?" Then the journal paused: there was no further entry till April 29, 1786: "The girl, Hepsey Ball, died to-day. Her eyes were opened to see what I see all the hours in the day. I must go. I have not dared to leave, lest the awful Thing should be found in its hiding-place. They begin to press me for money. The house will go on the mortgage.
But he reminded himself that if he was ever to win her he must begin to carry out the advice outlined by Mrs. Betty; and so the apparently unsuspecting Hepsey would find on her side porch in the morning some specially fine corn which had been placed there after dark without the name of the donor.
"Sept. 2. Doctor Haywood has helped Hepsey Ball some considerable, though he says he cannot cure her, for she has consumption. "Sept. 16. Doctor Haywood told James Sumner and me that he would ask nothing for attending Hepsey Ball, but would keep on to ease her what he could as long as she lived. He told my wife she might last a year. "Nov. 3.
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