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"'Tain't nothin' but a notion, I reckon," she answered; "but I don't I don't want to hev to pass by that thar grave jest to-day. Take the other road." And being an easy-going, kindly fellow, he humoured her and went the other way. In the store itself the spirit of hilariousness increased as the day advanced.
Never were there such potatoes, never beans that seemed to have more of the bean in them, never such curly pork, never trout with more Indian- meal on them, never mutton more distinctly sheepy; and the tea, drunk out of a tin cup, with a lump of maple-sugar dissolved in it, it is the sort of tea that takes hold, lifts the hair, and disposes the drinker to anecdote and hilariousness.
There were a great many jokes made at first, and a general spirit of hilariousness reigned, but it was observed by one of the keener witted ones that, despite his jocular tone, there was an underlying seriousness in Tom's air which might argue that he felt the weight of his responsibility.
Who could desire a more gallant attendant than the agile though elderly Major Beaufort, who, with a large party of nieces, daughters, and granddaughters, made the tour of the watering-places each succeeding year, pervading the atmosphere of each with the subtle essence of his gallantry and hilariousness?
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