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Updated: June 16, 2025
But Cargrim quite underrated Mother Jael's power of making herself scarce, for when he entered the tent he found it tenanted only by Daisy Norsham, who was looking in some bewilderment at an empty chair. The cunning old gipsy had once more melted into thin air. 'Where is she? demanded Cargrim, regretting that his clerical garb prevented him from using appropriate language.
This sudden elegance of language, and Jael's tone of dignified despondency, silenced Grace, somehow, and made her thoughtful. She avoided the subject for several days. Indeed, when Saturday came, not a word was said about the defaulter: it was only by her sending for Jael to sit with her, and by certain looks, and occasional restlessness, she betrayed the slightest curiosity or expectation.
But now I don't see clear; and I'm loath to advise. Happen you'd hate me afterward if it went wrong." "No, no, I wouldn't be so ungrateful." Jael shook her head, doubtfully. "Well, then," said Henry, "don't advise me; but put yourself in my place. This question raised a tumult in Jael's heart.
She croaked out a welcome to her visitor, and squatting on a tumbled mattress, leered at him like a foul old toad. Baltic sat down near the opening of the tent, so as to get as much fresh air as possible, and also to watch Mother Jael's face by the glimmer of light which crept in.
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