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Updated: May 3, 2025
Little had returned late to Raby Hall; but in the morning she heard from Jael Dence that Grace was in the house, and why. The mother's feathers were up, and she could neither pity nor excuse. She would not give the unhappy girl a word of comfort. Indeed, she sternly refused to see her. "No," said she: "Mrs.
"Phineas!" and she planted herself before me at the end of the table "it's a fine, sunshiny day: thee ought to be out." "I have been out, thank you, Jael." And John and I went on talking. "Phineas!" a second and more determined attack "too much laughing bean't good for thee; and it's time this lad were going about his own business." "Hush! nonsense, Jael."
Now Henry had so little wish about the matter, that he had not given it a thought, and the question took him quite aback. He looked helplessly at Jael. To his surprise, she decided on the sum for him, without a moment's hesitation, and conveyed the figure with that dexterity which the simplest of her sex can command whenever telegraphy is wanted.
So after some consideration as to whether I dared encroach upon his formal habits so much, and after much advice from Jael, who betrayed more anxiety than was at all warranted by the cause she assigned, viz. the spoiled dinner, I despatched Jem Watkins to the tan-yard to see after his master. He came back with ill news. The lane leading to the tan-yard was blocked up with a wild mob.
Little welcomed her with some little pleasure and much surprise. "Good news, madam," said Jael. "Squire Raby has sent me to bring you to Raby Hall. He wanted to come himself, but I would not let him." "That is good news," said Mrs. Little languidly. "Now I shall die at peace with my brother at peace with all mankind, I hope." "You'll die when your time comes," said Jael.
One topic, that might have been interesting to the readers of this tale, was avoided by them both. They had now come to have a high opinion of each other's penetration, and it made them rather timid and reserved on that subject. Grace was dressed, and just going down, when she found she wanted a pin. She asked Jael for one. Jael looked aghast.
So Patty stayed at home, in obedience to rural superstition, and Jael stayed to keep her company, and Farmer Dence went to church out of piety; and as for Henry, to tell the truth, he went to church to escape the girls' tongues, and to be in a quiet, somniferous place, where he could think out his plans undisturbed. The men were no sooner gone than the sisters began to gossip hard.
Before the tent dweller had answered, one of the men by the fire called, "Jael! Jael come hither!" Forgetting the blisters on his feet, the stiff muscles of his legs and the savage barking of the dog, Jael ran to the man by the fire shouting, "Yea, Lord! I come! I come!"
The cry came from the bed of rushes and was in strong contrast to the rasping effort of the moment before. "Jael! Jael!" Again the sharp scream. "What is it, my Sara?" "My flesh is coming clean! What meaneth it?" "Jesus of Nazareth is here. My eyes be holden that I can not see, yet I feel him." "Jael! Jael!" Again it was a scream a wild, glad, unearthly scream. "My strength is returning.
As he left the room she said, in a sort of patient way, "Good squire, I am willing to live, since you are so lonely." Early next morning Mr. Raby was disturbed by female voices in a high key. He opened his window quietly, intending to throw in his bass with startling effect, when, to his surprise, he found the disputants were his dairymaid and Jael Dence.
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