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"If he gets a topcoat that will hide the threadbare jacket you talk of, and that will serve well enough in the office for a year to come, or more." "You said, Mr Fluke, that I was to do as I chose," exclaimed Kezia, looking her master in the face. "You are a man of your word, and always have been from your youth upwards, and I, for one, will not let you break it in your old age.
"I'll try to keep on this side the door," said Hatty, as lightly as ever. "And when is it to be, Aunt Kezia?" "The month after next, I believe." "Isn't Cecilia going home first, to see what her friends say about it?" "She has none belonging to her, except an uncle and his family, and she says they will be delighted to hear it. Hatty, you had better get out of the way of calling her Cecilia.
But I did not rush out to meet her, as I would have done at first. Harry's words had begun to make me a little less sure than I had been as to how even Kezia would look upon my conduct. The sound of low voices Lindsay's and Kezia's, followed by an exclamation, Kezia's of course reached Harry and me as we stood there in silence looking at each other.
And he had then after fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, one thousand asses. And he had seven sons and three daughters. And the first daughter's name was Jemima, the second Kezia, and the third Keren-happuch. There was nowhere found in the world so fair women as were the daughters of Job.
"I feel as if I were a good deal older," I said, smiling. "You are the elder of the two now," said my Aunt Kezia, drily. "Not but what Hatty has been through the kiln too; but it has softened her, and hardened you." "Then Hatty is gold, and I am only clay," I said, and I could not help laughing a little, though I have not laughed much lately.
Most women would have turned round and run down again, or perhaps tumbled over and broken their necks; but Kezia advanced, keeping her eye on Tom, and as he sprang at her, she guessing that he would do so, seized him by the neck and held him at arm's length until every particle of breath was squeezed out of his body. `There, she exclaimed, as she threw him over the banisters, `two cannot rule in one house, and she went upstairs and commenced her work.
"I have received nothing as yet; nor has Mr Fluke promised me a salary," answered Owen. "I conclude that he considers it sufficient to afford me board and lodging, and to teach me the business. I should not think of asking for more." "And you'll not get it until you do," observed Mrs Kezia. "I'll see about that one of these days."
She is going to be almost well again, I hope. And then, before I knew what I was about, I found myself in the middle of it all telling him everything the whole story of my unhappiness, more fully even than I had told it to Harry and Kezia, for though he did not say much, the few words he put in now and then showed me how wonderfully he understood.
"Test everything by the Word of God. "Remember that the world passeth away." Flora was the first of us to speak. "Thank you, indeed, Aunt Kezia for taking so much trouble for us. If we govern ourselves by your rules, we can hardly go far wrong." I tried to say something of the same sort, but I am afraid I bungled it. "I cannot tell when we shall meet again, my lassies," saith my Aunt Kezia.
He would be able to make himself as useful to them as he is to you, and you would be at no cost." Mr Fluke, however, only gave Kezia the same reply he had to Captain Aggett. "I tell you, before long he'll leave the place vacant whether you like it or not," observed Kezia in a firm voice, looking sternly at her master.
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