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"You are a stranger, Mr. Lefrank, or you would never talk to me in that way. In America, we don't do the men the honor of letting them alarm us. In America, the women take care of themselves. He has got my promise to meet him, as you say; and I must keep my promise.
"That's your feeling toward the man, Mr. Silas, is it?" "That's my feeling, Mr. Lefrank; and I'm not ashamed of it either." "Is there any such place as a church in your neighborhood, Mr. Silas?" "Of course there is." "And do you ever go to it?" "Of course I do." "At long intervals, Mr. Silas?" "Every Sunday, sir, without fail."
There was no forewarning, in the appearance of Ambrose Meadowcroft, of the strange and terrible events that were to follow my arrival at Morwick. A healthy, handsome young fellow, one of thousands of other healthy, handsome young fellows, said, "How d'ye do, Mr. Lefrank? Glad to see you, sir. Jump into the buggy; the man will look after your portmanteau."
"If things go well, I mean to marry Ambrose." "If things go well," I repeated. "What does that mean? Money?" She shook her head. "It means a fear that I have in my own mind," she answered "a fear, Mr. Lefrank, of matters taking a bad turn among the men here the wicked, hard-hearted, unfeeling men. I don't mean Ambrose, sir; I mean his brother Silas, and John Jago. Did you notice Silas's hand?
She carried an ostentatiously large Prayer-book; and she looked at Naomi as only a jealous woman of middle age can look at a younger and prettier woman than herself. "Prayers, Miss Colebrook," she said in her sourest manner. She paused, and noticed me standing under the window. "Prayers, Mr. Lefrank," she added, with a look of devout pity, directed exclusively to my address.
When I begged him to explain himself, he only answered, 'Ask Mr. Lefrank; I must be off to Narrabee. What does it mean? Tell me right away, sir! I'm out of temper, and I can't wait!" Except that I made the best instead of the worst of it, I told her what had happened under my window as plainly as I have told it here.
I believe he honestly meant to keep his word as long as my eye was on him. It was only when he was left to himself that the Devil tempted him to break his promise and leave the farm. I was brought up to believe in the Devil, Mr. Lefrank; and I find it explains many things. It explains John Jago.
I have seen nothing of John Jago, and I have got my work to go on with. Will that do for you?" He turned with an oath, and followed his brother into the wood. Naomi's bright eyes looked up at me, flashing with indignation. "What does he mean, Mr. Lefrank, by speaking to me in that way? Rude brute! How dare he do it?" She paused; her voice, look and manner suddenly changed.
Miss Meadowcroft rose with her ghostly solemnity, and granted me my dismissal in these words: "We are early people at the farm, Mr. Lefrank. I wish you good-night." She laid her bony hands on the back of Mr. Meadowcroft's invalid-chair, cut him short in his farewell salutation to me, and wheeled him out to his bed as if she were wheeling him out to his grave.
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