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"All by myself," said Hortense. Aunt Esmerelda shook her head and muttered, but rising, found a candle and lighted it. "Ef yo' say yo' prayahs, mebbe nothin'll git yo'," she said ominously. It was black as a hat in the basement, and little shivers ran up and down Hortense's spine, but she ran quickly to the storeroom and filled her plate with apples from the big barrel.
As one sister feelingly remarked, "Dat ooman des baihin' dat man in huh prayahs, an' I 'low she'll mou'n him into glory yit." One year of married life disillusions, and defiant gaiety cannot live upon itself when admiration fails. There is no reward in being daring when courage becomes commonplace. The year darkened to winter, and bloomed to spring again.
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