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That's a good pup of yours, but he's old enough to begin learning." With the inherited idleness of the Revercombs, he combined the headstrong impulses and dogged obstinacy of his mother's stock, yet because of his personal charm, these faults were not only tolerated but even admired by his family.
"'Twas a hasty business, but we Revercombs were al'ays the folk to swallow our puddin' while 'twas smokin' an' then cry out that we didn't know 'twas hot. I never knew one of us that didn't have to larn he was a fool befo' he could come at any wisdom." "Well, I ain't got anything particular against the girl," said Sarah, "but it's my bounden belief that she'll turn out a slattern.
"It was only the man's reputation for uprightness, I believe, that prevented the arrest. The Revercombs are a remarkable family for their station in life, and they derive their ability entirely from their mother, who was one of the Hawtreys. They belong to the new order to the order that is rapidly forging to the surface and pushing us dilapidated aristocrats out of the way.
"Had Jonathan known the character of the miller, he would certainly have had no objection to Molly's choice if she has, indeed, a serious fancy for the young man, which I doubt. But in his day, we must remember, the Revercombs had given little promise of either intelligence or industry except in the mother.
"I wonder why he came out of his way instead of keeping to the turnpike?" he thought, and a minute later, "that's the third time he's come back since the family left Jordan's Journey." At the gate before the Revercombs' house Blossom was standing in a dress of vivid blue. "Are you going to a party?"
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