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Altogether there was great cause for commendation; and the boy awoke to the delightful knowledge that he was no longer being down-trodden and treated with disrespect, and that some day Winnie's prophecy might be verified of his father being proud of him yet. "Blessings on the skipper's head," he said one afternoon to Winnie, when she told of Captain Inglis's genuine satisfaction.
You remember Campbell's poem of "O'Connor's Child"? Sunday, 14th February . . . Yesterday morning was my breakfast at Sir Robert Inglis's. The hour was halfpast nine, and as his house is two miles off I had to be up wondrous early for me. The weather has been very cold for this climate for the last few days, though we should think it moderate. They know nothing of extreme cold here.
And you know who said `He that is not for me is against me. Think what it would be to be found on the other side on the day when even Death itself `shall be swallowed up in victory." David made no answer. It was not Mr Inglis's way to speak often in this manner to his children.
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