[produced] [by] [alicia] [williams] [,] [jeannie] [howse] [and] [the] [online] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] [at] [@url@] lucy [maud] [montgomery] [short] [stories] , [@number@] 1 lucy 6 , lucy [maud] [montgomery] was [born] at [clifton] [(] [now] [new] [london] [)] , [prince] [edward] [island] [,] [canada] [,] [on] [@date@] [.] 1 lucy 4 was 4 was 6 at 6 at 13 , she achieved international fame in her lifetime [,] [putting] [prince] [edward] [island] [and] [canada] [on] [the] [world] [literary] [map] [.] 1 she 2 achieved 2 achieved 4 fame 2 achieved 5 in 3 international 4 fame 4 fame 5 in 5 in 7 lifetime 6 her 7 lifetime best known for [her] ["] [anne] [of] [green] [gables] ["] books , she was also a prolific writer of short stories and poetry [.] 1 best 2 known 2 known 3 for 2 known 12 , 2 known 13 she 3 for 11 books 13 she 14 was 14 was 15 also 14 was 18 writer 16 a 17 prolific 16 a 18 writer 17 prolific 18 writer 18 writer 19 of 19 of 22 and 20 short 21 stories 21 stories 22 and 22 and 23 poetry [she] [published] [some] [@number@] [short] [stories] [and] [poems] [and] [twenty] [novels] [before] [her] [death] [in] [@number@] the [project] [gutenberg] collection of her short stories was gathered from numerous sources and is presented in chronological publishing order : 1 the 4 collection 4 collection 5 of 4 collection 9 was 5 of 8 stories 6 her 8 stories 7 short 8 stories 9 was 14 and 10 gathered 11 from 10 gathered 14 and 11 from 13 sources 12 numerous 13 sources 14 and 15 is 15 is 16 presented 16 presented 17 in 17 in 19 publishing 18 chronological 19 publishing 19 publishing 20 order 19 publishing 21 : 20 order 21 : [short] [stories] [@number@] [a] [fortunate] [mistake] " [oh] [,] [dear] [!] [oh] [,] [dear] [!] " [fretted] [nan] [wallace] [,] [twisting] [herself] [about] [uneasily] [on] [the] [sofa] [in] [her] [pretty] [room] [.] 1 " 10 " " [i] [never] [thought] [before] [that] [the] [days] [could] [be] so [long] [as] [they] [are] [now] [.] ["] 1 " 11 so " [poor] [you] [!] " [said] [her] [sister] [maude] [sympathetically] [.] 1 " 5 " maude was moving briskly about the room , putting it into [the] [beautiful] order [that] [mother] [insisted] [on] [.] 1 maude 2 was 2 was 3 moving 2 was 10 it 2 was 11 into 3 moving 4 briskly 3 moving 5 about 5 about 8 , 6 the 7 room 7 room 8 , 8 , 9 putting 10 it 11 into 11 into 14 order and [very] [tired] of it [,] [too] [,] was wide-awake , [active] [nan] [.] 1 and 5 it 1 and 11 , 4 of 5 it 5 it 9 was 9 was 10 wide-awake " and [the] [picnic] [this] [afternoon] , [too] [!] " she sighed [.] 1 " 12 sighed 2 and 7 , 2 and 11 she 7 , 10 " 11 she 12 sighed ["] [i] ['ve] [looked] [forward] [to] [it] [all] [summer] [.] and it 's [a] [perfect] [day] [and] [i] ['ve] got to stay here and nurse this foot [.] ["] 1 and 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 10 got 10 got 14 and 11 to 14 and 12 stay 13 here 12 stay 14 and 14 and 15 nurse 15 nurse 17 foot 16 this 17 foot nan [looked] [vindictively] [at] [the] [bandaged] [member] , [while] [maude] [leaned] [out] [of] [the] [window] [to] [pull] [a] [pink] [climbing] [rose] [.] 1 nan 8 , as she did so she nodded to someone in the village street below [.] 1 as 2 she 1 as 3 did 1 as 5 she 2 she 3 did 3 did 4 so 5 she 6 nodded 6 nodded 7 to 6 nodded 9 in 6 nodded 13 below 7 to 8 someone 8 someone 9 in 9 in 12 street 10 the 12 street 11 village 12 street 12 street 13 below " [who] [is] [passing] [?] " [asked] [nan] [.] 1 " 6 " " [florrie] [hamilton] [.] " 1 " 5 " " [is] she [going] [to] [the] [picnic] [?] ["] asked [nan] indifferently [.] 1 " 10 asked 3 she 10 asked 10 asked 12 indifferently ["] [no] [.] she wasn't asked [.] 1 she 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 asked of course , [i] [don't] [suppose] [she] [expected] [to] be [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 10 be she knows she isn't in our set [.] 1 she 2 knows 2 knows 3 she 2 knows 4 isn't 3 she 4 isn't 4 isn't 5 in 5 in 7 set 6 our 7 set she must feel horribly out of place at school [.] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 feel 3 feel 4 horribly 3 feel 6 of 3 feel 8 at 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 place 8 at 9 school a lot of the girls say it is [ridiculous] of her father to send her to [miss] [braxton] ['s] [private] school a factory overseer 's daughter [.] ["] 1 a 2 lot 2 lot 3 of 2 lot 5 girls 3 of 5 girls 4 the 5 girls 5 girls 6 say 6 say 7 it 6 say 8 is 7 it 8 is 8 is 10 of 8 is 13 to 10 of 12 father 11 her 12 father 13 to 14 send 14 send 15 her 14 send 16 to 14 send 26 daughter 16 to 21 school 22 a 24 overseer 23 factory 24 overseer 24 overseer 25 's 25 's 26 daughter " she [ought] [to] [have] [been] asked [to] [the] [picnic] [all] [the] [same] , " [said] [nan] shortly [.] 1 " 7 asked 2 she 7 asked 7 asked 18 shortly 14 , 15 " 14 , 18 shortly ["] [she] [is] [in] [our] [class] [if] [she] [isn't] [in] [our] [set] [.] of [course] [i] [don't] [suppose] [she] [would] [have] [enjoyed] [herself] [or] [even] [gone] [at] [all] , for that [matter] [.] 1 of 16 , 16 , 17 for 17 for 18 that she certainly doesn't push herself in among us [.] 1 she 3 doesn't 2 certainly 3 doesn't 3 doesn't 4 push 4 push 5 herself 4 push 6 in 4 push 7 among 7 among 8 us one would think she hadn't a tongue in her head [.] ["] 1 one 2 would 2 would 3 think 3 think 4 she 3 think 5 hadn't 4 she 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 7 tongue 5 hadn't 8 in 6 a 7 tongue 7 tongue 8 in 8 in 10 head 9 her 10 head " but [patty] [morrison] and [wilhelmina] [patterson] had the most to say [about] [the] [invitations] [,] [and] [they] [wouldn't] [have] [her] [.] 1 " 12 say 2 but 8 had 5 and 8 had 8 had 10 most 8 had 11 to 9 the 10 most 11 to 12 say there , [nannie] [dear] [,] [aren't] [those] [lovely] [?] 1 there 2 , i 'll leave them here to be company for you [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 leave 3 leave 4 them 3 leave 5 here 3 leave 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 company 7 be 9 for 8 company 9 for 9 for 10 you " [i] ['m] [going] [to] [have] [more] [company] [than] [that] [,] ["] said [nan] , [thumping] [her] [pillow] energetically [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 19 energetically 15 , 19 energetically ["] [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [mope] [here] [alone] [all] [the] [afternoon] [,] [with] [you] [off] [having] [a] [jolly] [time] [at] [the] [picnic] [.] write a little note for me to [florrie] [hastings] , [will] [you] [?] 1 write 4 note 1 write 7 to 2 a 3 little 2 a 4 note 4 note 5 for 4 note 7 to 5 for 6 me 7 to 10 , i 'll do as much for you when you sprain your foot [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 do 3 do 5 much 3 do 6 for 3 do 8 when 4 as 5 much 6 for 7 you 8 when 9 you 8 when 10 sprain 9 you 10 sprain 10 sprain 12 foot 11 your 12 foot " [what] [shall] [i] put in it [?] ["] said [maude] [,] [rummaging] [out] [her] [portfolio] [obligingly] [.] 1 " 5 put 5 put 6 in 6 in 7 it 7 it 10 said ["] [oh] [,] [just] [ask] [her] [if] [she] [will] [come] [down] [and] [cheer] [a] [poor] [invalid] [up] [this] [afternoon] [.] she 'll come [,] [i] [know] [.] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 come and she is such good company [.] 1 and 3 is 2 she 3 is 3 is 6 company 4 such 6 company 5 good 6 company get [dickie] to run right out and mail it [.] ["] 1 get 3 to 3 to 7 and 4 run 5 right 4 run 7 and 5 right 6 out 7 and 8 mail 8 mail 9 it florrie [hamilton] [herself] [could] [best] [have] answered [that] [question] [as] [she] [walked] [along] [the] [street] [in] [the] [fresh] [morning] [sunshine] [.] 1 florrie 7 answered she did feel hurt much more keenly than she would acknowledge even to herself [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 feel 3 feel 4 hurt 4 hurt 7 keenly 4 hurt 8 than 5 much 6 more 6 more 7 keenly 8 than 11 acknowledge 9 she 10 would 10 would 11 acknowledge 11 acknowledge 12 even 12 even 13 to 13 to 14 herself but to be left out [when] [every] [other] [girl] in the school was [invited] [!] 1 but 2 to 1 but 13 was 2 to 3 be 3 be 4 left 3 be 5 out 5 out 10 in 10 in 12 school 11 the 12 school florrie 's lip quivered as she thought of it [.] 1 florrie 2 's 2 's 3 lip 3 lip 4 quivered 4 quivered 5 as 5 as 6 she 5 as 8 of 6 she 8 of 7 thought 8 of 8 of 9 it " [i] ['ll] [get] [father] [to] [let] [me] [to] [go] [to] [the] [public] [school] [after] [vacation] [,] " [she] [murmured] [.] 1 " 18 " " [i] [hate] [going] [to] [miss] [braxton] ['s] [.] " 1 " 10 " florrie was a newcomer in [winboro] [.] 1 florrie 2 was 2 was 4 newcomer 2 was 5 in 3 a 4 newcomer her father had recently come to take a position in the largest factory of the small town [.] 1 her 2 father 2 father 3 had 3 had 5 come 4 recently 5 come 5 come 6 to 6 to 7 take 7 take 9 position 7 take 10 in 8 a 9 position 9 position 10 in 10 in 13 factory 11 the 12 largest 11 the 13 factory 13 factory 14 of 14 of 17 town 15 the 17 town 16 small 17 town for this [reason] [florrie] was [slighted] at [school] [by] [some] [of] the ruder [girls] and severely [left] [alone] [by] [most] [of] [the] [others] [.] 1 for 2 this 2 this 5 was 5 was 7 at 7 at 15 and 12 the 13 ruder 13 ruder 15 and 15 and 16 severely she retreated further and further into herself and was [almost] [as] [solitary] [at] [miss] [braxton] ['s] [as] [if] [she] [had] [been] on a desert island [.] 1 she 8 and 2 retreated 4 and 2 retreated 6 into 2 retreated 8 and 3 further 4 and 4 and 5 further 6 into 7 herself 8 and 9 was 9 was 22 on 22 on 25 island 23 a 25 island 24 desert 25 island " [they] [don't] [like] [me] [because] [i] [am] [plainly] [dressed] [and] [because] [my] [father] [is] [not] [a] [wealthy] [man] [,] " [thought] [florrie] [bitterly] [.] 1 " 21 " and there was enough truth in this in regard [to] [many] of [miss] [braxton] ['s] girls to make [a] [very] [uncomfortable] [state] [of] [affairs] [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 was 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 truth 3 was 17 to 4 enough 5 truth 5 truth 6 in 5 truth 8 in 6 in 7 this 8 in 9 regard 9 regard 12 of 12 of 16 girls 17 to 18 make " [here] ['s] [a] [letter] [for] [you] [,] [flo] [,] " [said] [her] [brother] [jack] [at] [noon] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [got] [it] [at] [the] [office] [on] [my] [way] [home] [.] who is your swell correspondent [?] ["] 1 who 2 is 2 is 5 correspondent 3 your 5 correspondent 4 swell 5 correspondent florrie opened the dainty , perfumed note and read it with a face that , puzzled at first , suddenly grew radiant [.] 1 florrie 8 and 2 opened 7 note 2 opened 8 and 3 the 7 note 4 dainty 5 , 4 dainty 7 note 6 perfumed 7 note 8 and 15 , 9 read 10 it 9 read 14 that 9 read 15 , 10 it 11 with 11 with 13 face 12 a 13 face 15 , 19 , 16 puzzled 18 first 16 puzzled 19 , 17 at 18 first 19 , 21 grew 20 suddenly 21 grew 21 grew 22 radiant " [listen] [,] [jack] [,] " she said excitedly [.] 1 " 8 said 6 " 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 9 excitedly ["] [dear] [florrie] [:] ["] [nan] [is] [confined] [to] [house] [,] [room] [,] [and] [sofa] [with] [a] [sprained] [foot] [.] as she will be all alone this afternoon , won't you come down and spend it with her [?] 1 as 2 she 1 as 4 be 1 as 9 , 1 as 10 won't 2 she 3 will 3 will 4 be 4 be 6 alone 5 all 6 alone 6 alone 8 afternoon 7 this 8 afternoon 10 won't 11 you 10 won't 14 and 12 come 13 down 12 come 14 and 14 and 15 spend 15 spend 16 it 15 spend 17 with 16 it 17 with 17 with 18 her she very much wants you to come she is so lonesome and thinks you will be just the one to cheer her up [.] 1 she 4 wants 2 very 3 much 3 much 4 wants 4 wants 5 you 4 wants 6 to 4 wants 12 and 6 to 7 come 8 she 12 and 9 is 11 lonesome 9 is 12 and 10 so 11 lonesome 12 and 13 thinks 13 thinks 14 you 13 thinks 16 be 14 you 15 will 15 will 16 be 16 be 17 just 16 be 19 one 16 be 20 to 18 the 19 one 20 to 21 cheer 21 cheer 22 her 21 cheer 23 up " [yours] [cordially] [,] " [maude] [wallace] [.] ["] 1 " 5 " " [are] [you] [going] [?] " [asked] [jack] [.] 1 " 6 " " [yes] [i] [don't] [know] [i] ['ll] [think] [about] it [,] ["] said [florrie] [absently] [.] 1 " 13 said 10 it 13 said then she hurried upstairs to her room [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 hurried 3 hurried 4 upstairs 3 hurried 5 to 5 to 7 room 6 her 7 room " [shall] [i] [go] ? " she thought [.] 1 " 8 thought 5 ? 6 " 5 ? 7 she 7 she 8 thought ["] [yes] [,] [i] [will] [.] i dare say [nan] [has] [asked] [me] [just] [out] [of] [pity] [because] [i] [was] [not] [invited] [to] [the] [picnic] [.] 1 i 2 dare 2 dare 3 say but even so it was [sweet] of her [.] 1 but 2 even 1 but 3 so 1 but 4 it 4 it 5 was 5 was 7 of 7 of 8 her i 've [always] thought [i] [would] [like] [those] [wallace] [girls] [if] [i] [could] [get] [really] [acquainted] [with] [them] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 thought they 've always been nice to [me] , too [i] [don't] [know] [why] [i] [am] [always] [so] [tongue-tied] [and] [stupid] [with] [them] [.] 1 they 2 've 2 've 4 been 3 always 4 been 4 been 5 nice 5 nice 6 to 6 to 8 , 8 , 9 too [but] [i] ['ll] [go] [anyway] [.] ["] [that] [afternoon] [mrs] [wallace] [came] [into] [nan] ['s] [room] [.] " [nan] [,] [dear] [,] [florrie] [hamilton] [is] [downstairs] [asking] [for] [you] [.] " 1 " 14 " " [florrie] [hamilton] [?] " 1 " 5 " ["] [yes] [.] she said something about a note you sent her this morning [.] 1 she 2 said 2 said 3 something 2 said 4 about 3 something 4 about 4 about 6 note 5 a 6 note 6 note 7 you 6 note 8 sent 7 you 8 sent 8 sent 9 her 8 sent 11 morning 10 this 11 morning [shall] [i] [ask] [her] [to] [come] [up] [?] ["] " [yes] [,] [of] [course] [,] ["] said [nan] lamely [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 10 lamely when her mother had gone out she fell back on her pillows and thought rapidly [.] 1 when 3 mother 1 when 5 gone 1 when 7 she 2 her 3 mother 3 mother 4 had 4 had 5 gone 5 gone 6 out 7 she 8 fell 8 fell 9 back 8 fell 15 rapidly 9 back 10 on 10 on 13 and 11 her 12 pillows 12 pillows 13 and 13 and 14 thought ["] [florrie] [hamilton] [!] maude must have addressed that note to her [by] mistake [.] 1 maude 2 must 2 must 3 have 3 have 4 addressed 4 addressed 6 note 4 addressed 7 to 5 that 6 note 6 note 7 to 7 to 10 mistake 8 her 10 mistake but she mustn't know it was a mistake mustn't suspect [it] [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 10 suspect 2 she 3 mustn't 3 mustn't 4 know 4 know 5 it 4 know 6 was 5 it 6 was 7 a 8 mistake 8 mistake 9 mustn't 9 mustn't 10 suspect oh , dear [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 dear what shall [i] [ever] [find] [to] [talk] [to] [her] [about] [?] 1 what 2 shall she is so quiet and shy [.] " 1 she 2 is 2 is 5 and 3 so 4 quiet 4 quiet 5 and 5 and 6 shy 6 shy 8 " further reflections were cut short by [florrie] ['s] [entrance] [.] 1 further 2 reflections 2 reflections 3 were 3 were 4 cut 4 cut 5 short 4 cut 6 by nan held out her hand with a chummy smile [.] 1 nan 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 hand 2 held 6 with 4 her 5 hand 5 hand 6 with 6 with 9 smile 7 a 8 chummy 7 a 9 smile 8 chummy 9 smile " it 's [good] of you [to] [give] [your] [afternoon] [up] [to] [visiting] [a] [cranky] [invalid] , ["] she said heartily [.] 1 " 20 said 2 it 3 's 3 's 5 of 5 of 6 you 6 you 19 she 17 , 19 she 19 she 20 said 20 said 21 heartily ["] [you] [don't] [know] [how] [lonesome] [i] ['ve] [been] [since] [maude] [went] [away] [.] take off your hat and pick out the nicest chair you can find [,] [and] [let's] [be] [comfy] [.] ["] 1 take 2 off 1 take 5 and 2 off 4 hat 3 your 4 hat 5 and 6 pick 6 pick 7 out 6 pick 10 chair 8 the 9 nicest 8 the 10 chair 10 chair 11 you 10 chair 13 find 11 you 12 can 12 can 13 find [somehow] [,] [nan] ['s] [frank] [greeting] [did] [away] [with] [florrie] ['s] [embarrassment] [and] [made] [her] [feel] [at] [home] [.] she sat down in [maude] ['s] [rocker] , then , glancing over to a vase filled with roses , her eyes kindled with pleasure [.] 1 she 2 sat 2 sat 3 down 3 down 4 in 3 down 9 then 3 down 11 glancing 4 in 8 , 10 , 11 glancing 11 glancing 12 over 11 glancing 17 with 11 glancing 19 , 13 to 15 vase 14 a 15 vase 15 vase 16 filled 15 vase 17 with 17 with 18 roses 19 , 21 eyes 19 , 22 kindled 20 her 21 eyes 21 eyes 22 kindled 22 kindled 23 with 23 with 24 pleasure [seeing] [this] [,] [nan] [said] [,] ["] [aren't] [they] [lovely] [?] we [wallaces] are very fond of our climbing roses [.] 1 we 3 are 3 are 5 fond 4 very 5 fond 5 fond 6 of 6 of 9 roses 7 our 9 roses 8 climbing 9 roses our great-grandmother [brought] [the] [roots] [out] [from] [england] [with] [her] [sixty] [years] [ago] [,] [and] [they] [grow] [nowhere] [else] [in] [this] [country] [.] ["] 1 our 2 great-grandmother " [i] [know] [,] " [said] [florrie] [,] [with] [a] [smile] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [recognized] [them] [as] [soon] [as] [i] [came] [into] [the] [room] [.] they are the same kind of roses as those which grow about [grandmother] [hamilton] ['s] [house] in [england] [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 7 roses 2 are 12 about 2 are 17 in 3 the 4 same 4 same 5 kind 5 kind 6 of 5 kind 7 roses 6 of 7 roses 7 roses 8 as 7 roses 10 which 7 roses 11 grow 8 as 9 those 10 which 11 grow i used to love them so [.] ["] 1 i 2 used 2 used 3 to 2 used 4 love 3 to 4 love 4 love 5 them 4 love 6 so ["] [in] [england] [!] were you ever in [england] [?] ["] 1 were 2 you 1 were 3 ever 1 were 4 in " [oh] [,] [yes] [,] " [laughed] [florrie] [.] 1 " 6 " " [and] [i] ['ve] [been] [in] [pretty] [nearly] [every] [other] [country] [upon] [earth] [every] [one] [that] [a] [ship] [could] [get] [to] [,] [at] [least] [.] " 1 " 26 " ["] [why] [,] [florrie] [hamilton] [!] are you in earnest [?] ["] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 in 3 in 4 earnest ["] [indeed] [,] [yes] [.] perhaps you don't know that our ['] now-mother [,] ['] [as] [jack] [says] [sometimes] [,] is [father] ['s] [second] [wife] [.] 1 perhaps 2 you 2 you 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 8 now-mother 5 that 16 is 6 our 8 now-mother 8 now-mother 16 is her husband was [a] [sea-captain] [,] [and] [she] [always] [went] on his sea-voyages [with] [him] [.] 1 her 2 husband 2 husband 3 was 3 was 11 on 11 on 13 sea-voyages 12 his 13 sea-voyages [so] [i] [went] [too] [.] i almost grew up on [shipboard] [.] 1 i 3 grew 2 almost 3 grew 3 grew 4 up 4 up 5 on we had delightful times [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 4 times 3 delightful 4 times i never went to school [.] 1 i 3 went 2 never 3 went 3 went 4 to 4 to 5 school auntie had been a teacher before her marriage [,] [and] [she] [taught] [me] [.] 1 auntie 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 teacher 3 been 6 before 4 a 5 teacher 5 teacher 6 before 6 before 8 marriage 7 her 8 marriage so [i] [did] , [although] [at] [first] [i] [was] [very] [sorry] [to] [leave] [auntie] and [the] [dear] [old] [ship] and all our lovely wanderings [.] ["] 1 so 4 , 4 , 15 and 15 and 24 wanderings 20 and 21 all 21 all 22 our 21 all 23 lovely 21 all 24 wanderings 22 our 23 lovely " [oh] [,] [tell] [me] [all] [about] [them] [,] " [demanded] [nan] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [why] [,] [florrie] [hamilton] [,] [to] [think] [you] ['ve] [never] [said] [a] [word] [about] [your] [wonderful] [experiences] [!] i love to hear about foreign countries from people who have really been there [.] 1 i 2 love 2 love 3 to 2 love 4 hear 3 to 4 hear 4 hear 5 about 4 hear 8 from 5 about 7 countries 6 foreign 7 countries 7 countries 8 from 8 from 9 people 9 people 10 who 9 people 11 have 10 who 11 have 11 have 13 been 12 really 13 been 13 been 14 there [please] [just] [talk] [and] [i] ['ll] [listen] [and] [ask] [questions] [.] ["] florrie did talk [.] 1 florrie 2 did 2 did 3 talk " [i] ['ve] [enjoyed] [your] [visit] so [much] [,] ["] [said] [nan] [sincerely] [.] 1 " 7 so ["] [i] ['m] [going] [down] [to] [see] [you] [as] [soon] [as] [i] [can] [walk] [.] but [don't] wait [for] [that] [.] 1 but 3 wait let us be good , chummy friends without any ceremony [.] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 be 1 let 8 without 3 be 7 friends 4 good 5 , 4 good 7 friends 6 chummy 7 friends 7 friends 8 without 8 without 10 ceremony 9 any 10 ceremony when [florrie] , [with] [a] [light] [heart] and [a] [happy] [smile] , had gone , [came] [maude] [,] [sunburned] and glowing from her picnic [.] 1 when 20 and 3 , 8 and 3 , 12 , 12 , 15 , 13 had 14 gone 13 had 15 , 15 , 20 and 20 and 21 glowing 20 and 22 from 20 and 24 picnic 22 from 23 her " [such] [a] [nice] [time] [as] [we] [had] [!] " she exclaimed [.] 1 " 12 exclaimed 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 exclaimed ["] [wasn't] [i] [sorry] [to] [think] [of] [you] [cooped] [up] [here] [!] [did] [florrie] [come] [?] ["] ["] [one] [florrie] [did] [.] maude , [you] [addressed] [that] [note] [to] [florrie] [hamilton] [today] [instead] [of] [florrie] [hastings] [.] ["] 1 maude 2 , ["] [nan] [,] [surely] [not] [!] i 'm sure " 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 " ["] [yes] [,] [you] [did] [.] and she came here [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 came 2 she 3 came 3 came 4 here was [i] [not] [taken] [aback] at first [,] [maude] [!] ["] 1 was 7 first 6 at 7 first " [i] was [thinking] [about] [her] [when] [i] [addressed] [it] [,] [and] [i] [must] [have] [put] her name [down] [by] [mistake] [.] 1 " 3 was 3 was 18 name 17 her 18 name i 'm so sorry " 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 4 sorry 3 so 4 sorry 4 sorry 5 " ["] [you] [needn't] [be] [.] i haven't been entertained so charmingly for a [long] while [.] 1 i 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 been 3 been 4 entertained 4 entertained 6 charmingly 4 entertained 7 for 5 so 6 charmingly 7 for 10 while 8 a 10 while why [,] [maude] [,] she has travelled almost everywhere and is so bright and witty when she thaws [out] [.] 1 why 5 she 5 she 10 and 6 has 7 travelled 6 has 10 and 7 travelled 8 almost 8 almost 9 everywhere 10 and 11 is 11 is 12 so 11 is 14 and 13 bright 14 and 14 and 15 witty 15 witty 16 when 16 when 17 she 16 when 18 thaws 17 she 18 thaws she didn't seem like the same girl at all [.] 1 she 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 seem 3 seem 4 like 4 like 7 girl 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 girl 7 girl 8 at 8 at 9 all she is just perfectly lovely [!] " 1 she 2 is 2 is 3 just 2 is 5 lovely 3 just 4 perfectly 5 lovely 7 " ["] [well] [,] [i] ['m] [glad] [you] [had] [such] [a] [nice] [time] [together] [.] do you know [,] [some] [of] [the] [girls] [were] very much [vexed] [because] [she] [wasn't] [asked] [to] [the] [picnic] [.] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 know 3 know 11 much 10 very 11 much " [just] [wait] [until] [school] [opens] [,] " [said] [nan] [vaguely] [enough] [,] [it] [would] [seem] [.] 1 " 8 " [but] [maude] [understood] [.] however , they did not have to wait until school opened [.] 1 however 2 , 1 however 3 they 3 they 4 did 4 did 5 not 4 did 6 have 5 not 6 have 6 have 7 to 6 have 8 wait 7 to 8 wait 8 wait 9 until 9 until 10 school 10 school 11 opened long before [that] [time] [winboro] [girlhood] [discovered] [that] [the] [wallace] [girls] [were] [taking] [florrie] [hamilton] [into] [their] [lives] [.] 1 long 2 before when [miss] [braxton] ['s] [school] [reopened] [florrie] was the class favourite [.] 1 when 8 was 8 was 11 favourite 9 the 11 favourite 10 class 11 favourite [between] [her] [and] [nan] [wallace] [a] [beautiful] [and] [helpful] [friendship] [had] [been] [formed] [which] [was] [to] [grow] [and] [deepen] [through] [their] [whole] [lives] [.] but that is something [florrie] [hamilton] [will] [never] [know] [.] 1 but 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 something [an] [unpremeditated] [ceremony] her eyes were as [bright] , her [form] [as] erect , [her] [nose] [the] [carston] [nose] [as] [pronounced] and aristocratic [as] of yore [.] 1 her 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 were 3 were 4 as 4 as 6 , 6 , 19 and 7 her 10 erect 10 erect 11 , 11 , 19 and 19 and 20 aristocratic 19 and 22 of 22 of 23 yore selwyn saw little change in her [.] 1 selwyn 2 saw 2 saw 4 change 2 saw 5 in 3 little 4 change 4 change 5 in 5 in 6 her and there was the little , thin , grey father in the corner , peering at his newspaper with nearsighted eyes [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 was 2 there 3 was 3 was 10 father 3 was 11 in 3 was 16 at 3 was 19 with 4 the 10 father 5 little 6 , 5 little 10 father 7 thin 8 , 7 thin 9 grey 9 grey 10 father 10 father 11 in 11 in 14 , 12 the 13 corner 13 corner 14 , 14 , 15 peering 16 at 18 newspaper 17 his 18 newspaper 18 newspaper 19 with 19 with 21 eyes 20 nearsighted 21 eyes selwyn 's heart gave a bound at the sight of him which not even his mother had caused [.] 1 selwyn 2 's 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 gave 4 gave 6 bound 4 gave 7 at 5 a 6 bound 6 bound 7 at 7 at 9 sight 8 the 9 sight 9 sight 10 of 9 sight 12 which 9 sight 18 caused 10 of 11 him 12 which 14 even 12 which 18 caused 13 not 14 even 14 even 16 mother 15 his 16 mother 16 mother 17 had 17 had 18 caused [dear] [old] [dad] [!] the years had been kind to him [.] 1 the 2 years 2 years 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 5 kind 5 kind 6 to 6 to 7 him [mrs] [grant] [held] [up] [a] [glistening] [spoon] [and] [surveyed] [it] [complacently] [.] ["] [there] [,] [i] [think] [that] [is] [bright] [enough] [even] [to] [suit] [margaret] [graham] [.] i shall take over the whole two dozen teas and one dozen desserts [.] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 take 3 take 4 over 3 take 10 and 4 over 6 whole 5 the 6 whole 7 two 8 dozen 8 dozen 9 teas 9 teas 10 and 10 and 13 desserts 11 one 12 dozen 12 dozen 13 desserts i wish [,] [bertha] [,] [that] you would [tie] [a] [red] [cord] [around] [each] [of] [the] [handles] [for] [me] [.] 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 7 you 2 wish 8 would 7 you 8 would i don't mean to take any more risks [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 take 4 to 5 take 5 take 8 risks 6 any 7 more 7 more 8 risks and , [father] " 1 and 2 , 2 , 4 " something made the mother look around [,] [and] [she] [saw] [her] [first-born] [!] 1 something 2 made 2 made 4 mother 2 made 5 look 3 the 4 mother 5 look 6 around when the commotion was over [selwyn] [asked] why the family spoons were being rubbed up [.] 1 when 3 commotion 1 when 4 was 1 when 11 spoons 2 the 3 commotion 3 commotion 4 was 4 was 5 over 8 why 11 spoons 9 the 11 spoons 10 family 11 spoons 11 spoons 12 were 12 were 13 being 13 being 14 rubbed 14 rubbed 15 up " [and] [there] [,] [they] ['re] [not] [half] [done] [and] we ['ll] have to dress in another hour [.] 1 " 11 we 11 we 13 have 13 have 14 to 14 to 15 dress 15 dress 16 in 16 in 18 hour 17 another 18 hour bertha is no earthly use she is so taken up with her bridesmaid finery [.] ["] 1 bertha 2 is 2 is 5 use 2 is 11 with 3 no 5 use 4 earthly 5 use 5 use 6 she 5 use 10 up 6 she 7 is 7 is 9 taken 8 so 9 taken 9 taken 10 up 11 with 14 finery 12 her 14 finery 13 bridesmaid 14 finery ["] [wedding] [?] [whose] [wedding] [?] ["] [demanded] [selwyn] [,] [in] [bewilderment] [.] ["] [why] [,] [leo] ['s] [,] [of] [course] [.] leo is to be married tonight [.] 1 leo 2 is 2 is 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 married 5 married 6 tonight didn't you get your invitation [?] 1 didn't 2 you 1 didn't 3 get 3 get 5 invitation 4 your 5 invitation wasn't that what brought you home [?] ["] 1 wasn't 2 that 1 wasn't 3 what 3 what 4 brought 4 brought 5 you 4 brought 6 home " [hand] [me] [a] [chair] [,] [quick] [,] " [implored] [selwyn] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [leo] [,] [are] [you] [going] [to] [commit] [matrimony] [in] [this] [headlong] [fashion] [?] are you sure you 're grown up [?] ["] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 sure 3 sure 4 you 3 sure 6 grown 4 you 5 're 5 're 6 grown 6 grown 7 up " [six] [feet] [is] [a] [pretty] [good] [imitation] [of] [it] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] " [grinned] [leo] [.] 1 " 15 " ["] [brace] [up] [,] [old] [fellow] [.] it 's not so bad as it might be [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 not 2 's 5 bad 4 so 5 bad 5 bad 6 as 6 as 7 it 6 as 9 be 7 it 8 might she 's quite a respectable girl [.] 1 she 2 's 2 's 6 girl 3 quite 4 a 4 a 5 respectable 4 a 6 girl 5 respectable 6 girl we wrote you all about it three weeks ago and broke the news as gently as possible [.] ["] 1 we 10 and 2 wrote 4 all 2 wrote 5 about 2 wrote 9 ago 2 wrote 10 and 3 you 4 all 5 about 6 it 7 three 8 weeks 8 weeks 9 ago 10 and 11 broke 11 broke 13 news 11 broke 15 gently 11 broke 16 as 12 the 13 news 14 as 15 gently 16 as 17 possible ["] [i] [left] [for] [the] [east] [a] [month] [ago] [and] [have] [been] [wandering] [around] [preying] [on] [old] [college] [chums] [ever] [since] [.] [haven't] [seen] [a] [letter] [.] there , [i] ['m] [better] now [.] 1 there 2 , 2 , 6 now no , you needn't fan me [,] [sis] [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 3 you 3 you 4 needn't 4 needn't 5 fan 5 fan 6 me well , no [family] can [get] [through] [the] [world] [without] [its] [seasons] [of] [tribulations] [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 5 can 2 , 3 no who is the party of the second part [,] [little] [brother] [?] ["] 1 who 2 is 2 is 4 party 2 is 8 part 3 the 4 party 4 party 5 of 5 of 7 second 6 the 7 second ["] [alice] [graham] [!] that child [!] ["] [exclaimed] [selwyn] [in] [astonishment] [.] 1 that 2 child leo roared [.] 1 leo 2 roared ["] [come] [,] [come] [,] [sel] [,] [perhaps] [we] ['re] [not] [very] [progressive] [here] [in] [croyden] [,] [but] [we] [don't] [actually] [stand] [still] [.] girls are apt to stretch out some between ten and twenty [,] [you] [know] [.] 1 girls 2 are 2 are 3 apt 3 apt 4 to 3 apt 5 stretch 4 to 5 stretch 5 stretch 6 out 5 stretch 7 some 5 stretch 8 between 7 some 8 between 8 between 10 and 9 ten 10 and 10 and 11 twenty you old [bachelors] [think] [nobody] [ever] [grows] [up] [.] 1 you 2 old why , [sel] [,] [you] ['re] [grey] [around] [your] [temples] [.] ["] 1 why 2 , ["] [too] [well] [i] [know] [it] [,] [but] [a] [man] ['s] [own] [brother] [shouldn't] [be] [the] [first] [to] [cast] [such] [things] [up] [to] [him] [.] i 'll [admit] [,] [since] [i] come to think of it , that [alice] has [probably] [grown] [bigger] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 7 come 7 come 8 to 8 to 9 think 9 think 10 of 10 of 12 , 11 it 12 , 12 , 13 that 13 that 15 has is she any better-looking than she used to be [?] ["] 1 is 2 she 1 is 4 better-looking 1 is 5 than 3 any 4 better-looking 5 than 6 she 5 than 7 used 6 she 7 used 7 used 8 to 7 used 9 be 8 to 9 be " [alice] [is] [a] [charming] [girl] [,] ["] said [mrs] [grant] impressively [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 impressively " she [is] [a] [beauty] [and] [she] [is] [also] [sweet] [and] [sensible] , [which] [beauties] [are] [not] [always] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 13 , we are all [very] [much] [pleased] [with] [leo] ['s] [choice] [.] 1 we 2 are 2 are 3 all but we have [really] no more time to spare just now [.] 1 but 2 we 1 but 3 have 2 we 3 have 3 have 7 time 5 no 6 more 6 more 7 time 7 time 8 to 7 time 9 spare 8 to 9 spare 9 spare 10 just 10 just 11 now the wedding is at seven o'clock [and] [it] [is] [four] [already] [.] ["] 1 the 2 wedding 2 wedding 3 is 3 is 4 at 4 at 6 o'clock 5 seven 6 o'clock " [is] [there] [anybody] [you] [can] [send] [to] [the] [station] [for] [my] [luggage] [?] " [asked] [selwyn] [.] 1 " 15 " " [luckily] [i] [have] [a] [new] [suit] [,] [otherwise] [i] [shouldn't] [have] [the] [face] [to] [go] [.] " 1 " 18 " " [well] [,] [i] [must] [be] [off] [,] " [said] [mrs] [grant] [.] 1 " 9 " " [father] [,] [take] [selwyn] [away] so [that] [i] [shan't] [be] [tempted] [to] [waste] [time] [talking] [to] [him] [.] ["] 1 " 7 so in the library father and son looked at each other affectionately [.] 1 in 3 library 1 in 5 and 2 the 3 library 4 father 5 and 5 and 6 son 5 and 7 looked 7 looked 8 at 7 looked 11 affectionately 8 at 10 other 9 each 10 other ["] [dad] [,] [it] ['s] [a] [blessing] [to] [see] [you] [just] [the] [same] [.] i 'm a little dizzy with all these changes [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 dizzy 3 a 4 little 4 little 5 dizzy 5 dizzy 6 with 6 with 7 all 7 all 8 these 7 all 9 changes 8 these 9 changes bertha grown up and [leo] [within] [an] inch [of] [being] [married] [!] 1 bertha 2 grown 1 bertha 4 and 2 grown 3 up 4 and 8 inch to tell you the truth [,] [dad] [,] [i] don't feel in a mood for going to a wedding [at] [wish-ton-wish] [tonight] [.] 1 to 2 tell 2 tell 3 you 2 tell 5 truth 2 tell 15 for 4 the 5 truth 10 don't 11 feel 11 feel 12 in 12 in 14 mood 13 a 14 mood 14 mood 15 for 15 for 16 going 16 going 17 to 17 to 19 wedding 18 a 19 wedding i 'm sure you don't [either] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 you 3 sure 5 don't 4 you 5 don't you 've always hated fusses [.] 1 you 2 've 2 've 4 hated 3 always 4 hated 4 hated 5 fusses can't we shirk it [?] ["] 1 can't 2 we 1 can't 3 shirk 3 shirk 4 it they smiled at each other with chummy remembrance of many a family festival they had " shirked " together in the old days [.] 1 they 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 at 2 smiled 6 with 3 at 5 other 4 each 5 other 6 with 8 remembrance 6 with 13 festival 7 chummy 8 remembrance 8 remembrance 9 of 9 of 10 many 11 a 12 family 11 a 13 festival 12 family 13 festival 13 festival 14 they 13 festival 17 shirked 14 they 15 had 15 had 16 " 15 had 17 shirked 17 shirked 18 " 17 shirked 19 together 17 shirked 20 in 20 in 23 days 21 the 23 days 22 old 23 days [but] [mr] [grant] [shook] [his] [head] [.] ["] [not] [this] [time] [,] [sonny] [.] there are some things a decent man can't shirk [and] [one] [of] [them] [is] [his] [own] [boy] ['s] [wedding] [.] 1 there 2 are 2 are 4 things 3 some 4 things 4 things 7 man 4 things 9 shirk 5 a 6 decent 5 a 7 man 6 decent 7 man 7 man 8 can't 8 can't 9 shirk it 's a nuisance [,] [but] [i] [must] [go] [through] [with] [it] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 nuisance 3 a 4 nuisance you 'll understand how it is when you 're a family man yourself [.] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 understand 3 understand 4 how 4 how 5 it 4 how 6 is 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 when 7 when 8 you 7 when 9 're 8 you 9 're 9 're 12 man 9 're 13 yourself 10 a 11 family 10 a 12 man by the way , why aren't you a family man by this time [?] 1 by 3 way 1 by 4 , 1 by 5 why 2 the 3 way 5 why 6 aren't 6 aren't 7 you 6 aren't 10 man 6 aren't 11 by 8 a 9 family 8 a 10 man 9 family 10 man 10 man 11 by 11 by 13 time 12 this 13 time why [haven't] [i] [been] [put] [to] [the] [bother] [and] [inconvenience] [of] [attending] [your] [wedding] [before] [now] , [son] [?] ["] 1 why 17 , selwyn laughed , with a little vibrant note of bitterness in the laughter , which the father 's quick ears detected [.] 1 selwyn 2 laughed 2 laughed 4 with 3 , 4 with 4 with 8 note 5 a 8 note 6 little 8 note 7 vibrant 8 note 8 note 9 of 9 of 10 bitterness 10 bitterness 11 in 11 in 13 laughter 12 the 13 laughter 13 laughter 15 which 14 , 15 which 15 which 21 detected 16 the 17 father 17 father 18 's 18 's 20 ears 19 quick 20 ears 20 ears 21 detected " [i] ['ve] [been] [too] [busy] [with] [law] [books] [,] [dad] [,] [to] [find] [me] [a] [wife] [.] " 1 " 19 " [mr] [grant] [shook] [his] [bushy] [grey] [head] [.] ["] [that] ['s] [not] [the] [real] [reason] [,] [son] [.] [perhaps] [you] ['ll] [choose] [a] [madam] [selwyn] [some] [day] [yet] [.] in case you [should] [i] ['m] [going] [to] [give] [you] [a] [small] [bit] [of] [good] [advice] [.] 1 in 2 case 1 in 3 you your mother [now] , [she] ['s] [a] [splendid] [woman] [,] [selwyn] [,] [a] [splendid] [woman] [.] 1 your 2 mother 2 mother 4 , she can't be matched as a housekeeper [and] [she] [has] [improved] [my] [finances] [until] [i] [don't] [know] [them] [when] [i] [meet] [them] [.] 1 she 2 can't 2 can't 3 be 3 be 4 matched 4 matched 5 as 5 as 7 housekeeper 6 a 7 housekeeper she 's been a good wife and a good mother [.] 1 she 2 's 2 's 3 been 3 been 7 and 4 a 5 good 4 a 6 wife 5 good 6 wife 6 wife 7 and 7 and 10 mother 8 a 9 good 8 a 10 mother 9 good 10 mother if [i] [were] [a] [young] [man] [i] ['d] [court] [her] [and] [marry] [her] [over] again , that [i] would [.] 1 if 17 that 15 again 16 , 15 again 17 that 17 that 19 would but , son , when you pick a wife pick one with a nice little commonplace nose , not a family nose [.] 1 but 2 , 1 but 4 , 1 but 6 you 3 son 4 , 4 , 5 when 6 you 7 pick 7 pick 10 pick 7 pick 12 with 8 a 10 pick 9 wife 10 pick 10 pick 11 one 10 pick 12 with 12 with 17 nose 13 a 14 nice 13 a 17 nose 14 nice 17 nose 15 little 17 nose 16 commonplace 17 nose 17 nose 22 nose 18 , 19 not 18 , 22 nose 20 a 21 family 20 a 22 nose 21 family 22 nose never marry a woman with a family nose , son [.] ["] 1 never 2 marry 2 marry 4 woman 2 marry 5 with 3 a 4 woman 4 woman 5 with 5 with 9 , 6 a 7 family 6 a 8 nose 7 family 8 nose 8 nose 9 , 9 , 10 son a woman with a family nose came into the library at this juncture and beamed maternally upon them both [.] 1 a 2 woman 2 woman 3 with 2 woman 14 and 3 with 6 nose 4 a 5 family 4 a 6 nose 5 family 6 nose 7 came 8 into 7 came 11 at 7 came 14 and 8 into 10 library 9 the 10 library 10 library 11 at 11 at 13 juncture 12 this 13 juncture 14 and 15 beamed 15 beamed 16 maternally 15 beamed 17 upon 15 beamed 19 both 17 upon 18 them ["] [there] ['s] [a] [bite] [for] [you] [in] [the] [dining] [room] [.] after you 've eaten it you must dress [.] 1 after 2 you 1 after 3 've 1 after 6 you 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 eaten 4 eaten 5 it 6 you 7 must 7 must 8 dress mind you brush your hair well down [,] [father] [.] 1 mind 2 you 2 you 3 brush 3 brush 5 hair 3 brush 6 well 3 brush 7 down 4 your 5 hair the green room is ready for you [,] [selwyn] [.] 1 the 3 room 2 green 3 room 3 room 4 is 4 is 5 ready 5 ready 6 for 6 for 7 you [tomorrow] [i] ['ll] [have] [a] [good] [talk] [with] [you] [,] [but] [tonight] [i] ['ll] [be] [too] [busy] [to] [remember] [you] ['re] [around] [.] how are we all going to get over [to] [wish-ton-wish] [?] 1 how 2 are 2 are 3 we 2 are 5 going 4 all 5 going 5 going 6 to 6 to 7 get 7 get 8 over [leo] [and] [bertha] [are] [going] [in] [the] [pony] [carriage] [.] it won't hold a third passenger [.] 1 it 2 won't 2 won't 3 hold 3 hold 6 passenger 4 a 6 passenger 5 third 6 passenger you 'll have to squeeze in with [father] and [me] in [the] [buggy] , [selwyn] [.] " 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 5 squeeze 4 to 5 squeeze 5 squeeze 6 in 5 squeeze 7 with 5 squeeze 11 in 7 with 9 and 11 in 14 , 14 , 17 " " [by] [no] [means] [,] " [replied] [selwyn] [briskly] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] ['ll] [walk] [over] [to] [wish-ton-wish] [.] ifs [only] half a mile [across] [lots] [.] 1 ifs 5 mile 3 half 4 a 4 a 5 mile i suppose the old way is still open [?] ["] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 5 way 2 suppose 6 is 3 the 5 way 4 old 5 way 5 way 6 is 6 is 7 still 6 is 8 open " [it] [ought] [to] [be] [,] " [answered] [mr] [grant] [drily] [;] ["] [leo] [has] [kept] [it] [well] [trodden] [.] 1 " 7 " if you 've forgotten how it runs he can tell you [.] " 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 've 1 if 8 he 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 forgotten 4 forgotten 5 how 5 how 6 it 5 how 7 runs 6 it 7 runs 8 he 9 can 9 can 10 tell 10 tell 11 you 11 you 13 " " [i] [haven't] [forgotten] [,] ["] said [selwyn] , a little brusquely [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 brusquely 9 , 12 brusquely 10 a 11 little 11 little 12 brusquely he had his own reasons for remembering the wood path [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 5 reasons 2 had 6 for 3 his 4 own 3 his 5 reasons 6 for 7 remembering 7 remembering 10 path 8 the 10 path 9 wood 10 path leo had not been [the] [first] [grant] to [go] courting [to] [wish-ton-wish] [.] 1 leo 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 been 4 been 8 to 8 to 10 courting when he started , the moon was rising round and red and hazy in an eastern hill-gap [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 started 1 when 4 , 1 when 6 moon 2 he 3 started 5 the 6 moon 6 moon 7 was 7 was 8 rising 8 rising 10 and 9 round 10 and 10 and 12 and 11 red 12 and 12 and 13 hazy 13 hazy 14 in 14 in 17 hill-gap 15 an 17 hill-gap 16 eastern 17 hill-gap the autumn air was mild and spicy [.] 1 the 3 air 2 autumn 3 air 3 air 4 was 4 was 6 and 5 mild 6 and 6 and 7 spicy long shadows stretched across the fields on his right and silvery mosaics patterned the floor of the old beechwood lane [.] 1 long 2 shadows 2 shadows 3 stretched 2 shadows 13 patterned 3 stretched 4 across 3 stretched 7 on 4 across 6 fields 5 the 6 fields 6 fields 7 on 7 on 10 and 8 his 9 right 9 right 10 and 10 and 12 mosaics 11 silvery 12 mosaics 13 patterned 15 floor 14 the 15 floor 15 floor 16 of 16 of 20 lane 17 the 20 lane 18 old 19 beechwood 19 beechwood 20 lane selwyn walked slowly [.] 1 selwyn 2 walked 2 walked 3 slowly it was [probable] , and he did not want to see her [.] 1 it 4 , 2 was 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 he 5 and 9 want 6 he 7 did 7 did 8 not 9 want 10 to 10 to 11 see 11 see 12 her the [grahams] [had] [come] [to] [wish-ton-wish] eleven years before [.] 1 the 7 eleven 7 eleven 8 years 8 years 9 before there was [a] [big] [family] [of] [girls] [of] [whom] [the] [tall] [,] [brown-haired] [esme] [was] the oldest [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 17 oldest 16 the 17 oldest tom [st] [clair] had always been there too , in his right [as] second cousin , [selwyn] had [supposed] [.] 1 tom 4 had 4 had 6 been 5 always 6 been 6 been 7 there 6 been 8 too 6 been 10 in 9 , 10 in 10 in 15 cousin 10 in 16 , 11 his 15 cousin 12 right 15 cousin 14 second 15 cousin 16 , 18 had one day he found out that [tom] [and] [esme] [had] [been] [engaged] [ever] [since] she was [sixteen] [;] one of her sisters [told] [him] [.] 1 one 2 day 2 day 3 he 3 he 5 out 4 found 5 out 5 out 6 that 6 that 15 she 6 that 16 was 16 was 19 one 19 one 20 of 20 of 22 sisters 21 her 22 sisters that had been all [.] 1 that 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 all he had gone away soon [after] , and some time later a letter from home made casual mention of [tom] [st] [clair] ['s] marriage [.] 1 he 7 , 2 had 3 gone 2 had 7 , 3 gone 4 away 3 gone 5 soon 7 , 8 and 8 and 13 letter 8 and 16 made 9 some 10 time 10 time 11 later 11 later 13 letter 12 a 13 letter 13 letter 14 from 13 letter 16 made 14 from 15 home 16 made 18 mention 17 casual 18 mention 18 mention 19 of 19 of 24 marriage he narrowly missed being late for the wedding ceremony [.] 1 he 3 missed 2 narrowly 3 missed 3 missed 4 being 4 being 5 late 5 late 6 for 6 for 9 ceremony 7 the 9 ceremony 8 wedding 9 ceremony the bridal [party] [entered] [the] [parlour] [at] [wish-ton-wish] [at] [the] [same] [moment] [as] [he] [slipped] [in] [by] [another] [door] [.] 1 the 2 bridal selwyn almost whistled with amazement at sight of the bride [.] 1 selwyn 3 whistled 2 almost 3 whistled 3 whistled 4 with 3 whistled 6 at 4 with 5 amazement 5 amazement 6 at 6 at 7 sight 7 sight 8 of 8 of 10 bride 9 the 10 bride could that be the scrawny little tomboy of ten years ago [?] 1 could 2 that 1 could 3 be 3 be 7 tomboy 3 be 11 ago 4 the 7 tomboy 5 scrawny 7 tomboy 6 little 7 tomboy 7 tomboy 8 of 8 of 9 ten 10 years 11 ago she looked [not] [unlike] [esme] [,] with that subtle family resemblance that is quite independent of feature [and] colouring [.] 1 she 2 looked 2 looked 7 with 7 with 11 resemblance 8 that 11 resemblance 9 subtle 10 family 10 family 11 resemblance 11 resemblance 12 that 11 resemblance 13 is 11 resemblance 16 of 12 that 13 is 13 is 15 independent 14 quite 15 independent 16 of 19 colouring 17 feature 19 colouring [where] [was] [esme] [?] selwyn cast his eyes furtively over the assembled guests while the minister read the marriage ceremony [.] 1 selwyn 2 cast 2 cast 4 eyes 2 cast 5 furtively 2 cast 6 over 2 cast 10 while 3 his 4 eyes 6 over 9 guests 7 the 9 guests 8 assembled 9 guests 10 while 12 minister 10 while 13 read 11 the 12 minister 12 minister 13 read 13 read 15 marriage 13 read 16 ceremony 14 the 15 marriage " [esme] [!] " he said involuntarily [.] 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 involuntarily she [started] , and he had an idea that she changed colour , although it was [too] [dim] [to] [be] [sure] [.] 1 she 16 was 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 8 idea 7 an 8 idea 8 idea 9 that 9 that 10 she 9 that 11 changed 10 she 11 changed 11 changed 12 colour 11 changed 14 although 13 , 14 although 14 although 15 it 15 it 16 was " [selwyn] [!] " she exclaimed , putting out her hands [.] 1 " 6 exclaimed 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 exclaimed 6 exclaimed 8 putting 7 , 8 putting 8 putting 9 out 8 putting 11 hands 10 her 11 hands ["] [why] [,] [selwyn] [grant] [!] is it really you [?] 1 is 2 it 1 is 3 really 1 is 4 you or are you such stuff [as] dreams are made of [?] 1 or 2 are 1 or 10 of 2 are 3 you 2 are 5 stuff 4 such 5 stuff 5 stuff 7 dreams 5 stuff 10 of 7 dreams 8 are 8 are 10 of 9 made 10 of i did not know you were here [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 know 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 you 4 know 6 were 5 you 6 were 6 were 7 here i did not know you were home [.] ["] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 know 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 you 4 know 6 were 5 you 6 were 6 were 7 home ["] [i] [reached] [home] [only] [four] [hours] [ago] [,] [and] [was] [haled] [straightway] [here] [to] [leo] ['s] [wedding] [.] i 'm dizzy [,] [esme] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 dizzy i can't adjust my old conceptions to this new state of affairs [all] at once [.] 1 i 2 can't 2 can't 3 adjust 3 adjust 6 conceptions 3 adjust 7 to 3 adjust 15 once 4 my 6 conceptions 5 old 6 conceptions 6 conceptions 7 to 7 to 10 state 8 this 10 state 9 new 10 state 10 state 11 of 11 of 12 affairs 14 at 15 once it seems ridiculous to think that [leo] [and] [alice] [are] [married] [.] 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 3 ridiculous 3 ridiculous 4 to 3 ridiculous 5 think 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 that i 'm sure they can't be really grown up [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 they 3 sure 8 grown 4 they 5 can't 5 can't 6 be 6 be 8 grown 7 really 8 grown 8 grown 9 up esme laughed as she drew away her hands [.] 1 esme 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 as 3 as 4 she 3 as 5 drew 4 she 5 drew 5 drew 6 away 5 drew 8 hands 7 her 8 hands " [we] [are] [all] [ten] [years] [older] [,] " she said lightly [.] 1 " 11 said 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 lightly ["] [not] [you] [.] you are more beautiful than ever [,] [esme] [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 beautiful 3 more 4 beautiful 4 beautiful 6 ever 5 than 6 ever that sunflower compliment is permissible in an old friend [,] [isn't] [it] [?] ["] 1 that 3 compliment 2 sunflower 3 compliment 3 compliment 4 is 4 is 5 permissible 5 permissible 6 in 6 in 9 friend 7 an 9 friend 8 old 9 friend ["] [this] [mellow] [glow] [is] [kinder] [to] [me] [than] [sunlight] [now] [.] i am [thirty] , you know [,] [selwyn] [.] " 1 i 4 , 2 am 4 , 4 , 6 know 5 you 6 know 6 know 10 " " [and] [i] [have] [some] [grey] [hairs] , " he confessed [.] 1 " 11 confessed 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 confessed ["] [i] [knew] [i] [had] [them] [but] [i] [had] [a] [sneaking] [hope] [that] [other] [folks] [didn't] [until] [leo] [destroyed] [it] [today] [.] these young brothers and sisters who won't stay children are nuisances [.] 1 these 3 brothers 2 young 3 brothers 3 brothers 4 and 4 and 5 sisters 4 and 6 who 4 and 7 won't 4 and 10 are 6 who 7 won't 7 won't 8 stay 8 stay 9 children 10 are 11 nuisances you 'll be telling me next thing that ['] [baby] ['] [is] [grown] [up] [.] ["] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 telling 4 telling 7 thing 4 telling 8 that 5 me 6 next 5 me 7 thing " ['] [baby] ['] [is] [eighteen] [and] [has] [a] [beau] [,] " [laughed] [esme] [.] 1 " 12 " " [and] [i] [give] [you] [fair] [warning] [that] she [insists] [on] [being] called [laura] [now] [.] 1 " 9 she 9 she 13 called do you want to come for a walk with me down under the beeches to the old lane gate ? 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 want 3 want 4 to 3 want 20 ? 4 to 5 come 5 come 6 for 5 come 9 with 5 come 11 down 6 for 8 walk 7 a 8 walk 9 with 10 me 11 down 12 under 11 down 15 to 12 under 14 beeches 13 the 14 beeches 14 beeches 15 to 15 to 19 gate 16 the 19 gate 17 old 18 lane 18 lane 19 gate i came out to see if the fresh air would do my bit of a headache [good] [.] 1 i 2 came 2 came 3 out 3 out 4 to 3 out 5 see 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 if 5 see 11 do 6 if 9 air 6 if 10 would 7 the 9 air 8 fresh 9 air 9 air 10 would 11 do 13 bit 12 my 13 bit 13 bit 14 of 14 of 16 headache 15 a 16 headache i shall have to help with the supper later on [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 5 help 4 to 5 help 5 help 6 with 5 help 10 on 6 with 8 supper 7 the 8 supper 9 later 10 on they went slowly across the lawn and turned into a dim , moonlight lane beyond [,] their old favourite ramble [.] 1 they 7 and 2 went 3 slowly 2 went 4 across 2 went 7 and 4 across 6 lawn 5 the 6 lawn 7 and 8 turned 7 and 9 into 7 and 15 beyond 9 into 14 lane 10 a 11 dim 10 a 14 lane 11 dim 12 , 11 dim 13 moonlight 13 moonlight 14 lane 14 lane 15 beyond 15 beyond 20 ramble 17 their 20 ramble 18 old 19 favourite 19 favourite 20 ramble selwyn felt like a man in a dream , a pleasant dream from which he dreads to awaken [.] 1 selwyn 2 felt 2 felt 3 like 2 felt 17 to 3 like 5 man 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 in 6 in 9 , 7 a 8 dream 8 dream 9 , 9 , 12 dream 10 a 11 pleasant 10 a 12 dream 11 pleasant 12 dream 12 dream 13 from 13 from 14 which 13 from 15 he 13 from 16 dreads 15 he 16 dreads 17 to 18 awaken for a little while [neither] of them spoke [.] 1 for 7 them 2 a 3 little 3 little 4 while 4 while 6 of 4 while 7 them 6 of 7 them 7 them 8 spoke how [virginal] [,] [how] [sacred] [,] she looked [!] 1 how 7 she 7 she 8 looked the thought of [tom] [st] [clair] was a sacrilege [.] 1 the 2 thought 2 thought 3 of 2 thought 7 was 7 was 9 sacrilege 8 a 9 sacrilege " it ['s] [nice] [to] [see] [you] [again] [,] [selwyn] [,] ["] said [esme] [frankly] [at] [last] [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 13 said 2 it 13 said " [there] [are] so [few] [of] [our] [old] [set] [left] [,] [and] [so] [many] [of] [the] [babies] [grown] [up] [.] 1 " 4 so sometimes [i] [don't] [know] [my] [own] [world] [,] it has changed [so] [.] 1 sometimes 9 it 9 it 10 has 10 has 11 changed it 's an uncomfortable feeling [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 feeling 3 an 4 uncomfortable 3 an 5 feeling 4 uncomfortable 5 feeling you give me a pleasant sensation of really belonging here [.] 1 you 2 give 2 give 3 me 2 give 6 sensation 2 give 10 here 4 a 5 pleasant 4 a 6 sensation 5 pleasant 6 sensation 6 sensation 7 of 6 sensation 10 here 7 of 9 belonging 8 really 9 belonging i 'd be lonesome [tonight] [if] [i] [dared] [.] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 be 3 be 4 lonesome i 'm going to miss [alice] so [much] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 2 'm 7 so 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 miss there will be [only] [mother] [and] [baby] [and] [i] left [now] [.] 1 there 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 10 left our family circle has dwindled woefully [.] ["] 1 our 3 circle 2 family 3 circle 3 circle 4 has 4 has 5 dwindled 5 dwindled 6 woefully " [mother] [and] [baby] [and] [you] [!] " 1 " 8 " selwyn felt his head whirling again [.] 1 selwyn 2 felt 2 felt 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 whirling 5 whirling 6 again " [why] [,] [where] [is] [tom] [?] " 1 " 8 " he felt that it was an idiotic question [,] [but] [it] [slipped] [from] [his] [tongue] [before] [he] [could] [catch] [it] [.] 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 it 3 that 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 8 question 6 an 7 idiotic 6 an 8 question 7 idiotic 8 question esme turned her head and looked at him wonderingly [.] 1 esme 5 and 2 turned 4 head 2 turned 5 and 3 her 4 head 5 and 6 looked 5 and 7 at 5 and 9 wonderingly 7 at 8 him he knew that in the sunlight her eyes were as mistily blue as [early] [meadow] [violets] , but here they looked dark and unfathomably tender [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 8 eyes 3 that 9 were 4 in 6 sunlight 4 in 8 eyes 5 the 6 sunlight 7 her 8 eyes 8 eyes 9 were 9 were 11 mistily 9 were 12 blue 10 as 11 mistily 12 blue 13 as 13 as 17 , 17 , 23 and 18 but 19 here 18 but 20 they 20 they 23 and 21 looked 22 dark 21 looked 23 and 23 and 25 tender 24 unfathomably 25 tender " [tom] ? " she said perplexedly [.] 1 " 6 said 3 ? 4 " 3 ? 5 she 5 she 6 said 6 said 7 perplexedly ["] [do] [you] [mean] [tom] [st] [.] [clair] [?] he is here , of course , he and his wife [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 here 2 is 6 course 4 , 6 course 5 of 6 course 6 course 7 , 7 , 9 and 8 he 9 and 9 and 11 wife 10 his 11 wife didn't you see her [?] 1 didn't 2 you 1 didn't 3 see 3 see 4 her that pretty woman [in] pale pink [,] [lil] [meredith] [.] 1 that 2 pretty 2 pretty 3 woman 3 woman 6 pink 5 pale 6 pink why , you [used] [to] [know] [lil] [,] didn't [you] [?] 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 you 3 you 9 didn't [one] [of] [the] [uxbridge] [merediths] [?] ["] all the surprises of that surprising evening were as nothing to this [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 3 surprises 1 all 8 were 2 the 3 surprises 3 surprises 4 of 4 of 7 evening 5 that 6 surprising 6 surprising 7 evening 8 were 9 as 8 were 11 to 9 as 10 nothing 10 nothing 11 to 11 to 12 this " [you] [thought] [i] [was] [married] [to] [tom] [!] " [repeated] [esme] [slowly] [.] 1 " 10 " " [and] [have] [you] [thought] [that] [all] [these] [years] [,] [selwyn] [grant] [?] " 1 " 14 " ["] [yes] [,] [i] [have] [.] is it any wonder [?] 1 is 2 it 1 is 4 wonder 3 any 4 wonder you were engaged to [tom] [when] [i] [went] [away] , [jenny] [told] [me] [you] [were] [.] 1 you 2 were 2 were 3 engaged 3 engaged 4 to 4 to 10 , and [a] [year] [later] [bertha] [wrote] [me] [a] [letter] [in] [which] she made some reference to [tom] ['s] [marriage] [.] 1 and 12 she 1 and 16 to 12 she 13 made 13 made 15 reference 14 some 15 reference she didn't say [to] [whom] , but [hadn't] [i] [the] [right] [to] suppose it was [to] [you] [?] ["] 1 she 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 say 3 say 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 15 was 13 suppose 14 it 14 it 15 was " [oh] [!] " 1 " 4 " the word was partly a sigh and partly a little cry of long-concealed , long-denied pain [.] 1 the 2 word 2 word 3 was 3 was 4 partly 3 was 7 and 5 a 6 sigh 6 sigh 7 and 7 and 8 partly 7 and 11 cry 9 a 10 little 9 a 11 cry 10 little 11 cry 11 cry 12 of 12 of 14 , 13 long-concealed 14 , 14 , 15 long-denied 15 long-denied 16 pain ["] [it] ['s] [been] [all] [a] [funny] [misunderstanding] [.] [tom] [and] [i] [were] [engaged] [once] [a] [boy-and-girl] [affair] [in] [the] [beginning] [.] then we both found out that we had made a mistake that what we had thought was love was merely the affection of good comrades [.] 1 then 2 we 2 we 5 out 3 both 5 out 4 found 5 out 5 out 6 that 5 out 19 was 6 that 7 we 6 that 9 made 6 that 19 was 7 we 8 had 8 had 9 made 9 made 11 mistake 9 made 18 love 10 a 11 mistake 11 mistake 12 that 11 mistake 17 was 12 that 13 what 12 that 16 thought 13 what 14 we 13 what 15 had 13 what 16 thought 14 we 15 had 16 thought 17 was 19 was 20 merely 19 was 22 affection 21 the 22 affection 22 affection 23 of 23 of 25 comrades 24 good 25 comrades we broke our engagement shortly before you went away [.] 1 we 2 broke 2 broke 4 engagement 2 broke 6 before 3 our 4 engagement 5 shortly 6 before 6 before 7 you 6 before 8 went 7 you 8 went 8 went 9 away all [the] [older] [girls] knew it was [broken] [but] [i] [suppose] [nobody] [mentioned] [the] [matter] to [jen] [.] 1 all 16 to 5 knew 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 16 to she was such a child [,] [we] [never] [thought] [about] [her] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 child 3 such 4 a 4 a 5 child and you 've thought [i] [was] [tom] 's [wife] [all] [this] time [?] 1 and 2 you 1 and 8 's 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 thought 8 's 12 time it 's funny [.] ["] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 funny ["] [funny] [.] you mean [tragic] [!] 1 you 2 mean look here , [esme] [,] [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [risk] [any] [more] [misunderstanding] [.] 1 look 2 here 1 look 3 , there 's nothing for it but plain talk when matters get to such a state as this [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 nothing 2 's 4 for 2 's 6 but 2 's 16 as 3 nothing 4 for 4 for 5 it 6 but 8 talk 7 plain 8 talk 8 talk 9 when 9 when 10 matters 9 when 11 get 10 matters 11 get 11 get 12 to 12 to 15 state 13 such 14 a 14 a 15 state 16 as 17 this i [love] [you] [and] [i] 've [loved] [you] [ever] [since] [i] met you [.] 1 i 6 've 6 've 12 met 12 met 13 you i [went] [away] [because] [i] could not stay here and see you married to another man [.] 1 i 10 and 6 could 7 not 6 could 8 stay 6 could 10 and 7 not 8 stay 8 stay 9 here 10 and 11 see 11 see 12 you 11 see 13 married 12 you 13 married 13 married 14 to 14 to 16 man 15 another 16 man i 've stayed away for the same reason [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 stayed 3 stayed 4 away 3 stayed 5 for 5 for 8 reason 6 the 7 same 7 same 8 reason esme , is it too late [?] 1 esme 2 , 1 esme 3 is 3 is 4 it 3 is 6 late 5 too 6 late did you ever care [anything] for me [?] ["] 1 did 2 you 1 did 4 care 3 ever 4 care 4 care 6 for 6 for 7 me " [yes] [,] [i] [did] [,] " she said slowly [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 slowly " [do] [you] [care] [still] [?] " he asked [.] 1 " 9 asked 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 asked she hid her face against his shoulder [.] 1 she 2 hid 2 hid 4 face 2 hid 5 against 3 her 4 face 4 face 5 against 5 against 7 shoulder 6 his 7 shoulder " [yes] [,] " she whispered [.] 1 " 6 whispered 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 whispered " [then] [we] ['ll] [go] [back] to the house [and] [be] [married] , " he said joyfully [.] 1 " 16 said 7 to 9 house 7 to 13 , 7 to 15 he 8 the 9 house 13 , 14 " 15 he 16 said 16 said 17 joyfully esme broke away and stared at him [.] 1 esme 4 and 2 broke 3 away 2 broke 4 and 4 and 5 stared 4 and 6 at 6 at 7 him " [married] [!] " 1 " 4 " ["] [yes] [,] [married] [.] we 've wasted ten years and we 're not going to waste another minute [.] 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 wasted 3 wasted 4 ten 4 ten 6 and 4 ten 12 waste 5 years 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 8 're 8 're 9 not 8 're 10 going 9 not 10 going 10 going 11 to 10 going 12 waste 11 to 12 waste 12 waste 14 minute 13 another 14 minute we're [not] , [i] [say] [.] ["] 1 we're 3 , ["] [selwyn] [!] it 's impossible [.] ["] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 impossible ["] [i] [have] [expurgated] [that] [word] [from] [my] [dictionary] [.] it 's the very simplest thing when you look at it in an unprejudiced way [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 thing 2 's 12 in 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 simplest 3 the 6 thing 6 thing 7 when 6 thing 12 in 7 when 8 you 7 when 9 look 8 you 9 look 9 look 10 at 10 at 11 it 12 in 15 way 13 an 14 unprejudiced 13 an 15 way 14 unprejudiced 15 way here is a ready-made wedding and decorations and assembled guests , a minister on the spot and a state where no licence is required [.] 1 here 2 is 2 is 17 and 2 is 20 where 3 a 4 ready-made 3 a 5 wedding 4 ready-made 5 wedding 5 wedding 6 and 6 and 7 decorations 6 and 8 and 8 and 10 guests 8 and 11 , 9 assembled 10 guests 11 , 13 minister 11 , 17 and 12 a 13 minister 13 minister 14 on 14 on 16 spot 15 the 16 spot 17 and 19 state 18 a 19 state 20 where 22 licence 20 where 24 required 21 no 22 licence 22 licence 23 is 23 is 24 required you have a very pretty new dress on and [you] love me [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 7 dress 2 have 8 on 2 have 11 love 3 a 4 very 3 a 7 dress 4 very 5 pretty 5 pretty 6 new 6 new 7 dress 8 on 9 and 11 love 12 me i have a plain gold ring on my little finger that will fit you [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 6 ring 2 have 7 on 3 a 4 plain 3 a 6 ring 4 plain 6 ring 5 gold 6 ring 6 ring 7 on 7 on 10 finger 8 my 10 finger 9 little 10 finger 10 finger 11 that 10 finger 12 will 11 that 12 will 12 will 13 fit 13 fit 14 you aren't all the conditions fulfilled [?] 1 aren't 2 all 2 all 3 the 2 all 4 conditions 3 the 4 conditions 4 conditions 5 fulfilled where is the sense of waiting and [having] another family upheaval in a few weeks ' time [?] ["] 1 where 2 is 2 is 10 family 2 is 11 upheaval 2 is 12 in 3 the 4 sense 4 sense 5 of 4 sense 7 and 5 of 6 waiting 7 and 9 another 7 and 10 family 12 in 17 time 13 a 14 few 14 few 15 weeks 15 weeks 16 ' 16 ' 17 time " [i] [understand] [why] [you] [have] [made] [such] [a] [success] [of] [the] [law] [,] " [said] [esme] [,] ["] [but] ["] 1 " 15 " ["] [there] [are] [no] [buts] [.] come with me , [esme] [.] 1 come 2 with 1 come 4 , 2 with 3 me i 'm going to hunt up your mother and mine and talk to them [.] " 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 11 and 4 to 11 and 5 hunt 6 up 5 hunt 9 and 5 hunt 11 and 7 your 8 mother 8 mother 9 and 9 and 10 mine 11 and 12 talk 12 talk 13 to 13 to 14 them 14 them 16 " half an hour later an astonishing whisper went circulating among the guests [.] 1 half 3 hour 2 an 3 hour 3 hour 4 later 4 later 7 whisper 5 an 6 astonishing 5 an 7 whisper 6 astonishing 7 whisper 7 whisper 8 went 8 went 9 circulating 9 circulating 10 among 10 among 12 guests 11 the 12 guests the minister came in with his blue book [,] [and] [then] [selwyn] [grant] [and] [esme] [graham] [walked] [in] [hand] [in] [hand] [.] 1 the 2 minister 2 minister 3 came 3 came 4 in 3 came 5 with 5 with 8 book 6 his 8 book 7 blue 8 book when the second ceremony was [over] [,] [mr] [grant] [shook] [his] [son] ['s] [hand] [vigorously] [.] 1 when 5 was 2 the 3 second 2 the 4 ceremony 4 ceremony 5 was ["] [there] ['s] [no] [need] [to] [wish] [you] [happiness] [,] [son] [;] [you] ['ve] [got] [it] [.] and you 've made one fuss and bother do for both weddings , that 's [what] [i] [call] genius [.] 1 and 2 you 1 and 15 's 2 you 3 've 3 've 4 made 4 made 7 and 4 made 10 for 5 one 6 fuss 6 fuss 7 and 7 and 9 do 7 and 10 for 8 bother 9 do 10 for 12 weddings 11 both 12 weddings 13 , 14 that 14 that 15 's 15 's 19 genius but your mother is a grand woman , son , a grand woman [.] ["] 1 but 3 mother 1 but 4 is 2 your 3 mother 4 is 7 woman 5 a 6 grand 5 a 7 woman 6 grand 7 woman 7 woman 9 son 8 , 9 son 9 son 10 , 10 , 13 woman 11 a 12 grand 11 a 13 woman 12 grand 13 woman [at] [the] [bay] [shore] [farm] the [newburys] [were] [agog] [with] excitement [over] [the] [governor] ['s] [picnic] [.] 1 the 6 excitement each [of] [the] [newburys] had a special reason for wishing to attend [the] [governor] ['s] [picnic] [.] 1 each 5 had 5 had 8 reason 5 had 9 for 6 a 8 reason 7 special 8 reason 9 for 10 wishing 10 wishing 11 to 11 to 12 attend [ralph] [and] [elliott] [wanted] [to] [see] [the] [governor] [himself] [.] he was a pet hero of theirs [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 hero 3 a 5 hero 4 pet 5 hero 5 hero 6 of 6 of 7 theirs had he [not] [once] been [a] [claymont] [lad] [just] [like] [themselves] [?] 1 had 2 he 1 had 5 been had he [not] risen to the highest office in the state by dint of sheer hard work and persistency [?] 1 had 2 he 1 had 4 risen 4 risen 5 to 4 risen 9 in 4 risen 12 by 5 to 8 office 6 the 7 highest 6 the 8 office 8 office 9 in 9 in 11 state 10 the 11 state 11 state 12 by 12 by 13 dint 13 dint 14 of 14 of 18 and 15 sheer 17 work 16 hard 17 work 17 work 18 and 18 and 19 persistency had he [not] won [a] [national] [reputation] [by] [his] [prompt] [and] [decisive] [measures] [during] [the] [big] [strike] [at] [campden] [?] 1 had 2 he 1 had 4 won and [was] [he] [not] a man [,] [personally] and [politically] , [whom] [any] [boy] [might] [be] [proud] to imitate [?] 1 and 6 man 1 and 9 and 5 a 6 man 9 and 19 imitate 11 , 18 to 18 to 19 imitate yes , [to] [all] [of] [these] [questions] [.] 1 yes 2 , [hence] [to] [the] [newbury] [boys] [the] [interest] [of] [the] [picnic] [centred] [in] [the] [governor] [.] " [i] [shall] [feel] [two] [inches] [taller] [just] [to] [get] [a] [look] [at] [him] [,] ["] said [ralph] enthusiastically [.] 1 " 17 said 17 said 19 enthusiastically " he [isn't] [much] [to] [look] [at] [,] ["] said [frances] , rather patronizingly [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 10 said 10 said 14 patronizingly 12 , 13 rather 12 , 14 patronizingly " [i] [saw] [him] [once] [at] [campden] he [came] [to] [the] [school] [when] [his] [daughter] was [graduated] [.] 1 " 8 he 8 he 16 was he is bald and fat [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 and 3 bald 4 and 4 and 5 fat oh , of course , he is famous and all [that] [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 4 course 3 of 4 course 4 course 5 , 4 course 6 he 6 he 7 is 7 is 9 and 8 famous 9 and 9 and 10 all [but] [i] [want] [to] [go] [to] [the] [picnic] [to] [see] [sara] [beaumont] [.] i suppose it would be too much to expect to be introduced to her [.] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 it 2 suppose 5 be 3 it 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 7 much 5 be 8 to 6 too 7 much 8 to 9 expect 9 expect 10 to 9 expect 12 introduced 10 to 11 be 11 be 12 introduced 12 introduced 13 to 13 to 14 her i shall probably have to content myself with just looking at her [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 4 have 3 probably 4 have 4 have 5 to 4 have 6 content 5 to 6 content 6 content 7 myself 6 content 8 with 6 content 11 at 8 with 10 looking 9 just 10 looking 10 looking 11 at 11 at 12 her ralph [resented] [hearing] [the] [governor] [called] [bald] and fat [.] 1 ralph 8 and 8 and 9 fat somehow it seemed as if his hero were being reduced to the level of common clay [.] 1 somehow 2 it 2 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 5 if 4 as 5 if 5 if 7 hero 5 if 8 were 6 his 7 hero 7 hero 8 were 8 were 9 being 8 were 11 to 9 being 10 reduced 9 being 11 to 11 to 13 level 12 the 13 level 13 level 14 of 14 of 16 clay 15 common 16 clay " [i] ['d] [rather] [see] [sara] [beaumont] [than] [forty] [governors] [,] " [retorted] [frances] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [why] [,] [she] ['s] [famous] [and] [her] [books] [are] [perfect] [!] [if] [i] [could] [ever] [hope] [to] [write] [anything] [like] [them] [!] it 's been the dream of my life just to see her [ever] [since] [i] [read] [the] [story] [of] [idlewild] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 been 3 been 5 dream 3 been 10 to 4 the 5 dream 5 dream 6 of 6 of 8 life 7 my 8 life 9 just 10 to 10 to 11 see 11 see 12 her and now to think that it is to be fulfilled [!] 1 and 3 to 2 now 3 to 3 to 4 think 4 think 5 that 5 that 7 is 6 it 7 is 7 is 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 fulfilled it seems too good to be true that tomorrow tomorrow [,] [newburys] [,] [i] [shall] [see] [sara] [beaumont] [!] ["] 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 4 good 3 too 4 good 4 good 5 to 4 good 7 true 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 true 7 true 8 that 7 true 9 tomorrow 7 true 10 tomorrow but [i] ['m] [going] [to] [the] [picnic] [more] [for] [the] [sake] [of] [seeing] [nan] [harris] [than] [anything] else [.] 1 but 18 else it 's three years since she went away , you know [,] [and] [i] ['ve] [never] [had] [another] [chum] [whom] [i] [love] [so] [dearly] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 years 3 three 4 years 4 years 10 you 4 years 11 know 5 since 6 she 5 since 7 went 5 since 10 you 6 she 7 went 8 away 9 , 8 away 10 you 10 you 11 know i 'm just looking forward to meeting her and talking over all our dear , good old times [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 9 and 3 just 4 looking 3 just 9 and 4 looking 5 forward 4 looking 6 to 6 to 7 meeting 7 meeting 8 her 9 and 10 talking 9 and 11 over 11 over 12 all 12 all 13 our 12 all 15 , 13 our 14 dear 14 dear 15 , 15 , 18 times 16 good 18 times 17 old 18 times i do wonder if she has changed much [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 wonder 2 do 4 if 4 if 5 she 4 if 7 changed 5 she 6 has 6 has 7 changed 7 changed 8 much but [i] [am] [sure] [i] [shall] know [her] [.] ["] 1 but 7 know " [by] [her] [red] [hair] [and] [her] [freckles] [?] " [questioned] [elliott] [teasingly] [.] 1 " 10 " " [they] ['ll] [be] [the] [same] [as] [ever] [,] [i] ['ll] [be] [bound] [.] " 1 " 15 " cecilia flushed and looked as angry as she [could] which isn't saying much , [after] all [.] 1 cecilia 3 and 2 flushed 3 and 3 and 4 looked 4 looked 6 angry 5 as 6 angry 6 angry 7 as 7 as 14 , 8 she 10 which 8 she 11 isn't 8 she 14 , 10 which 11 isn't 11 isn't 12 saying 12 saying 13 much 14 , 16 all nan 's family had [once] lived [across] [the] [street] [from] [the] [newburys] [.] 1 nan 2 's 2 's 3 family 3 family 4 had 4 had 6 lived nan [and] [cecilia] [had] [been] [playmates] [all] [through] [childhood] , [but] [when] [both] [girls] [were] [fourteen] [the] [harrises] [had] [moved] [out] [west] [.] 1 nan 10 , cecilia had never seen [nan] [since] [.] 1 cecilia 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen but now the latter had come east for a visit , and was with her relatives in [campden] [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 4 latter 3 the 4 latter 4 latter 12 and 5 had 6 come 5 had 12 and 6 come 7 east 6 come 8 for 8 for 10 visit 9 a 10 visit 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 was 13 was 14 with 13 was 17 in 14 with 16 relatives 15 her 16 relatives she was to be at [the] [picnic] , and [cecilia] ['s] [cup] [of] delight brimmed over [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 at 5 at 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 delight 9 and 15 brimmed 15 brimmed 16 over [mrs] [newbury] [came] [briskly] [into] [the] [middle] [of] [their] [sunset] [plans] [.] she had been down to the post office , and she carried an open letter in her hand [.] 1 she 9 , 2 had 3 been 2 had 9 , 3 been 4 down 4 down 5 to 5 to 8 office 6 the 8 office 7 post 8 office 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 she 10 and 12 carried 11 she 12 carried 12 carried 15 letter 12 carried 16 in 13 an 14 open 13 an 15 letter 14 open 15 letter 15 letter 16 in 16 in 18 hand 17 her 18 hand " [mother] [,] " [said] [frances] [,] [straightening] [up] [anxiously] [,] ["] [you] [have] [a] [pitying] [expression] [on] [your] [face] [.] 1 " 4 " which of us is it [for] speak out [don't] [keep] us in suspense [.] 1 which 2 of 1 which 4 is 1 which 7 speak 2 of 3 us 4 is 5 it 4 is 7 speak 7 speak 8 out 7 speak 12 in 8 out 11 us 12 in 13 suspense [has] [mary] [spearman] [told] [you] [that] [sara] [beaumont] [isn't] [going] [to] [be] [at] [the] [picnic] [?] ["] " [or] [that] [the] [governor] [isn't] [going] [to] [be] [there] [?] " 1 " 12 " " [or] [that] [nan] [harris] [isn't] [coming] [?] " 1 " 9 " " [or] [that] [something] ['s] [happened] [to] [put] [off] [the] [affair] [altogether] [?] ["] cried [ralph] [and] [cecilia] [and] [elliott] all [at] [once] [.] 1 " 15 cried 15 cried 21 all [mrs] [newbury] [laughed] [.] ["] [no] [,] [it] ['s] [none] [of] [those] [things] [.] and [i] [don't] [know] [just] [whom] [i] [do] [pity] , but it is one of you [girls] [.] 1 and 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 it 11 but 13 is 12 it 13 is 13 is 14 one 14 one 15 of 15 of 16 you this is [a] [letter] [from] [grandmother] [newbury] [.] 1 this 2 is there was silence on the verandah of the [newburys] [for] [the] [space] of ten seconds [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 silence 2 was 4 on 4 on 6 verandah 5 the 6 verandah 6 verandah 7 of 6 verandah 13 of 7 of 8 the 13 of 15 seconds 14 ten 15 seconds then [frances] [burst] [out] [with] [:] ["] [mother] , you know neither of us can go tomorrow [.] 1 then 9 , 9 , 11 know 10 you 11 know 11 know 12 neither 11 know 16 go 12 neither 13 of 12 neither 15 can 13 of 14 us 15 can 16 go 16 go 17 tomorrow if it were any other day [!] 1 if 2 it 2 it 3 were 3 were 6 day 4 any 5 other 5 other 6 day but the day [of] the picnic [!] ["] 1 but 3 day 1 but 6 picnic 2 the 3 day 5 the 6 picnic " [i] ['m] [sorry] [,] [but] [one] [of] [you] [must] [go] [,] " [said] [mrs] [newbury] [firmly] [.] 1 " 13 " " [your] [father] [said] so [when] [i] [called] [at] [the] [store] [to] [show] [him] [the] [letter] [.] 1 " 5 so [grandmother] [newbury] [would] [be] [very] [much] [hurt] [and] [displeased] [if] [her] [invitation] [were] [disregarded] [you] [know] [that] [.] but we leave it to yourselves to decide which one shall go [.] ["] 1 but 2 we 1 but 3 leave 2 we 3 leave 3 leave 4 it 3 leave 5 to 3 leave 7 to 4 it 5 to 5 to 6 yourselves 7 to 8 decide 8 decide 9 which 9 which 10 one 10 one 11 shall 11 shall 12 go " [don't] [do] [that] [,] " [implored] [frances] [miserably] [.] 1 " 6 " " [pick] [one] [of] [us] [yourself] [pull] [straws] [anything] [to] [shorten] [the] [agony] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [no] [;] [you] [must] [settle] it [for] [yourselves] [,] ["] said [mrs] [newbury] [.] 1 " 12 said 7 it 12 said but in spite of herself she looked [at] [cecilia] [.] 1 but 2 in 1 but 6 she 2 in 3 spite 3 spite 4 of 4 of 5 herself 6 she 7 looked cecilia was [apt] to [be] [looked] [at] [,] someway , when things were to be given up [.] 1 cecilia 2 was 2 was 4 to 4 to 9 someway 9 someway 11 when 10 , 11 when 11 when 12 things 11 when 13 were 12 things 13 were 13 were 14 to 13 were 17 up 14 to 15 be 15 be 16 given mostly [it] [was] [cecilia] [who] [gave] [them] up [.] 1 mostly 8 up the family had come to expect it of [her] [;] [they] all [said] that [cecilia] was very unselfish [.] 1 the 2 family 2 family 3 had 3 had 4 come 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 expect 6 expect 7 it 7 it 8 of 8 of 12 all 12 all 14 that 12 all 16 was 14 that 16 was 16 was 18 unselfish 17 very 18 unselfish cecilia knew that her mother looked at her , but did not turn her face [.] 1 cecilia 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 mother 3 that 10 but 4 her 5 mother 5 mother 10 but 6 looked 7 at 6 looked 10 but 7 at 8 her 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 13 turn 12 not 13 turn 13 turn 15 face 14 her 15 face she [couldn't] [,] [just] [then] [;] [she] looked away out over the hills and tried to swallow something that came up in her throat [.] 1 she 14 and 8 looked 9 away 8 looked 10 out 8 looked 14 and 10 out 11 over 11 over 13 hills 12 the 13 hills 14 and 15 tried 15 tried 16 to 16 to 17 swallow 17 swallow 18 something 18 something 19 that 18 something 20 came 19 that 20 came 20 came 21 up 20 came 22 in 22 in 24 throat 23 her 24 throat " [glad] [i] ['m] [not] [a] [girl] [,] " [said] [ralph] [,] [when] [mrs] [newbury] [had] [gone] [into] [the] [house] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [whew] [!] [nothing] [could] [induce] [me] [to] [give] [up] [that] [picnic] [not] [if] [a] [dozen] [grandmother] [newburys] [were] [offended] [.] where 's [your] sparkle [gone] [now] [,] [fran] [?] ["] 1 where 2 's 2 's 4 sparkle " [it] ['s] [too] [bad] [of] [grandmother] [newbury] [,] " [declared] [frances] [angrily] [.] 1 " 10 " " [oh] [,] [fran] , she [didn't] [know] [about] [the] [picnic] [,] ["] said [cecilia] [but] [still] [without] [turning] [round] [.] 1 " 14 said 5 , 6 she 6 she 14 said " [well] [,] [she] [needn't] [always] [be] so [annoyed] [if] [we] [don't] [go] [when] [we] [are] [invited] [.] 1 " 8 so another day would do just as well [,] ["] [said] [frances] [shortly] [.] 1 another 2 day 2 day 3 would 3 would 4 do 4 do 7 well 5 just 6 as 6 as 7 well something in her voice sounded [choked] too [.] 1 something 2 in 1 something 5 sounded 2 in 4 voice 3 her 4 voice 5 sounded 7 too the verandah was very still for a [little] while [.] 1 the 2 verandah 2 verandah 3 was 3 was 5 still 4 very 5 still 5 still 6 for 6 for 9 while 7 a 9 while the sun had [quite] [set] [,] and it was growing dark [when] [frances] [came] [back] to the steps [.] 1 the 2 sun 2 sun 3 had 3 had 7 and 7 and 9 was 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 growing 9 was 16 to 10 growing 11 dark 10 growing 16 to 16 to 18 steps 17 the 18 steps " [well] [,] [what] [are] [you] [going] [to] [do] [about] [it] ? " she said shortly [.] 1 " 15 said 12 ? 13 " 12 ? 14 she 14 she 15 said 15 said 16 shortly " [which] [of] [us] [is] [to] [go] [to] [the] [bay] [shore] [?] " 1 " 13 " " [i] [suppose] [i] [had] [better] [go] [,] " [said] [cecilia] [slowly] [very] [slowly] [indeed] [.] 1 " 9 " frances kicked her slippered toe against the fern jardinière [.] 1 frances 2 kicked 2 kicked 5 toe 2 kicked 6 against 3 her 5 toe 4 slippered 5 toe 5 toe 6 against 6 against 9 jardinière 7 the 9 jardinière 8 fern 9 jardinière " [you] [may] [see] [nan] [harris] [somewhere] [else] before [she] [goes] [back] , " she said consolingly [.] 1 " 16 said 9 before 13 , 9 before 15 she 13 , 14 " 15 she 16 said 16 said 17 consolingly " [yes] [,] [i] [may] [,] " [said] [cecilia] [.] 1 " 7 " she knew quite well that she would not [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 4 well 2 knew 5 that 3 quite 4 well 5 that 6 she 5 that 7 would 7 would 8 not nan [would] [return] [to] [campden] [on] [the] [special] [train] , [and] [she] [was] [going] [back] [west] [in] [three] [days] [.] 1 nan 10 , it was hard to give the picnic up , [but] [cecilia] [was] [used] to [giving] things [up] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 hard 2 was 14 to 3 hard 4 to 3 hard 5 give 4 to 5 give 5 give 7 picnic 5 give 8 up 6 the 7 picnic 8 up 9 , 14 to 16 things nobody [ever] [expected] [frances] [to] [give] [things] [up] [;] [she] was [so] [brilliant] [and] [popular] [that] [the] [good] [things] of [life] [came] her way [naturally] [.] 1 nobody 11 was 11 was 20 of 20 of 24 way 23 her 24 way it [never] seemed [to] [matter] so [much] [about] [quiet] [cecilia] [.] 1 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 6 so cecilia cried herself to sleep that night [.] 1 cecilia 2 cried 2 cried 3 herself 2 cried 4 to 4 to 5 sleep 5 sleep 7 night 6 that 7 night she felt that it was [horribly] [selfish] of her to do so , but she couldn't help it [.] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 8 of 5 was 10 to 8 of 9 her 10 to 11 do 11 do 12 so 12 so 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 she 15 she 16 couldn't 16 couldn't 17 help 17 help 18 it she awoke in the morning with a confused idea that it was very late [.] 1 she 2 awoke 2 awoke 3 in 2 awoke 6 with 3 in 5 morning 4 the 5 morning 5 morning 6 with 6 with 9 idea 7 a 8 confused 7 a 9 idea 8 confused 9 idea 9 idea 10 that 10 that 11 it 10 that 12 was 11 it 12 was 12 was 14 late 13 very 14 late why [hadn't] [mary] [called] [her] [,] [as] she had been [told] to do [?] 1 why 8 she 8 she 9 had 9 had 10 been 10 been 12 to 12 to 13 do through the open door [between] [her] [room] [and] [frances] ['s] she could see that the latter 's bed was empty [.] 1 through 4 door 1 through 11 she 2 the 4 door 3 open 4 door 11 she 12 could 12 could 13 see 13 see 14 that 14 that 18 bed 14 that 19 was 15 the 16 latter 16 latter 17 's 17 's 18 bed 18 bed 19 was 19 was 20 empty then she saw a little note , addressed to her , pinned on the pillow [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 saw 3 saw 6 note 3 saw 12 pinned 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 note 5 little 6 note 6 note 8 addressed 7 , 8 addressed 8 addressed 9 to 8 addressed 11 , 9 to 10 her 12 pinned 13 on 13 on 15 pillow 14 the 15 pillow i [didn't] [tell] [you] [this] [last] [night] [because] [i] [hadn't] [quite] made up my mind [.] 1 i 12 made 12 made 13 up 12 made 15 mind 14 my 15 mind but after [you] [went] [upstairs] , [i] [fought] it [out] [to] [a] [finish] [and] came to a decision [.] 1 but 2 after 1 but 9 it 2 after 6 , 9 it 15 came 15 came 16 to 16 to 18 decision 17 a 18 decision sara [beaumont] [would] [keep] , [but] [nan] [harris] [wouldn't] [,] [so] [you] [must] [go] [to] [the] [picnic] [.] 1 sara 5 , i told [mary] to call me instead of you this morning , and now [i] ['m] [off] [.] 1 i 2 told 2 told 4 to 4 to 5 call 5 call 6 me 5 call 8 of 5 call 13 and 7 instead 8 of 8 of 9 you 10 this 11 morning 11 morning 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 now you needn't spoil your fun pitying me [.] 1 you 2 needn't 2 needn't 3 spoil 3 spoil 5 fun 4 your 5 fun 5 fun 6 pitying 6 pitying 7 me now that [the] [wrench] is [over] [,] [i] [feel] [a] [most] [delightful] [glow] of virtuous satisfaction [!] 1 now 2 that 2 that 5 is 5 is 14 of 14 of 16 satisfaction 15 virtuous 16 satisfaction [fran] [.] [if] [by] [running] [after] [frances] [cecilia] [could] [have] [brought] [her] [back] [,] [cecilia] [would] [have] [run] [.] but a glance at her watch told her that [frances] [must] [already] [be] [halfway] [to] [ashland] [.] 1 but 3 glance 1 but 7 told 2 a 3 glance 3 glance 4 at 3 glance 7 told 4 at 6 watch 5 her 6 watch 7 told 8 her 7 told 9 that so she could only accept the situation [.] 1 so 2 she 1 so 5 accept 2 she 3 could 3 could 5 accept 4 only 5 accept 5 accept 7 situation 6 the 7 situation i must remember to take notice of the colour of her eyes [.] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 remember 3 remember 4 to 3 remember 5 take 4 to 5 take 5 take 6 notice 6 notice 7 of 7 of 9 colour 8 the 9 colour 9 colour 10 of 10 of 12 eyes 11 her 12 eyes fran has always been exercised about that [.] ["] 1 fran 2 has 2 has 4 been 3 always 4 been 4 been 5 exercised 5 exercised 6 about 6 about 7 that it was [mid-forenoon] [when] [frances] arrived at [ashland] station [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 9 station 6 arrived 7 at 7 at 9 station [grandmother] [newbury] [came] [to] [the] [door] [to] [meet] [her] [granddaughter] [.] she was a tall , handsome old lady with piercing black eyes and thick white hair [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 8 lady 2 was 9 with 3 a 4 tall 3 a 8 lady 4 tall 5 , 4 tall 8 lady 6 handsome 8 lady 7 old 8 lady 8 lady 9 with 9 with 10 piercing 10 piercing 13 and 11 black 12 eyes 12 eyes 13 and 13 and 16 hair 14 thick 15 white 15 white 16 hair there was no [savour] [of] the traditional grandmother of caps and knitting about her [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 11 and 3 no 11 and 6 the 8 grandmother 7 traditional 8 grandmother 8 grandmother 9 of 8 grandmother 11 and 9 of 10 caps 11 and 12 knitting 11 and 13 about 13 about 14 her she was [like] [a] [stately] [old] [princess] and , [much] as her grandchildren admired her , they were decidedly in [awe] [of] her [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 20 in 8 and 9 , 9 , 11 as 11 as 13 grandchildren 11 as 14 admired 11 as 16 , 11 as 17 they 12 her 13 grandchildren 13 grandchildren 14 admired 14 admired 15 her 17 they 18 were 18 were 19 decidedly 19 decidedly 20 in 20 in 23 her " [so] it is [frances] , " she said , bending her head [graciously] [that] [frances] [might] [kiss] [her] [still] [rosy] [cheek] [.] 1 " 3 it 1 " 9 said 3 it 4 is 4 is 6 , 7 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 11 bending 10 , 11 bending 11 bending 13 head 12 her 13 head ["] [i] [expected] [it] [would] [be] [cecilia] [.] why isn't it [cecilia] [?] ["] 1 why 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 it frances flushed a little [.] 1 frances 2 flushed 2 flushed 4 little 3 a 4 little there was a [meaning] [tone] [in] [grandmother] [newbury] ['s] voice [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 10 voice 3 a 10 voice " [cecilia] [was] [very] [anxious] [to] [go] [to] [the] [picnic] [today] [to] [see] [an] [old] [friend] [of] [hers] [,] ["] she answered [.] 1 " 21 she 21 she 22 answered [grandmother] [newbury] [smiled] [.] she understood [.] 1 she 2 understood she was pleased to see that [frances] [had] [conquered] [it] [this] [time] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 pleased 3 pleased 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 that " [i] ['m] [glad] it is you [who] [have] [come] [principally] [because] [you] are cleverer than [cecilia] , " she said brusquely [.] 1 " 5 it 1 " 21 said 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 you 7 you 14 are 14 are 15 cleverer 15 cleverer 16 than 16 than 18 , 19 " 20 she 20 she 21 said 21 said 22 brusquely " [or] [at] [least] you are the better talker [.] 1 " 5 you 5 you 6 are 6 are 9 talker 7 the 9 talker 8 better 9 talker and [i] [want] [a] [clever] [girl] [and] [a] [good] [talker] [to] help [me] entertain a guest today [.] 1 and 12 help 12 help 14 entertain 14 entertain 16 guest 15 a 16 guest 16 guest 17 today she 's clever herself [,] [and] [she] [likes] [young] [girls] [.] 1 she 2 's 2 's 3 clever 3 clever 4 herself you 'll like her [.] ["] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 like 3 like 4 her [here] [grandmother] [newbury] [led] [frances] [into] [the] [sitting-room] [.] ["] [mrs] [kennedy] [,] [this] [is] [my] [granddaughter] [,] [frances] [newbury] [.] i told you about her [and] [her] [ambitions] [last] [night] [.] 1 i 2 told 2 told 3 you 2 told 4 about 4 about 5 her you see [,] [frances] [,] we have [talked] [you] [over] [.] ["] 1 you 2 see 2 see 6 we 2 see 7 have [mrs] [kennedy] [was] [a] [much] [younger] [woman] [than] [grandmother] [newbury] [.] frances , [although] [not] [given] [to] [sudden] [likings] [,] [took] [one] [for] [mrs] [kennedy] [.] 1 frances 2 , she thought she had never seen so charming a face [.] 1 she 2 thought 2 thought 3 she 2 thought 6 seen 3 she 4 had 4 had 6 seen 5 never 6 seen 6 seen 7 so 6 seen 8 charming 8 charming 10 face 9 a 10 face she found herself enjoying the day immensely [.] 1 she 2 found 2 found 3 herself 2 found 4 enjoying 4 enjoying 6 day 4 enjoying 7 immensely 5 the 6 day in fact [,] [she] [forgot] [the] [governor] ['s] [picnic] [and] [sara] [beaumont] [altogether] [.] 1 in 2 fact [mrs] [kennedy] [proved] [to] [be] [a] [delightful] [companion] [.] she had travelled extensively and was an excellent raconteur [.] 1 she 5 and 2 had 3 travelled 2 had 5 and 3 travelled 4 extensively 5 and 6 was 6 was 9 raconteur 7 an 8 excellent 7 an 9 raconteur 8 excellent 9 raconteur frances listened and laughed and enjoyed [.] 1 frances 3 and 2 listened 3 and 3 and 5 and 4 laughed 5 and 5 and 6 enjoyed once she found time to think that she would have missed a great deal if she had not come [to] [bay] [shore] [farm] [that] [day] [.] 1 once 2 she 2 she 3 found 3 found 4 time 3 found 14 deal 3 found 15 if 4 time 5 to 4 time 6 think 5 to 6 think 6 think 7 that 7 that 8 she 7 that 11 missed 8 she 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 missed 12 a 13 great 12 a 14 deal 13 great 14 deal 15 if 16 she 15 if 19 come 16 she 17 had 17 had 18 not 17 had 19 come surely talking to a woman [like] [mrs] [kennedy] was better than [looking] [at] [sara] [beaumont] [from] [a] [distance] [.] 1 surely 2 talking 2 talking 3 to 2 talking 9 was 3 to 5 woman 4 a 5 woman 9 was 10 better 10 better 11 than " [i] ['ve] [been] ['] [rewarded] ['] in the [most] [approved] storybook [style] , " she thought with amusement [.] 1 " 17 thought 8 in 12 storybook 8 in 14 , 8 in 16 she 9 the 12 storybook 14 , 15 " 16 she 17 thought 17 thought 18 with 18 with 19 amusement in the [afternoon] [,] [grandmother] [newbury] [packed] [mrs] [kennedy] [and] [frances] [off] [for] [a] [walk] [.] 1 in 2 the " [the] [old] [woman] [wants] to [have] her [regular] [nap] , " she told them [.] 1 " 14 told 6 to 8 her 6 to 11 , 6 to 13 she 11 , 12 " 13 she 14 told 14 told 15 them ["] [frances] [,] [take] [mrs] [kennedy] [to] [the] [fern] [walk] [and] [show] [her] [the] [famous] ['] [newbury] [bubble] ['] [among] [the] [rocks] [.] i want to be rid of you both until tea-time [.] ["] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 to 2 want 8 both 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 rid 5 rid 6 of 6 of 7 you 8 both 9 until 9 until 10 tea-time it was [a] [spot] [frances] [had] [always] [loved] [.] 1 it 2 was she found herself talking freely to [mrs] [kennedy] [of] her [hopes] [and] [plans] [.] 1 she 2 found 2 found 3 herself 2 found 4 talking 4 talking 5 freely 4 talking 6 to 6 to 10 her but do you think [if] [i] [try] [hard] [and] [work] [hard] that [i] might [do] [something] [in] [this] [line] [some] [day] [?] ["] 1 but 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 think 4 think 12 that 12 that 14 might there will be a great deal of both and many disappointments [.] 1 there 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 6 deal 4 a 6 deal 5 great 6 deal 6 deal 7 of 7 of 9 and 8 both 9 and 9 and 11 disappointments 10 many 11 disappointments sara [beaumont] [herself] had [a] [hard] [time] [at] [first] [and] [for] [a] [very] [long] [first] [too] [.] 1 sara 4 had the manuscripts came back [,] [and] [sara] [made] [more] [jelly] [and] [wrote] [more] [stories] [.] 1 the 2 manuscripts 2 manuscripts 3 came 3 came 4 back still they came back [.] 1 still 2 they 2 they 3 came 3 came 4 back once she thought she had better give up writing stories and stick to the jelly alone [.] 1 once 2 she 1 once 3 thought 1 once 11 and 2 she 3 thought 3 thought 4 she 3 thought 5 had 4 she 5 had 6 better 8 up 7 give 8 up 8 up 9 writing 8 up 11 and 9 writing 10 stories 11 and 12 stick 12 stick 13 to 12 stick 16 alone 13 to 15 jelly 14 the 15 jelly there [did] [seem] [some] [little] [demand] [for] [the] one [and] [none] [at] [all] [for] [the] [other] [.] 1 there 9 one but she determined to keep on until she either succeeded or proved to her own satisfaction that she could make better jelly than stories [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 3 determined 2 she 3 determined 3 determined 4 to 3 determined 13 to 4 to 11 or 5 keep 6 on 6 on 7 until 6 on 11 or 7 until 8 she 7 until 10 succeeded 8 she 10 succeeded 9 either 10 succeeded 11 or 12 proved 13 to 16 satisfaction 14 her 15 own 14 her 16 satisfaction 16 satisfaction 17 that 16 satisfaction 20 make 17 that 18 she 17 that 20 make 18 she 19 could 19 could 20 make 20 make 21 better 21 better 22 jelly 21 better 23 than 23 than 24 stories and you see she did succeed [.] 1 and 2 you 1 and 3 see 2 you 3 see 3 see 4 she 3 see 6 succeed 4 she 5 did but it means perseverance and patience and much hard work [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 means 2 it 3 means 3 means 7 and 4 perseverance 5 and 5 and 6 patience 5 and 7 and 7 and 10 work 8 much 10 work 9 hard 10 work prepare yourself for that , [frances] , and one day you will win your place [.] 1 prepare 2 yourself 1 prepare 3 for 3 for 8 and 4 that 5 , 5 , 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 day 9 one 10 day 10 day 11 you 10 day 13 win 11 you 12 will 12 will 13 win 13 win 15 place 14 your 15 place then you will look back to [the] ['] [newbury] [bubble] , ['] and you will tell me what a good prophetess [i] was [.] ["] 1 then 2 you 2 you 13 and 3 will 4 look 3 will 13 and 4 look 5 back 6 to 11 , 11 , 13 and 13 and 16 tell 14 you 15 will 15 will 16 tell 16 tell 17 me 16 tell 18 what 18 what 21 prophetess 18 what 23 was 19 a 21 prophetess 20 good 21 prophetess 21 prophetess 23 was they [talked] [longer] [an] [earnest] [,] [helpful] [talk] [that] went [far] to inspire [frances] ['s] [hazy] [ambition] [with] [a] [definite] [purpose] [.] 1 they 10 went 10 went 12 to 12 to 13 inspire she understood that she must not write merely to win fame for herself or even for the higher motive of pure pleasure in her work [.] 1 she 2 understood 2 understood 3 that 3 that 4 she 3 that 7 write 4 she 5 must 5 must 6 not 5 must 7 write 6 not 7 write 7 write 9 to 8 merely 9 to 9 to 14 or 10 win 11 fame 10 win 12 for 10 win 14 or 11 fame 12 for 12 for 13 herself 14 or 15 even 15 even 16 for 15 even 23 in 16 for 19 motive 17 the 19 motive 18 higher 19 motive 19 motive 20 of 20 of 22 pleasure 21 pure 22 pleasure 22 pleasure 23 in 23 in 25 work 24 her 25 work she must aim , however [humbly] , to help her readers to higher planes of thought and endeavour [.] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 aim 3 aim 5 however 3 aim 8 to 3 aim 17 and 4 , 5 however 5 however 7 , 8 to 17 and 9 help 11 readers 9 help 12 to 9 help 17 and 10 her 11 readers 11 readers 12 to 12 to 14 planes 13 higher 14 planes 14 planes 15 of 15 of 16 thought 17 and 18 endeavour then [and] [only] [then] would [it] [be] [worth] [while] [.] 1 then 5 would " [mrs] [kennedy] [is] [going] [to] [drive] [you] [to] [the] [station] [,] " [said] [grandmother] [newbury] [after] [tea] [.] 1 " 13 " but [i] [shall] [not] [burden] you [with] [too] [much] [gratitude] , for [i] [think] you have [enjoyed] [yourself] [.] ["] 1 but 6 you 1 but 11 , 11 , 12 for 12 for 15 you 15 you 16 have " [indeed] [,] [i] [have] [,] " [said] [frances] [heartily] [.] 1 " 7 " then [she] [added] [with] [a] [laugh] , " [i] [think] [i] [would] [feel] [much] [more] [meritorious] if it had not been so pleasant [.] 1 then 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 17 if 17 if 18 it 18 it 19 had 19 had 20 not 19 had 21 been 20 not 21 been 21 been 23 pleasant 22 so 23 pleasant it has robbed me of all the [self-sacrificing] complacency [i] [felt] [this] [morning] [.] 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 robbed 3 robbed 4 me 3 robbed 5 of 5 of 6 all 6 all 7 the 6 all 9 complacency 7 the 9 complacency [grandmother] [newbury] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [.] ["] [you] [would] [have] [been] [beautifully] [disappointed] [had] [you] [gone] [.] [sara] [beaumont] [was] [not] [there] [.] [mrs] [kennedy] [,] [i] [see] [you] [haven't] [told] [our] [secret] [.] frances , my dear , let me introduce you [two] [over] again [.] 1 frances 4 dear 1 frances 6 let 2 , 4 dear 3 my 4 dear 4 dear 5 , 6 let 7 me 6 let 8 introduce 8 introduce 9 you 8 introduce 12 again this [lady] is [mrs] [sara] [beaumont] [kennedy] , [the] [writer] [of] [the] [story] [of] [idlewild] and all [those] [other] [books] [you] [so] [much] [admire] [.] ["] 1 this 3 is 3 is 16 and 8 , 16 and 16 and 17 all the [newburys] [were] [sitting] [on] [the] verandah [at] [dusk] , [too] [tired] [and] [too] [happy] [to] [talk] [.] 1 the 7 verandah 7 verandah 10 , and [cecilia] [had] [spent] [a] [whole] [day] [with] [nan] [harris] [,] [who] had not changed at all except to grow taller [.] 1 and 13 had 13 had 14 not 13 had 15 changed 14 not 15 changed 15 changed 18 except 16 at 17 all 17 all 18 except 18 except 19 to 18 except 20 grow 19 to 20 grow 20 grow 21 taller but there was one little cloud on her content [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 was 3 was 6 cloud 4 one 6 cloud 5 little 6 cloud 6 cloud 7 on 7 on 9 content 8 her 9 content ["] [i] [wanted] [to] [see] [sara] [beaumont] [to] [tell] [frances] [about] [her] [,] [but] [i] [couldn't] [get] [a] [glimpse] [of] [her] [.] i don't even know if she was there [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 4 know 3 even 4 know 4 know 5 if 5 if 6 she 5 if 7 was 6 she 7 was 7 was 8 there " [there] [comes] [fran] [up] [the] [station] [road] [now] [,] " [said] [ralph] [.] 1 " 11 " " [my] [eyes] [,] [hasn't] [she] [a] [step] [!] " 1 " 10 " frances came smiling over the lawn and up the steps [.] 1 frances 7 and 2 came 3 smiling 2 came 7 and 3 smiling 4 over 4 over 6 lawn 5 the 6 lawn 7 and 8 up 8 up 10 steps 9 the 10 steps " [so] you [are] [all] [home] [safe] , ["] she said gaily [.] 1 " 11 said 3 you 10 she 8 , 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 gaily ["] [i] [hope] [you] [feasted] [your] [eyes] [on] [your] [beloved] [governor] [,] [boys] [.] i can tell that [cecilia] [forgathered] [with] [nan] by the beatific look on her face [.] ["] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 tell 3 tell 4 that 3 tell 9 by 9 by 12 look 10 the 12 look 11 beatific 12 look 12 look 13 on 13 on 15 face 14 her 15 face " [oh] [,] [fran] [,] it [was] [lovely] [!] ["] cried [cecilia] [.] 1 " 11 cried 6 it 11 cried " [but] [i] [felt] so [sorry] [why] [didn't] [you] [let] [me] [go] [to] [ashland] [?] 1 " 5 so it was too bad [you] [missed] [it] [and] [sara] [beaumont] [.] ["] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 bad 3 too 4 bad " [sara] [beaumont] [was] [at] [the] [bay] [shore] [farm] [,] " [said] [frances] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [all] [about] [it] [when] [i] [get] [my] [breath] [i] ['ve] [been] [breathless] [ever] [since] [grandmother] [newbury] [told] [me] [of] [it] [.] there 's only one drawback to [my] [supreme] [bliss] the remembrance of how complacently [self-sacrificing] [i] [felt] [this] [morning] [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 5 drawback 2 's 6 to 3 only 4 one 4 one 5 drawback 5 drawback 6 to 6 to 11 remembrance 10 the 11 remembrance 11 remembrance 12 of 12 of 13 how 13 how 14 complacently it humiliates me wholesomely to remember it [!] ["] 1 it 2 humiliates 2 humiliates 3 me 2 humiliates 5 to 4 wholesomely 5 to 5 to 6 remember 6 remember 7 it [elizabeth] ['s] [child] the [ingelows] [,] of [ingelow] [grange] , [were] [not] [a] [marrying] [family] [.] 1 the 4 of 4 of 7 , only one of them [,] [elizabeth] [,] had [married] [,] and perhaps it was her " poor match " that discouraged the others [.] 1 only 2 one 2 one 3 of 2 one 8 had 3 of 4 them 8 had 11 and 11 and 14 was 12 perhaps 13 it 13 it 14 was 14 was 18 match 15 her 16 " 15 her 18 match 17 poor 18 match 18 match 19 " 18 match 20 that 18 match 21 discouraged 20 that 21 discouraged 21 discouraged 23 others 22 the 23 others at any rate , [ellen] [and] [charlotte] [and] [george] [ingelow] [at] [the] [grange] [were] [single] , and [so] [was] [paul] [down] [at] [greenwood] [farm] [.] 1 at 2 any 1 at 16 , 2 any 3 rate 3 rate 4 , 16 , 17 and it was [seventeen] [years] [since] [elizabeth] [had] [married] [james] [sheldon] in the face of the most [decided] [opposition] [on] [the] [part] [of] [her] [family] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 in 11 in 13 face 12 the 13 face 13 face 14 of 14 of 16 most 15 the 16 most elizabeth and her husband had gone west and settled on a prairie [farm] in [manitoba] [.] 1 elizabeth 2 and 2 and 4 husband 2 and 8 and 3 her 4 husband 5 had 6 gone 5 had 8 and 6 gone 7 west 8 and 9 settled 8 and 10 on 8 and 14 in 10 on 12 prairie 11 a 12 prairie she had never been home since [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 4 been 3 never 4 been 4 been 5 home 4 been 6 since there [was] [no] [active] [resentment] [on] [either] [side] , and once in a [long] while letters were exchanged [.] 1 there 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 16 letters 10 and 18 exchanged 11 once 12 in 11 once 16 letters 12 in 15 while 13 a 15 while 16 letters 17 were 17 were 18 exchanged still , [ever] [since] [her] [marriage] [,] [elizabeth] [had] [been] [practically] [an] [outsider] [and] [an] [alien] [.] 1 still 2 , as [the] years came and went [the] [ingelows] [at] home [remembered] [only] at long intervals [that] they had [a] [sister] [on] [the] [western] [prairies] [.] 1 as 5 and 1 as 18 had 3 years 5 and 4 came 5 and 5 and 6 went 6 went 10 home 13 at 15 intervals 13 at 17 they 14 long 15 intervals 17 they 18 had a soft breeze was blowing [loose] [petals] [from] [the] [august] [sweeting] [through] [the] [open] [door] [of] [the] [wide] [hall] [when] [charlotte] [came] [through] [it] [.] 1 a 2 soft 1 a 3 breeze 2 soft 3 breeze 3 breeze 4 was 4 was 5 blowing [ellen] [and] [george] [were] [standing] [on] [the] [steps] [outside] [.] " [this] [kind] [of] [a] [day] [always] [makes] [me] [think] [of] [elizabeth] [,] ["] said [charlotte] dreamily [.] 1 " 15 said 15 said 17 dreamily " [it] [was] [in] [apple-blossom] [time] [she] [went] [away] [.] " 1 " 11 " the [ingelows] [always] [spoke] of [elizabeth] ['s] [going] [away] , [never] of [her] [marrying] [.] 1 the 5 of 5 of 10 , 10 , 12 of " [seventeen] [years] [ago] [,] " [said] [ellen] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [why] [,] [elizabeth] ['s] [oldest] [child] [must] [be] [quite] [a] [young] [woman] [now] [!] [i] [i] ["] [a] [sudden] [idea] [swept] [over] [and] [left] [her] [a] [little] [breathless] [.] " [i] [would] [really] [like] [to] [see] [her] [.] " 1 " 10 " [ellen] [and] [charlotte] [looked] [at] [each] [other] [.] " [i] [would] [like] [to] [see] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [,] " [repeated] [ellen] [firmly] [.] 1 " 11 " " [do] [you] [think] she would come [?] ["] [asked] [charlotte] [.] 1 " 5 she 5 she 6 would 6 would 7 come i 've [never] said so [before] , but [i] ['ve] [often] [thought] [it] [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 said 4 said 5 so 5 so 7 , 7 , 8 but " [yes] , she [did] [,] ["] said [ellen] , who had often thought so too , but never said so [.] 1 " 8 said 3 , 4 she 4 she 8 said 8 said 18 but 10 , 11 who 11 who 18 but 12 had 14 thought 12 had 18 but 13 often 14 thought 14 thought 15 so 14 thought 16 too 17 , 18 but 18 but 20 said 19 never 20 said 20 said 21 so " [elizabeth] [was] [always] [very] [independent] [,] " [remarked] [george] [.] 1 " 8 " " [perhaps] she thought your letter savoured of charity or pity [.] 1 " 3 she 3 she 4 thought 4 thought 6 letter 5 your 6 letter 6 letter 7 savoured 6 letter 8 of 8 of 10 or 9 charity 10 or 10 or 11 pity [no] [ingelow] [would] [endure] [that] [.] ["] " [at] [any] [rate] [,] [you] [know] she [refused] [to] [come] , [even] [for] [a] [visit] [.] 1 " 8 she 8 she 12 , she said she could not leave the farm [.] 1 she 2 said 2 said 3 she 2 said 6 leave 3 she 4 could 4 could 5 not 4 could 6 leave 5 not 6 leave 6 leave 8 farm 7 the 8 farm she may refuse to let her child come [.] ["] 1 she 2 may 2 may 3 refuse 3 refuse 4 to 3 refuse 5 let 4 to 5 let 5 let 7 child 5 let 8 come 6 her 7 child " it [won't] [do] [any] [harm] [to] [ask] [her] [,] ["] said [george] [.] 1 " 12 said 2 it 12 said in the [end] [,] [charlotte] [wrote] [to] [elizabeth] [and] [asked] [her] [to] [let] [her] [daughter] [visit] the old homestead [.] 1 in 2 the 2 the 19 homestead 17 the 18 old 18 old 19 homestead the letter was written and mailed in much perplexity and [distrust] when once the glow of momentary enthusiasm in the new idea had passed [.] 1 the 2 letter 2 letter 5 and 3 was 4 written 3 was 5 and 5 and 6 mailed 5 and 7 in 5 and 13 once 7 in 10 and 8 much 9 perplexity 9 perplexity 10 and 10 and 12 when 13 once 15 glow 13 once 24 passed 14 the 15 glow 15 glow 16 of 15 glow 23 had 16 of 18 enthusiasm 17 momentary 18 enthusiasm 18 enthusiasm 19 in 19 in 22 idea 20 the 22 idea 21 new 22 idea 23 had 24 passed " [what] [if] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [is] [like] [her] [father] [?] " [queried] [charlotte] [in] [a] [half-whisper] [.] 1 " 12 " " [let] [us] [hope] she [won't] [be] [!] ["] cried [ellen] fervently [.] 1 " 10 cried 5 she 10 cried 10 cried 12 fervently indeed , she felt that [a] [feminine] [edition] [of] [james] [sheldon] [would] [be] [more] [than] [she] [could] [endure] [.] 1 indeed 2 , 1 indeed 3 she 3 she 4 felt 4 felt 5 that " she [may] [not] [like] [us] , [or] [our] [ways] [,] ["] [sighed] [charlotte] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 7 , ["] [we] [don't] [know] [how] [she] [has] [been] [brought] [up] [.] she will seem like a stranger after all [.] 1 she 2 will 2 will 3 seem 3 seem 4 like 4 like 6 stranger 5 a 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 after 7 after 8 all i [really] long to [see] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] , but [i] [can't] [help] [fearing] we have done a rash thing , [ellen] [.] " 1 i 3 long 3 long 4 to 4 to 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 15 we 10 but 21 , 15 we 16 have 16 have 17 done 17 done 20 thing 18 a 20 thing 19 rash 20 thing 21 , 24 " " [perhaps] she [may] [not] [come] , ["] [suggested] [ellen] [,] [wondering] [whether] [she] [hoped] [it] [or] [feared] [it] [.] 1 " 3 she 3 she 7 , but [worth] [sheldon] did [come] [.] 1 but 4 did elizabeth [wrote] [back] [a] [prompt] [acceptance] [,] [with] [no] [trace] [of] [the] [proud] [bitterness] [that] had permeated [her] [answer] to the former invitation [.] 1 elizabeth 16 had 16 had 17 permeated 17 permeated 20 to 20 to 23 invitation 21 the 23 invitation 22 former 23 invitation the [ingelows] [at] [the] [grange] [were] [thrown] [into] [a] flutter [when] [the] [letter] [came] [.] 1 the 10 flutter in [another] [week] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [would] be [with] [them] [.] 1 in 8 be " [i] [think] [everything] [is] [ready] [,] " [announced] [charlotte] [.] 1 " 8 " it is pleasant to be expecting a guest [,] [isn't] [it] [,] [ellen] [?] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 pleasant 3 pleasant 4 to 3 pleasant 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 expecting 6 expecting 8 guest 7 a 8 guest i have [often] thought [,] [although] [i] [have] [never] [said] [so] [before] [,] that our lives were too self-centred [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 4 thought 4 thought 14 that 14 that 16 lives 14 that 19 self-centred 15 our 16 lives 16 lives 17 were 17 were 18 too 17 were 19 self-centred we seemed to have no interests outside of ourselves [.] 1 we 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 have 3 to 4 have 4 have 6 interests 4 have 8 of 5 no 6 interests 6 interests 8 of 7 outside 8 of 8 of 9 ourselves even [elizabeth] [has] [been] [really] [nothing] to [us] , [you] [know] [.] 1 even 7 to 7 to 9 , she seemed to have become a stranger [.] 1 she 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 become 3 to 4 have 4 have 5 become 5 become 7 stranger 6 a 7 stranger i hope her child will be the means of bringing us [nearer] together again [.] ["] 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 5 will 2 hope 6 be 3 her 5 will 4 child 5 will 5 will 6 be 6 be 8 means 7 the 8 means 8 means 9 of 9 of 10 bringing 10 bringing 11 us 10 bringing 13 together 10 bringing 14 again when [worth] [sheldon] [came] , [each] [of] [her] [aunts] [drew] [a] [long] [breath] [of] [relief] [.] 1 when 5 , worth was not in the least like her father [in] appearance [.] 1 worth 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 in 2 was 6 least 2 was 7 like 5 the 6 least 6 least 7 like 7 like 11 appearance 8 her 11 appearance 9 father 11 appearance neither did [she] [resemble] [her] [mother] [,] [who] [had] [been] [a] [sprightly] [,] [black-haired] [and] [black-eyed] [girl] [.] 1 neither 2 did " she is the very image of [mother] ['s] [sister] , [aunt] [alice] , who died so long ago , " said [charlotte] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 20 , 3 is 6 image 3 is 20 , 4 the 5 very 4 the 6 image 6 image 7 of 7 of 14 , 11 , 14 , 14 , 15 who 15 who 16 died 16 died 19 ago 17 so 18 long 18 long 19 ago 20 , 21 " 20 , 22 said ["] [you] [don't] [remember] [her] [,] [ellen] [,] [but] [i] [do] [very] [well] [.] she was the sweetest woman that ever drew breath [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 woman 3 the 4 sweetest 3 the 5 woman 5 woman 6 that 5 woman 8 drew 6 that 8 drew 7 ever 8 drew 8 drew 9 breath she [was] [paul] ['s] [favourite] [aunt] [,] [too] [,] ["] [charlotte] added with a sigh [.] 1 she 12 added 12 added 13 with 13 with 15 sigh 14 a 15 sigh paul 's antagonistic attitude was the only drawback to the joy of this meeting [.] 1 paul 2 's 2 's 4 attitude 3 antagonistic 4 attitude 4 attitude 5 was 5 was 8 drawback 5 was 9 to 6 the 7 only 6 the 8 drawback 8 drawback 9 to 9 to 11 joy 10 the 11 joy 11 joy 12 of 12 of 14 meeting 13 this 14 meeting how [delightful] it would have been if he had not refused to be there too , to welcome [elizabeth] 's child [.] 1 how 3 it 1 how 16 , 1 how 20 's 3 it 4 would 4 would 16 , 5 have 6 been 5 have 16 , 6 been 7 if 7 if 8 he 7 if 11 refused 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 not 9 had 11 refused 10 not 11 refused 11 refused 12 to 11 refused 13 be 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 there 13 be 15 too 16 , 17 to 16 , 18 welcome 20 's 21 child worth came to [hearts] [prepared] [to] [love] [her] , but they must have loved her in any case [.] 1 worth 2 came 2 came 3 to 3 to 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 they 10 but 14 loved 11 they 12 must 12 must 13 have 13 have 14 loved 14 loved 15 her 14 loved 16 in 16 in 18 case 17 any 18 case in [a] [day] [aunt] [charlotte] [and] [aunt] [ellen] [and] [shy] [,] [quiet] [uncle] [george] [had] [yielded] wholly [to] [her] [charm] [.] 1 in 17 wholly she was girlishly [bright] and [merry] , [frankly] [delighted] with the old homestead and the quaint [,] [old-fashioned] [,] [daintily] [kept] [rooms] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 girlishly 3 girlishly 10 with 5 and 7 , 7 , 10 with 10 with 14 and 11 the 13 homestead 12 old 13 homestead 13 homestead 14 and 14 and 16 quaint 15 the 16 quaint ["] [aunt] [charlotte] [,] [when] [is] [uncle] [paul] [coming] [up] [to] [see] [me] [?] i long to see him [;] [mother] has [talked] so much to me about him [.] 1 i 2 long 2 long 12 to 2 long 14 about 3 to 4 see 3 to 8 has 4 see 5 him 8 has 11 much 10 so 11 much 11 much 12 to 12 to 13 me 14 about 15 him she was his favourite sister [,] [wasn't] [she] [?] ["] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 sister 3 his 4 favourite 3 his 5 sister charlotte [and] [ellen] looked at each other [.] 1 charlotte 4 looked 4 looked 5 at 5 at 7 other 6 each 7 other ellen nodded slyly [.] 1 ellen 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 slyly it would be better to tell [worth] the whole truth [at] [once] [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 better 4 better 5 to 5 to 6 tell 6 tell 10 truth 8 the 10 truth 9 whole 10 truth she would certainly find it out soon [.] 1 she 2 would 2 would 4 find 3 certainly 4 find 4 find 5 it 4 find 6 out 6 out 7 soon " [why] [not] [?] " [asked] [worth] [,] [her] [serious] [grey] [eyes] [looking] [straight] [into] [aunt] [charlotte] ['s] [troubled] [dark] [ones] [.] 1 " 5 " [aunt] [charlotte] [understood] [that] [elizabeth] [had] [never] [told] [worth] [anything] [about] [her] [family] ['s] [resentment] [of] [her] [marriage] [.] it was not a pleasant thing to have [to] [explain] it [all] to [elizabeth] ['s] [child] , but it must be done [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 6 thing 2 was 7 to 4 a 5 pleasant 4 a 6 thing 5 pleasant 6 thing 7 to 8 have 8 have 11 it 11 it 13 to 13 to 17 , 17 , 18 but 18 but 19 it 18 but 21 be 19 it 20 must 20 must 21 be 21 be 22 done perhaps you don't know that when your mother married we we did not exactly approve of her marriage [.] 1 perhaps 2 you 2 you 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 11 we 5 that 15 approve 6 when 8 mother 6 when 9 married 6 when 11 we 7 your 8 mother 8 mother 9 married 9 married 10 we 11 we 12 did 12 did 13 not 12 did 15 approve 13 not 15 approve 14 exactly 15 approve 15 approve 16 of 16 of 18 marriage 17 her 18 marriage perhaps [we] [were] [mistaken] [;] [at] [any] [rate] it was wrong and foolish to let it come between us and [her] as we have done [.] 1 perhaps 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 12 and 11 wrong 12 and 12 and 13 foolish 12 and 14 to 12 and 25 done 14 to 15 let 15 let 16 it 15 let 17 come 17 come 18 between 18 between 19 us 20 and 23 we 22 as 23 we 23 we 24 have 24 have 25 done but that is how it was [.] 1 but 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 how 4 how 6 was 5 it 6 was none of [us] [approved] , as [i] [have] [said] , but none of us was so bitter [as] [your] [uncle] [paul] [.] 1 none 2 of 1 none 10 , 2 of 5 , 5 , 6 as 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 none 11 but 15 was 12 none 13 of 12 none 15 was 13 of 14 us 15 was 17 bitter 16 so 17 bitter your mother was his favourite sister , and he was [very] [deeply] attached to her [.] 1 your 2 mother 2 mother 8 and 3 was 8 and 4 his 5 favourite 4 his 6 sister 6 sister 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 was 9 he 10 was 10 was 13 attached 13 attached 14 to 14 to 15 her she was only a year younger than [he] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 only 2 was 5 year 4 a 5 year 5 year 6 younger 6 younger 7 than when he bought the [greenwood] farm [she] [went] and kept house for him for three years before her marriage [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 9 and 1 when 11 house 2 he 9 and 3 bought 6 farm 3 bought 9 and 4 the 6 farm 9 and 10 kept 11 house 12 for 11 house 14 for 11 house 17 before 11 house 19 marriage 12 for 13 him 14 for 16 years 15 three 16 years 18 her 19 marriage when she [married] [,] [paul] was terribly angry [.] 1 when 2 she 2 she 6 was 6 was 8 angry 7 terribly 8 angry he was always a strange man , very determined and unyielding [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 always 2 was 6 man 4 a 5 strange 4 a 6 man 5 strange 6 man 6 man 10 and 7 , 8 very 7 , 10 and 9 determined 10 and 10 and 11 unyielding he said he would never forgive her , and [he] never has [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 9 and 3 he 9 and 4 would 6 forgive 4 would 9 and 5 never 6 forgive 6 forgive 7 her 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 has 11 never 12 has one of us wanted to go and keep [house] for [him] , but he would not let us [.] 1 one 2 of 1 one 4 wanted 2 of 3 us 4 wanted 5 to 4 wanted 7 and 5 to 7 and 6 go 7 and 7 and 8 keep 7 and 10 for 10 for 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 13 but 17 let 14 he 15 would 15 would 16 not 17 let 18 us oh , [you] [can't] [realize] how [bitter] and [obstinate] he is [.] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 6 how 2 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 10 he 11 is we pleaded [with] him [,] [but] [i] [think] [that] [only] [made] [him] [worse] [.] 1 we 2 pleaded 2 pleaded 4 him worth had listened gravely [.] 1 worth 2 had 2 had 3 listened 3 listened 4 gravely " [then] [,] [if] [uncle] [paul] [will] [not] [come] [to] [see] [me] [,] [i] [must] [go] [to] [see] [him] [.] " 1 " 21 " " [my] [dear] [!] " [cried] [both] [her] [aunts] [together] [in] [dismay] [.] 1 " 5 " [aunt] [ellen] [got] [her] [breath] [first] [.] " [oh] [,] [my] [dear] [child] [,] [you] [must] [not] [think] [of] [such] [a] [thing] [,] " she cried nervously [.] 1 " 19 cried 17 " 18 she 18 she 19 cried 19 cried 20 nervously ["] [it] [would] [never] [do] [.] he would [i] don't know what he would do order you off the premises , or say something dreadful [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 4 don't 4 don't 5 know 5 know 6 what 6 what 7 he 6 what 17 say 7 he 8 would 8 would 9 do 9 do 10 order 10 order 11 you 10 order 16 or 11 you 16 or 12 off 14 premises 12 off 16 or 13 the 14 premises 15 , 16 or 16 or 17 say 17 say 18 something 18 something 19 dreadful [no] [!] [no] [!] [wait] [.] perhaps he will come after all we will see [.] 1 perhaps 2 he 2 he 3 will 3 will 4 come 4 come 5 after 5 after 6 all 6 all 7 we 6 all 9 see 7 we 8 will 8 will 9 see you must have patience [.] ["] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 have 3 have 4 patience worth shook her head and the smile in her eyes deepened [.] 1 worth 2 shook 2 shook 5 and 2 shook 8 in 3 her 4 head 4 head 5 and 5 and 7 smile 5 and 8 in 6 the 7 smile 8 in 10 eyes 9 her 10 eyes 10 eyes 11 deepened " [i] [don't] [think] [he] [will] [come] [,] " she said [.] 1 " 11 said 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 said ["] [mother] [has] [told] [me] [something] [about] [the] [ingelow] [stubbornness] [.] she says [i] [have] [it] [in] [full] [measure] [,] [but] [i] [like] [to] [call] [it] [determination] [,] [it] [sounds] [so] [much] [better] [.] 1 she 2 says no , the mountain will not come to [mohammed] [,] [so] [mohammed] [will] go to the mountain [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 mountain 3 the 4 mountain 4 mountain 5 will 5 will 6 not 5 will 7 come 7 come 8 to 8 to 14 go 14 go 15 to 15 to 17 mountain 16 the 17 mountain i think [i] [will] [walk] [down] [to] [greenwood] [this] [afternoon] [.] 1 i 2 think there , [dear] [aunties] [,] [don't] [look] [so] [troubled] [.] 1 there 2 , uncle [paul] [won't] [run] [at] [me] [with] [a] [pitchfork] , [will] [he] [?] 1 uncle 10 , he can't do [worse] than order me off his premises , as you say [.] ["] 1 he 2 can't 2 can't 3 do 3 do 6 order 5 than 6 order 6 order 7 me 6 order 8 off 6 order 12 as 8 off 10 premises 9 his 10 premises 11 , 12 as 12 as 13 you 12 as 14 say 13 you 14 say [aunt] [charlotte] [shook] [her] [head] [.] she understood that no argument would turn the girl from her purpose if she had [the] [ingelow] will , [so] [she] [said] [nothing] [more] [.] 1 she 2 understood 2 understood 3 that 3 that 5 argument 3 that 7 turn 3 that 18 will 4 no 5 argument 5 argument 6 would 6 would 7 turn 7 turn 9 girl 7 turn 10 from 7 turn 13 if 8 the 9 girl 9 girl 10 from 10 from 12 purpose 11 her 12 purpose 13 if 14 she 13 if 15 had 14 she 15 had 18 will 19 , in the [afternoon] [worth] [set] [out] [for] [greenwood] [,] [a] [mile] [away] [.] 1 in 2 the " [oh] [,] [what] [will] [paul] [say] [?] ["] exclaimed the aunts , with dismal forebodings [.] 1 " 10 exclaimed 10 exclaimed 12 aunts 11 the 12 aunts 12 aunts 14 with 13 , 14 with 14 with 16 forebodings 15 dismal 16 forebodings [worth] [met] [her] [uncle] [paul] [at] [the] [garden] [gate] [.] [handsome] [and] [stubborn] [enough] [paul] [ingelow] [looked] [.] it was not [without] [reason] [that] [his] [neighbours] [called] [him] [the] [oddest] [ingelow] of them all [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 14 of 14 of 16 all 15 them 16 all behind him was a fine old farmhouse in beautiful grounds [.] 1 behind 2 him 1 behind 3 was 3 was 7 farmhouse 4 a 5 fine 4 a 7 farmhouse 5 fine 7 farmhouse 6 old 7 farmhouse 7 farmhouse 8 in 8 in 10 grounds 9 beautiful 10 grounds worth felt almost as much interested [in] [greenwood] [as] [in] [the] [grange] [.] 1 worth 2 felt 2 felt 5 much 2 felt 6 interested 3 almost 4 as 4 as 5 much it had been [her] [mother] ['s] home for [three] [years] , and [elizabeth] [ingelow] had loved it and talked much to her daughter of it [.] 1 it 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 7 home 3 been 8 for 8 for 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 had 12 and 18 and 15 had 18 and 16 loved 17 it 16 loved 18 and 18 and 19 talked 18 and 20 much 18 and 21 to 21 to 23 daughter 22 her 23 daughter 23 daughter 24 of 24 of 25 it [paul] [ingelow] [did] [not] [move] [or] [speak] [,] [although] [he] [probably] [guessed] [who] [his] [visitor] [was] [.] worth held out her hand [.] 1 worth 2 held 2 held 3 out 2 held 5 hand 4 her 5 hand " [how] [do] [you] [do] [,] [uncle] [paul] ? " she said [.] 1 " 12 said 9 ? 10 " 9 ? 11 she 11 she 12 said paul ignored the outstretched hand [.] 1 paul 2 ignored 2 ignored 5 hand 3 the 5 hand 4 outstretched 5 hand " [who] [are] [you] [?] " he asked gruffly [.] 1 " 8 asked 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 asked 8 asked 9 gruffly " [i] [am] [worth] [sheldon] [,] [your] [sister] [elizabeth] ['s] [daughter] [,] ["] she answered [.] 1 " 14 she 14 she 15 answered " [won't] [you] [shake] [hands] [with] [me] [,] [uncle] [paul] [?] " 1 " 12 " " [i] [have] [no] [sister] [elizabeth] [,] ["] he answered [unbendingly] [.] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 answered worth folded her hands on the gatepost and met his frowning gaze unshrinkingly [.] 1 worth 8 and 2 folded 4 hands 2 folded 5 on 2 folded 8 and 3 her 4 hands 4 hands 5 on 5 on 7 gatepost 6 the 7 gatepost 8 and 9 met 9 met 12 gaze 9 met 13 unshrinkingly 10 his 12 gaze 11 frowning 12 gaze " [oh] [,] [yes] [,] you [have] , ["] she said calmly [.] 1 " 11 said 6 you 10 she 8 , 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 calmly ["] [you] [can't] [do] [away] [with] [natural] [ties] [by] [simply] [ignoring] [them] [,] [uncle] [paul] [.] they go on existing [.] 1 they 2 go 2 go 3 on 3 on 4 existing i never knew until this morning that you were at enmity with my mother [.] 1 i 3 knew 2 never 3 knew 3 knew 4 until 3 knew 7 that 4 until 6 morning 5 this 6 morning 7 that 8 you 7 that 9 were 8 you 9 were 9 were 10 at 9 were 12 with 10 at 11 enmity 11 enmity 12 with 12 with 14 mother 13 my 14 mother she never told me [.] 1 she 3 told 2 never 3 told 3 told 4 me but she has talked a great deal of you to me [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 talked 2 she 3 has 3 has 4 talked 4 talked 7 deal 4 talked 10 to 5 a 6 great 5 a 7 deal 6 great 7 deal 7 deal 8 of 7 deal 10 to 8 of 9 you 10 to 11 me she has told me often how much you [and] [she] loved each other [and] [how] [good] [you] [always] [were] [to] [her] [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 3 told 3 told 4 me 3 told 5 often 3 told 6 how 6 how 7 much 7 much 8 you 7 much 11 loved 8 you 11 loved 11 loved 13 other 12 each 13 other she sent her love to you [.] " 1 she 2 sent 2 sent 4 love 2 sent 5 to 3 her 4 love 4 love 5 to 5 to 6 you 6 you 8 " " [years] [ago] [i] [had] [a] [sister] [elizabeth] [,] ["] said [paul] [ingelow] harshly [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 14 harshly " [i] [loved] [her] [very] [tenderly] [,] [but] [she] [married] [against] [my] [will] [a] [shiftless] [scamp] [who] " 1 " 18 " worth lifted her hand slightly [.] 1 worth 2 lifted 2 lifted 4 hand 2 lifted 5 slightly 3 her 4 hand " [you] [shouldn't] [have] come here , then , " he said , but he said [it] less harshly [.] 1 " 16 said 5 come 6 here 5 come 7 , 7 , 8 then 8 then 9 , 8 then 15 he 9 , 12 said 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 said 12 said 13 , 13 , 14 but 15 he 16 said 16 said 19 harshly 18 less 19 harshly there was even a certain reluctant approval of this composed , independent niece in his eyes [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 even 2 was 7 approval 2 was 14 in 4 a 5 certain 4 a 7 approval 5 certain 7 approval 6 reluctant 7 approval 7 approval 8 of 8 of 13 niece 9 this 13 niece 10 composed 11 , 10 composed 13 niece 12 independent 13 niece 13 niece 14 in 14 in 16 eyes 15 his 16 eyes " [didn't] [they] [tell] [you] [at] [the] [grange] [that] [i] [didn't] [want] [to] [see] [you] [?] " 1 " 17 " " [yes] [,] [they] [told] [me] [this] [morning] [,] [but] [i] [wanted] [to] [see] [you] [,] so [i] [came] [.] 1 " 17 so let us leave my father and mother out of the question and start fair on our own account [.] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 leave 3 leave 6 and 3 leave 9 of 3 leave 15 on 4 my 5 father 5 father 6 and 6 and 7 mother 6 and 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 12 and 10 the 11 question 11 question 12 and 12 and 14 fair 12 and 15 on 13 start 14 fair 15 on 18 account 16 our 17 own 16 our 18 account for a moment [uncle] [paul] [looked] [at] [her] [.] 1 for 3 moment 2 a 3 moment she met his gaze frankly and firmly , with a merry smile lurking in her eyes [.] 1 she 2 met 2 met 4 gaze 2 met 6 and 2 met 9 with 3 his 4 gaze 5 frankly 6 and 6 and 7 firmly 8 , 9 with 9 with 12 smile 10 a 11 merry 10 a 12 smile 11 merry 12 smile 12 smile 13 lurking 13 lurking 14 in 13 lurking 16 eyes 14 in 15 her then he threw back his head and [laughed] a hearty laugh that was good to hear [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 threw 3 threw 4 back 3 threw 7 and 5 his 6 head 6 head 7 and 7 and 11 laugh 7 and 12 that 7 and 13 was 9 a 10 hearty 9 a 11 laugh 10 hearty 11 laugh 12 that 13 was 13 was 14 good 14 good 15 to 15 to 16 hear " [very] [well] , " he said [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said " [it] [is] [a] [bargain] [.] " 1 " 7 " he put his hand over the gate and shook hers [.] 1 he 8 and 2 put 4 hand 2 put 5 over 2 put 8 and 3 his 4 hand 5 over 7 gate 6 the 7 gate 8 and 9 shook 9 shook 10 hers then he opened the gate and invited her into the house [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 opened 5 gate 3 opened 6 and 4 the 5 gate 6 and 7 invited 7 invited 8 her 7 invited 9 into 9 into 11 house 10 the 11 house worth stayed to tea [,] [and] [uncle] [paul] [showed] [her] [all] [over] [greenwood] [.] 1 worth 2 stayed 2 stayed 3 to 3 to 4 tea " you are to come here as often as you [like] [,] ["] [he] [told] [her] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 to 4 to 5 come 5 come 6 here 5 come 8 often 5 come 9 as 7 as 8 often 9 as 10 you ["] [when] [a] [young] [lady] [and] [i] [make] [a] [compact] [of] [friendship] [i] [am] [going] [to] [live] [up] [to] [it] [.] but you are not to talk to me about your mother [.] 1 but 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 to 4 not 5 to 5 to 6 talk 6 talk 7 to 6 talk 9 about 7 to 8 me 9 about 11 mother 10 your 11 mother remember , [we] [are] [friends] [because] [i] [am] [i] [and] [you] [are] [you] , and there is no question of anybody else [.] ["] 1 remember 2 , 2 , 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 17 is 16 there 17 is 17 is 19 question 18 no 19 question 19 question 20 of 20 of 21 anybody 21 anybody 22 else the [grange] [ingelows] [were] [amazed] [to] [see] [paul] [bringing] [worth] [home] [in] [his] buggy [that] [evening] [.] 1 the 14 buggy when [worth] [had] [gone] [into] [the] [house] [charlotte] [told] [him] [that] she was glad to see that he had relented [towards] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [.] 1 when 12 she 12 she 13 was 13 was 14 glad 14 glad 15 to 15 to 16 see 16 see 17 that 17 that 18 he 17 that 19 had 19 had 20 relented " [i] [have] [not] [,] " [he] [made] [stern] [answer] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] [don't] [know] [whom] [you] [mean] [by] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [.] [that] [young] [woman] [and] [i] [have] [taken] [a] [liking] [for] [each] [other] [which] [we] [mean] [to] [cultivate] [on] [our] [own] [account] [.] don't call her [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [to] [me] [again] [.] ["] 1 don't 2 call 2 call 3 her [as] [the] [days] [and] [weeks] [went] [by] [worth] [grew] [dearer] [and] [dearer] [to] [the] [grange] [folk] [.] [meanwhile] [,] [the] [odd] [friendship] [between] [her] [and] [uncle] [paul] [deepened] [and] [grew] [.] they read and drove and walked together [.] 1 they 3 and 2 read 3 and 3 and 5 and 3 and 7 together 4 drove 5 and 5 and 6 walked [worth] [spent] [half] [her] [time] [at] [greenwood] [.] [once] [uncle] [paul] [said] [to] [her] [,] [as] [if] [speaking] [half] [to] [himself] [,] " [to] [think] [that] [james] [sheldon] [could] [have] [a] [daughter] [like] [you] [!] " 1 " 14 " up [went] [worth] ['s] head [.] 1 up 5 head worth 's grey eyes flashed [.] 1 worth 2 's 2 's 4 eyes 3 grey 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 flashed " [i] [thought] [we] [were] [not] [to] [speak] [of] [my] [parents] ? " she said [.] 1 " 15 said 12 ? 13 " 12 ? 14 she 14 she 15 said " [you] [ought] [not] [to] [have] [been] [the] [first] [to] [break] [the] [compact] [,] [uncle] [paul] [.] " 1 " 18 " " [i] [accept] [the] [rebuke] [and] [beg] [your] [pardon] , " he said [.] 1 " 13 said 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 he 12 he 13 said he liked her all [the] better for those little flashes of spirit across her girlish composure [.] 1 he 2 liked 2 liked 3 her 2 liked 13 across 4 all 6 better 6 better 7 for 6 better 10 flashes 7 for 8 those 9 little 10 flashes 10 flashes 11 of 11 of 12 spirit 12 spirit 13 across 13 across 16 composure 14 her 16 composure 15 girlish 16 composure one day [in] [september] they were together in the garden [at] [greenwood] [.] 1 one 2 day 2 day 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 together 6 were 8 in 8 in 10 garden 9 the 10 garden [worth] [,] [looking] [lovingly] [and] [regretfully] [down] [the] [sun-flecked] [avenue] [of] [box] [,] [said] [with] [a] [sigh] [,] ["] [next] [month] [i] [must] [go] [home] [.] [how] [sorry] [i] [shall] [be] [to] [leave] [the] [grange] [and] [greenwood] [.] " [stay] [here] [!] " [said] [uncle] [paul] [abruptly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [stay] [here] [with] [me] [.] i want you [,] [worth] [.] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 you let [greenwood] [be] [your] [home] [henceforth] and adopt your crusty old bachelor uncle for a father [.] ["] 1 let 7 and 7 and 8 adopt 8 adopt 13 uncle 8 adopt 14 for 9 your 13 uncle 10 crusty 12 bachelor 11 old 12 bachelor 12 bachelor 13 uncle 13 uncle 14 for 14 for 16 father 15 a 16 father " [oh] [,] [uncle] [paul] [,] " [cried] [worth] [,] ["] [i] [don't] [know] [i] [don't] [think] [oh] [,] [you] [surprise] [me] [!] ["] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [surprise] [myself] [,] [perhaps] [.] but [i] [mean] it , [worth] [.] 1 but 4 it 1 but 5 , i [am] [a] [rich] [,] [lonely] [old] [man] [and] [i] want to keep this new interest you have brought into my life [.] 1 i 11 want 11 want 12 to 11 want 13 keep 12 to 13 keep 13 keep 16 interest 13 keep 19 brought 14 this 16 interest 15 new 16 interest 16 interest 17 you 16 interest 18 have 17 you 18 have 19 brought 20 into 20 into 22 life 21 my 22 life stay with me [.] 1 stay 2 with 2 with 3 me i will try to give you a very happy life , my child , and [all] [i] [have] shall be yours [.] ["] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 try 3 try 4 to 3 try 5 give 4 to 5 give 5 give 6 you 5 give 10 life 7 a 10 life 8 very 9 happy 9 happy 10 life 10 life 13 child 11 , 13 child 12 my 13 child 13 child 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 19 shall 19 shall 20 be 20 be 21 yours seeing her troubled face , he added [,] ["] [there] [,] [i] [don't] [ask] [you] [to] [decide] [right] [here] [.] 1 seeing 4 face 1 seeing 5 , 1 seeing 6 he 2 her 4 face 3 troubled 4 face 6 he 7 added i suppose you have other claims to adjust [.] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 you 2 suppose 4 have 3 you 4 have 4 have 6 claims 4 have 7 to 5 other 6 claims 7 to 8 adjust take time to think it over [.] ["] 1 take 2 time 1 take 6 over 2 time 3 to 2 time 4 think 3 to 4 think 4 think 5 it " [thank] [you] [,] " [said] [worth] [.] 1 " 5 " she went [back] [to] [the] [grange] [as] one in a dream and shut herself up in the white southeast room to think [.] 1 she 12 and 2 went 9 in 2 went 12 and 8 one 9 in 9 in 11 dream 10 a 11 dream 12 and 13 shut 13 shut 14 herself 13 shut 15 up 13 shut 16 in 13 shut 21 to 16 in 20 room 17 the 20 room 18 white 20 room 19 southeast 20 room 21 to 22 think she knew that she wanted to accept [this] [unexpected] [offer] [of] [uncle] [paul] ['s] [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 she 3 that 5 wanted 4 she 5 wanted 5 wanted 6 to 6 to 7 accept worth 's loyal tongue had never betrayed , even to the loving aunts , any discontent in the prairie farm life that had always been hers [.] 1 worth 2 's 2 's 4 tongue 3 loyal 4 tongue 4 tongue 5 had 5 had 7 betrayed 6 never 7 betrayed 7 betrayed 10 to 7 betrayed 16 discontent 7 betrayed 17 in 8 , 9 even 8 , 10 to 10 to 13 aunts 10 to 14 , 11 the 13 aunts 12 loving 13 aunts 15 any 16 discontent 16 discontent 17 in 17 in 21 life 18 the 21 life 19 prairie 21 life 20 farm 21 life 21 life 22 that 21 life 23 had 22 that 23 had 23 had 25 been 24 always 25 been 25 been 26 hers but it had been a hard life for the girl , narrow and poverty-bounded [.] 1 but 8 for 1 but 11 , 1 but 13 and 2 it 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 7 life 5 a 6 hard 5 a 7 life 6 hard 7 life 7 life 8 for 8 for 10 girl 9 the 10 girl 12 narrow 13 and 13 and 14 poverty-bounded she longed to put forth her hand and take this other life which opened so temptingly before her [.] 1 she 2 longed 2 longed 3 to 3 to 8 and 4 put 5 forth 4 put 7 hand 4 put 8 and 6 her 7 hand 8 and 9 take 8 and 12 life 9 take 10 this 11 other 12 life 12 life 13 which 12 life 14 opened 13 which 14 opened 14 opened 15 so 14 opened 16 temptingly 14 opened 17 before 17 before 18 her she knew , too , that her mother , ambitious for her child , would not be likely to interpose any objections [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 4 too 2 knew 6 that 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 6 that 8 mother 6 that 17 be 7 her 8 mother 8 mother 10 ambitious 8 mother 15 would 9 , 10 ambitious 10 ambitious 11 for 10 ambitious 14 , 11 for 13 child 12 her 13 child 15 would 16 not 15 would 17 be 17 be 18 likely 18 likely 19 to 18 likely 20 interpose 19 to 20 interpose 20 interpose 22 objections 21 any 22 objections she must decide for herself [.] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 decide 3 decide 4 for 4 for 5 herself not even [of] [aunt] [charlotte] [or] [aunt] [ellen] [could] [she] [ask] [advice] [.] 1 not 2 even she knew they would entreat her to accept , and [she] needed no such incentive to her own wishes [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 they 2 knew 10 and 3 they 4 would 4 would 5 entreat 5 entreat 6 her 5 entreat 7 to 7 to 10 and 8 accept 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 needed 12 needed 15 incentive 12 needed 16 to 13 no 14 such 14 such 15 incentive 15 incentive 16 to 16 to 19 wishes 17 her 18 own 17 her 19 wishes [next] [day] [worth] [went] [down] [to] [greenwood] [.] " [well] [,] [what] [is] [it] [to] [be] [?] ["] said [uncle] [paul] [without] [preface] [,] [as] he [met] [her] in the garden [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 18 he 11 said 21 in 21 in 23 garden 22 the 23 garden " [i] [cannot] [come] [,] [uncle] [paul] [,] " [said] [worth] [steadily] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [cannot] [give] [up] [my] [mother] [.] " 1 " 9 " " [i] [don't] [ask] [you] to [give] her [up] , " he said gruffly [.] 1 " 13 said 6 to 8 her 6 to 10 , 6 to 12 he 10 , 11 " 12 he 13 said 13 said 14 gruffly ["] [you] [can] [write] [to] [her] [and] [visit] [her] [.] i don't want to come between parent [and] child [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 want 3 want 4 to 3 want 5 come 4 to 5 come 5 come 6 between 6 between 9 child 7 parent 9 child ["] [that] [isn't] [the] [point] [exactly] [,] [uncle] [paul] [.] i hope you will not be angry with me for not accepting your offer [.] 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 you 2 hope 6 be 3 you 4 will 4 will 5 not 4 will 6 be 5 not 6 be 6 be 7 angry 7 angry 8 with 7 angry 10 for 8 with 9 me 10 for 11 not 11 not 12 accepting 12 accepting 14 offer 13 your 14 offer i wanted to [you] don't know how much [i] [wanted] [to] [but] [i] [cannot] [.] 1 i 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 3 to 5 don't 5 don't 6 know 6 know 8 much 7 how 8 much mother [and] [i] [are] [so] [much] [to] [each] [other] , [uncle] [paul] [,] [more] [,] [i] [am] [sure] [,] [than] [even] [most] [mothers] and [daughters] [.] 1 mother 10 , 10 , 24 and you have never let me speak of her , but [i] must tell you this [.] 1 you 10 but 2 have 4 let 2 have 10 but 3 never 4 let 4 let 5 me 4 let 6 speak 6 speak 7 of 7 of 8 her 9 , 10 but 10 but 13 tell 12 must 13 tell 13 tell 14 you 13 tell 15 this then , in [the] [ten] [years] [that] [followed] , [the] [three] [other] [babies] [that] [came] to her [all] [died] [before] they were two years old [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 21 they 2 , 3 in 3 in 9 , 9 , 16 to 16 to 17 her 21 they 22 were 22 were 25 old 23 two 24 years 24 years 25 old and [with] [each] [loss] [mother] [said] [i] [grew] [dearer] to her [.] 1 and 10 to 10 to 11 her don't you see [,] [uncle] [paul] [,] [i] ['m] [not] [merely] [just] one [child] [to] [her] [but] [i] ['m] [all] [those] [children] [?] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 see 3 see 13 one i love you [,] [uncle] [paul] [,] [and] [i] [love] [greenwood] [,] [and] [i] [want] [to] [stay] so [much] , but [i] [cannot] [.] 1 i 2 love 2 love 3 you 2 love 18 so 18 so 20 , 20 , 21 but i have thought it all over and [i] must go back [to] [mother] [.] ["] 1 i 7 and 2 have 3 thought 2 have 7 and 3 thought 4 it 4 it 6 over 5 all 6 over 7 and 10 go 9 must 10 go 10 go 11 back [uncle] [paul] [did] [not] [say] [one] [word] [.] he turned his back on [worth] and walked the full length of the box alley twice [.] 1 he 7 and 2 turned 4 back 2 turned 7 and 3 his 4 back 4 back 5 on 7 and 8 walked 8 walked 11 length 8 walked 16 twice 9 the 11 length 10 full 11 length 11 length 12 of 12 of 15 alley 13 the 15 alley 14 box 15 alley worth watched him wistfully [.] 1 worth 2 watched 2 watched 3 him 2 watched 4 wistfully was he very angry [?] 1 was 2 he 1 was 4 angry 3 very 4 angry would he forgive her [?] 1 would 2 he 1 would 3 forgive 3 forgive 4 her " [you] [are] [an] [ingelow] [,] [worth] , " he said when he came back [.] 1 " 11 said 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 when 12 when 13 he 12 when 14 came 13 he 14 came 14 came 15 back that was all , but [worth] [understood] that [her] [decision] was [not] to [cause] [any] [estrangement] [between] [them] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 13 to 4 , 5 but 4 , 11 was 8 that 11 was 11 was 13 to a month later [worth] ['s] [last] [day] [at] [the] [grange] [came] [.] 1 a 2 month 2 month 3 later she was to leave [for] [the] [west] [the] [next] [morning] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 to 3 to 4 leave worth went to meet him with outstretched hands [.] 1 worth 2 went 2 went 3 to 3 to 4 meet 4 meet 5 him 4 meet 6 with 6 with 8 hands 7 outstretched 8 hands he took [them] both in his and looked at her very gravely [.] 1 he 7 and 2 took 4 both 2 took 5 in 2 took 7 and 4 both 5 in 5 in 6 his 7 and 8 looked 7 and 9 at 7 and 12 gravely 9 at 10 her 11 very 12 gravely " [i] [have] [not] come to say [goodbye] [,] [worth] [.] 1 " 7 say 5 come 6 to 6 to 7 say i will not say it [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 say 4 say 5 it you are coming back to me [.] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 coming 3 coming 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 6 me worth shook her brown head sadly [.] 1 worth 2 shook 2 shook 5 head 2 shook 6 sadly 3 her 5 head 4 brown 5 head ["] [oh] [,] [i] [cannot] [,] [uncle] [paul] [.] you know [i] [told] [you] ["] 1 you 2 know " [yes] [,] [i] [know] [,] " [he] [interrupted] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [have] [been] [thinking] [it] [all] [over] [every] [day] [since] [.] you know yourself what [the] [ingelow] determination is [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 yourself 2 know 4 what 4 what 8 is 7 determination 8 is it 's a good thing in a good cause but a bad thing in a bad one [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 thing 2 's 6 in 2 's 10 but 2 's 14 in 3 a 5 thing 4 good 5 thing 5 thing 6 in 6 in 9 cause 7 a 8 good 7 a 9 cause 8 good 9 cause 10 but 13 thing 11 a 13 thing 12 bad 13 thing 13 thing 14 in 14 in 17 one 15 a 17 one 16 bad 17 one and it is no easy thing to conquer when you 've let it rule you for years [as] [i] have done [.] 1 and 2 it 1 and 20 have 2 it 3 is 3 is 6 thing 3 is 16 for 4 no 6 thing 5 easy 6 thing 6 thing 7 to 6 thing 8 conquer 7 to 8 conquer 8 conquer 9 when 9 when 10 you 9 when 11 've 10 you 11 've 11 've 12 let 12 let 13 it 12 let 14 rule 14 rule 15 you 16 for 17 years 20 have 21 done but [i] [have] [conquered] it , or you have conquered it for me [.] 1 but 5 it 1 but 6 , 6 , 7 or 7 or 8 you 7 or 10 conquered 9 have 10 conquered 10 conquered 11 it 10 conquered 12 for 11 it 12 for 12 for 13 me [child] [,] [here] [is] [a] [letter] [.] it is [to] your mother [my] [sister] [elizabeth] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 mother 4 your 5 mother in [it] [i] [have] [asked] [her] [to] forgive me , and [to] [forget] our [long] estrangement [.] 1 in 11 and 8 forgive 9 me 8 forgive 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 estrangement 14 our 16 estrangement i have asked her to come back to me with you and her boys [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 asked 3 asked 4 her 3 asked 5 to 3 asked 6 come 5 to 6 come 6 come 7 back 6 come 10 with 7 back 8 to 8 to 9 me 10 with 12 and 11 you 12 and 12 and 14 boys 13 her 14 boys i want you all [all] [at] [greenwood] and [i] will do the best [i] can for you all [.] ["] 1 i 2 want 2 want 4 all 2 want 16 for 3 you 4 all 8 and 10 will 10 will 11 do 11 do 15 can 12 the 13 best 12 the 15 can 15 can 16 for 16 for 18 all 17 you 18 all " [oh] [,] [uncle] [paul] [,] ["] cried [worth] [,] her face [aglow] and quivering with smiles and tears and sunshine [.] 1 " 8 cried 8 cried 20 and 11 her 12 face 12 face 14 and 14 and 15 quivering 14 and 16 with 14 and 18 and 16 with 17 smiles 18 and 19 tears 18 and 20 and 20 and 21 sunshine " [do] [you] [think] [she] [will] [forgive] [me] [and] [come] [?] " 1 " 12 " " [i] [know] she [will] , ["] [cried] [worth] [.] 1 " 4 she 4 she 6 , ["] [i] [know] [how] [she] [has] [longed] [for] [you] [and] [home] [.] oh , [i] [am] [so] [happy] , [uncle] [paul] [!] " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 7 , 7 , 11 " he smiled at her and put his arm over her shoulder [.] 1 he 5 and 2 smiled 3 at 2 smiled 5 and 3 at 4 her 5 and 6 put 6 put 8 arm 6 put 9 over 7 his 8 arm 9 over 11 shoulder 10 her 11 shoulder together they walked up the golden arcade to tell the others [.] 1 together 2 they 2 they 3 walked 3 walked 4 up 3 walked 7 arcade 3 walked 8 to 5 the 7 arcade 6 golden 7 arcade 8 to 9 tell 9 tell 11 others 10 the 11 others [that] [night] [charlotte] [and] [ellen] [cried] [with] [happiness] [as] [they] [talked] [it] [over] [in] [the] [twilight] [.] " [how] [beautiful] [!] " [murmured] [charlotte] [softly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [we] [shall] [not] [lose] [worth] [after] [all] [.] ellen [,] [i] could not [have] [borne] [it] to see that girl go [utterly] out of our lives again [.] ["] 1 ellen 4 could 4 could 5 not 5 not 9 to 9 to 10 see 10 see 12 girl 10 see 13 go 11 that 12 girl 13 go 16 of 13 go 19 again 15 out 16 of 16 of 18 lives 17 our 18 lives " [i] [always] [hoped] [and] [believed] [that] [elizabeth] ['s] [child] [would] [somehow] [bring] [us] [all] [together] [again] [,] " [said] [ellen] [happily] [.] 1 " 19 " [freda] ['s] [adopted] [grave] [north] [point] [,] [where] [freda] [lived] [,] [was] [the] [bleakest] [settlement] [in] [the] [world] [.] even [its] [inhabitants] , [who] [loved] [it] [,] had to admit that [.] 1 even 4 , 4 , 9 had 9 had 10 to 9 had 11 admit 11 admit 12 that only the sturdy firs and spruces could hold their own against it [.] 1 only 5 and 2 the 4 firs 3 sturdy 4 firs 4 firs 5 and 5 and 6 spruces 5 and 7 could 7 could 8 hold 8 hold 10 own 8 hold 11 against 9 their 10 own 10 own 11 against 11 against 12 it so there were no orchards [or] [groves] [or] [flower] [gardens] in [north] [point] [.] 1 so 2 there 2 there 3 were 3 were 5 orchards 3 were 11 in 4 no 5 orchards [the] [north] [point] [folk] [loved] [flowers] [.] they could not have them about their homes , so they had them in their graveyard [.] 1 they 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 have 3 not 4 have 4 have 5 them 4 have 6 about 4 have 10 so 6 about 8 homes 7 their 8 homes 9 , 10 so 10 so 11 they 10 so 12 had 11 they 12 had 12 had 13 them 12 had 14 in 14 in 16 graveyard 15 their 16 graveyard it was a matter of pride with each family to keep the separate plot neatly trimmed and weeded and adorned with beautiful blossoms [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 matter 2 was 10 to 2 was 21 with 3 a 4 matter 4 matter 5 of 4 matter 7 with 5 of 6 pride 7 with 9 family 8 each 9 family 10 to 11 keep 11 keep 14 plot 12 the 14 plot 13 separate 14 plot 14 plot 17 and 14 plot 21 with 15 neatly 16 trimmed 16 trimmed 17 and 17 and 19 and 18 weeded 19 and 19 and 20 adorned 21 with 23 blossoms 22 beautiful 23 blossoms it was not an unpleasant duty , even to those whose sorrow was fresh [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 6 duty 4 an 5 unpleasant 4 an 6 duty 5 unpleasant 6 duty 6 duty 8 even 6 duty 11 whose 7 , 8 even 8 even 9 to 9 to 10 those 11 whose 12 sorrow 12 sorrow 13 was 13 was 14 fresh it seemed as if they were still doing something for the friends who had gone [when] they made their earthly resting places beautiful [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 as 3 as 17 they 3 as 18 made 4 if 5 they 4 if 6 were 4 if 17 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 8 doing 7 still 8 doing 8 doing 9 something 10 for 12 friends 10 for 17 they 11 the 12 friends 12 friends 13 who 12 friends 14 had 13 who 14 had 14 had 15 gone 17 they 18 made 18 made 22 places 18 made 23 beautiful 19 their 22 places 20 earthly 22 places 21 resting 22 places " [tomorrow] [is] [graveyard] [day] [,] " [said] [minnie] [hutchinson] [at] [school] [recess] [,] [when] [all] [the] [little] [girls] [were] [sitting] [on] [the] [fence] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [ain't] [i] [glad] [!] [i] ['ve] [got] [the] [loveliest] [big] [white] [rosebush] [to] [plant] [by] [grandma] [hutchinson] ['s] [grave] [.] [uncle] [robert] [sent] [it] [out] [from] [town] [.] ["] " [my] [mother] [has] [ten] [tuberoses] [to] [set] [out] [,] " [said] [nan] [gray] [proudly] [.] 1 " 11 " " [we] ['re] [going] [to] [plant] [a] [row] [of] [lilies] [right] [around] [our] [plot] [,] " [said] [katie] [morris] [.] 1 " 16 " every little girl had some boast to [make] , that [is] , [every] little girl [but] [freda] [.] 1 every 3 girl 2 little 3 girl 3 girl 4 had 4 had 6 boast 4 had 7 to 5 some 6 boast 7 to 12 , 9 , 10 that 10 that 12 , 12 , 15 girl 14 little 15 girl freda sat in a corner [all] by herself and felt miserably outside of everything [.] 1 freda 9 and 2 sat 3 in 2 sat 7 by 2 sat 9 and 3 in 5 corner 4 a 5 corner 7 by 8 herself 9 and 10 felt 9 and 11 miserably 9 and 13 of 12 outside 13 of 13 of 14 everything she had no part or lot in [graveyard] [day] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 5 or 3 no 4 part 4 part 5 or 5 or 6 lot 5 or 7 in " [are] [you] [going] [to] [plant] [anything] [,] [freda] [?] " [asked] [nan] [,] [with] [a] [wink] [at] [the] [others] [.] 1 " 11 " freda shook her head mutely [.] 1 freda 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 mutely 3 her 4 head " [freda] [can't] [plant] [anything] [,] ["] said [winnie] [bell] [cruelly] [,] [although] she did not mean to be cruel [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 14 she 14 she 15 did 15 did 16 not 15 did 17 mean 16 not 17 mean 17 mean 18 to 17 mean 19 be 18 to 19 be 19 be 20 cruel " [she] [hasn't] [got] [a] [grave] [.] " 1 " 8 " it [very] [nearly] did [in] [north] [point] [.] 1 it 4 did freda felt that her cup of wretchedness was full [.] 1 freda 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 7 wretchedness 3 that 8 was 4 her 5 cup 5 cup 6 of 5 cup 7 wretchedness 6 of 7 wretchedness 7 wretchedness 8 was 8 was 9 full she sat miserably on the fence while the other girls ran off to [play] , and she walked home alone at night [.] 1 she 2 sat 2 sat 3 miserably 2 sat 4 on 2 sat 7 while 4 on 6 fence 5 the 6 fence 7 while 10 girls 7 while 11 ran 8 the 9 other 9 other 10 girls 10 girls 11 ran 11 ran 12 off 11 ran 13 to 13 to 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 she 16 and 18 walked 17 she 18 walked 18 walked 19 home 19 home 20 alone 20 alone 21 at 21 at 22 night it seemed to her that she could not bear it any longer [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 3 to 4 her 5 that 6 she 5 that 9 bear 6 she 7 could 7 could 8 not 7 could 9 bear 8 not 9 bear 9 bear 10 it 9 bear 12 longer 11 any 12 longer freda was ten years old [.] 1 freda 2 was 2 was 5 old 3 ten 4 years 4 years 5 old four years ago [mrs] [wilson] [had] [taken] [her] [from] [the] [orphan] [asylum] [in] [town] [.] 1 four 2 years 2 years 3 ago [mrs] [wilson] [lived] [just] [this] [side] [of] [the] [hill] [from] [the] [graveyard] [,] [and] [everybody] [in] [north] [point] [called] [her] [a] ["] [crank] [.] ["] they pitied any child she took [,] [they] [said] [.] 1 they 2 pitied 2 pitied 4 child 3 any 4 child 4 child 5 she 4 child 6 took 5 she 6 took it would be worked to death and treated like a slave [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 7 and 4 worked 5 to 4 worked 7 and 5 to 6 death 7 and 8 treated 7 and 9 like 9 like 11 slave 10 a 11 slave at first they tried to [pump] [freda] [concerning] [mrs] [wilson] ['s] treatment of [her] , but [freda] [was] [not] [to] be [pumped] [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 they 3 they 16 but 4 tried 16 but 5 to 12 treatment 12 treatment 13 of 13 of 15 , 15 , 16 but 16 but 21 be she was [a] [quiet] [little] [mite] [,] [with] [big] [,] [wistful] [dark] [eyes] [that] [had] [a] [disconcerting] [fashion] [of] looking [the] gossips out of countenance [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 20 looking 20 looking 24 of 22 gossips 24 of 23 out 24 of 24 of 25 countenance " [mrs] [wilson] [,] " [freda] [said] [timidly] [that] [night] [,] ["] [why] [haven't] [we] [got] [a] [grave] [?] ["] 1 " 5 " mrs [.] wilson [averred] [that] [such] [a] [question] [gave] [her] [the] ["] [creeps] [.] ["] 1 mrs 3 wilson " [you] [ought] to be very thankful [that] [we] [haven't] , " she said severely [.] 1 " 14 said 4 to 5 be 4 to 11 , 4 to 13 she 5 be 7 thankful 6 very 7 thankful 11 , 12 " 13 she 14 said 14 said 15 severely " [that] [graveyard] [day] is a heathenish custom [,] [anyhow] [.] 1 " 5 is 5 is 8 custom 6 a 7 heathenish 6 a 8 custom if [i] [had] [a] [grave] there [,] [i] [wouldn't] [make] [a] [flower] [garden] [of] [it] [!] ["] 1 if 6 there freda did not go to the graveyard the next day , although it was a holiday [.] 1 freda 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 go 3 not 4 go 4 go 5 to 4 go 10 day 4 go 12 although 5 to 7 graveyard 6 the 7 graveyard 8 the 9 next 9 next 10 day 11 , 12 although 12 although 13 it 13 it 14 was 14 was 16 holiday 15 a 16 holiday the plots were [all] very neat and prettily set out with plants and bulbs [.] 1 the 2 plots 2 plots 7 and 2 plots 13 and 3 were 6 neat 3 were 7 and 5 very 6 neat 7 and 9 set 7 and 10 out 7 and 11 with 8 prettily 9 set 11 with 12 plants 13 and 14 bulbs some perennials were already in bud [.] 1 some 2 perennials 1 some 5 in 1 some 6 bud 2 perennials 3 were 3 were 4 already 3 were 5 in the [grave] of [katie] [morris] ['] [great-uncle] , who had been dead for forty years [,] [was] [covered] [with] [blossoming] [purple] [pansies] [.] 1 the 3 of 3 of 8 , 8 , 9 who 9 who 10 had 10 had 11 been 11 been 12 dead 12 dead 13 for 13 for 15 years 14 forty 15 years every grave [,] [no] [matter] [how] [small] [or] [old] [,] [had] [its] [share] [of] [promise] [every] [grave] [except] [one] [.] 1 every 2 grave freda came across it with a feeling of surprise [.] 1 freda 2 came 2 came 3 across 2 came 5 with 3 across 4 it 5 with 7 feeling 6 a 7 feeling 7 feeling 8 of 8 of 9 surprise it was away down in the lower corner where there were no plots [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 away 2 was 4 down 4 down 5 in 4 down 9 where 5 in 8 corner 6 the 8 corner 7 lower 8 corner 8 corner 9 where 9 where 10 there 9 where 11 were 10 there 11 were 11 were 13 plots 12 no 13 plots it was shut off from the others by a growth of young poplars and was sunken and overgrown with blueberry shrubs [.] 1 it 14 and 2 was 3 shut 2 was 14 and 3 shut 4 off 3 shut 5 from 3 shut 8 by 5 from 7 others 6 the 7 others 7 others 8 by 8 by 10 growth 9 a 10 growth 10 growth 11 of 11 of 13 poplars 12 young 13 poplars 14 and 15 was 15 was 17 and 16 sunken 17 and 17 and 18 overgrown 18 overgrown 19 with 19 with 21 shrubs 20 blueberry 21 shrubs there [was] [no] [headstone] , and it looked dismally neglected [.] 1 there 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 it 6 and 8 looked 7 it 8 looked 8 looked 9 dismally 8 looked 10 neglected freda felt [a] sympathy for it [.] 1 freda 2 felt 2 felt 4 sympathy 2 felt 5 for 4 sympathy 5 for 5 for 6 it she had [no] [grave] , and this grave had nobody to tend it or care for it [.] 1 she 5 , 2 had 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 grave 6 and 9 had 7 this 8 grave 8 grave 9 had 9 had 10 nobody 9 had 11 to 11 to 14 or 12 tend 13 it 12 tend 14 or 14 or 15 care 15 care 16 for 16 for 17 it when she went home she [asked] [mrs] [.] [wilson] [whose] it was [.] 1 when 2 she 1 when 3 went 1 when 5 she 2 she 3 went 3 went 4 home 5 she 12 was 11 it 12 was " [humph] [!] " [said] [mrs] [wilson] [.] 1 " 4 " " [if] [you] [have] so [much] [spare] [time] [lying] [round] [loose] [,] [you] ['d] [better] [put] [it] [into] [your] [sewing] [instead] [of] [prowling] [about] [graveyards] [.] 1 " 5 so do you expect me to work my fingers to the bone making clothes for you [?] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 expect 3 expect 4 me 3 expect 5 to 3 expect 6 work 5 to 6 work 6 work 8 fingers 6 work 9 to 7 my 8 fingers 8 fingers 9 to 9 to 11 bone 10 the 11 bone 11 bone 12 making 12 making 13 clothes 12 making 14 for 13 clothes 14 for 14 for 15 you i wish [i] ['d] [left] [you] [in] [the] [asylum] [.] 1 i 2 wish that [grave] is [jordan] [slade] ['s] [,] [i] [suppose] [.] 1 that 3 is he died [twenty] [years] [ago] , and a worthless , drunken scamp [he] was [.] 1 he 6 , 2 died 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 scamp 7 and 14 was 8 a 9 worthless 8 a 12 scamp 9 worthless 10 , 9 worthless 12 scamp 11 drunken 12 scamp 12 scamp 14 was he hasn't any relations here [.] 1 he 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 4 relations 3 any 4 relations 4 relations 5 here there was a sister , a little girl of ten , who used to live [with] [the] [cogswells] [over] [at] [east] [point] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 sister 3 a 4 sister 4 sister 8 girl 5 , 8 girl 6 a 7 little 6 a 8 girl 7 little 8 girl 8 girl 9 of 8 girl 11 , 9 of 10 ten 11 , 12 who 11 , 13 used 12 who 13 used 13 used 14 to 13 used 15 live 14 to 15 live after [jord] [died] [,] [some] [rich] [folks] [saw] [her] [and] [was] [so] [struck] [with] [her] [good] [looks] that [they] [took] [her] [away] [with] [them] [.] 1 after 18 that i don't know what become [of] her , and [i] don't care [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 9 and 5 become 7 her 5 become 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 care 11 don't 12 care go and bring the cows up [.] ["] 1 go 2 and 2 and 3 bring 3 bring 5 cows 3 bring 6 up 4 the 5 cows when [freda] [went] [to] [bed] [that] [night] [her] [mind] was [made] [up] [.] 1 when 10 was she would adopt [jordan] [slade] ['s] [grave] [.] 1 she 2 would 2 would 3 adopt thereafter , [freda] [spent] [her] [few] [precious] spare-time [moments] [in] [the] [graveyard] [.] 1 thereafter 2 , 1 thereafter 8 spare-time she brought ferns from the woods to plant about it [.] 1 she 2 brought 2 brought 3 ferns 2 brought 4 from 3 ferns 4 from 4 from 6 woods 5 the 6 woods 6 woods 7 to 6 woods 8 plant 7 to 8 plant 8 plant 9 about 9 about 10 it she [planted] [,] [weeded] [and] watered [faithfully] , and her efforts were rewarded [.] 1 she 8 , 6 watered 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 efforts 9 and 12 were 10 her 11 efforts 12 were 13 rewarded " [her] " [grave] [soon] [looked] [as] [nice] [as] [any] [in] [the] [graveyard] [.] 1 " 3 " nobody [but] [freda] knew [about] [it] [.] 1 nobody 4 knew the poplar growth concealed the corner from sight [,] [and] [everybody] [had] [quite] [forgotten] [poor] [,] [disreputable] [jordan] [slade] ['s] [grave] [.] 1 the 3 growth 2 poplar 3 growth 3 growth 4 concealed 4 concealed 6 corner 5 the 6 corner 6 corner 7 from 7 from 8 sight at least [,] it seemed as if everybody had [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 4 it 4 it 5 seemed 5 seemed 7 if 6 as 7 if 7 if 8 everybody 7 if 9 had 8 everybody 9 had the lady gave a little start when she saw [freda] with her can of water [.] 1 the 2 lady 2 lady 3 gave 3 gave 6 start 3 gave 11 with 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 start 5 little 6 start 6 start 7 when 6 start 11 with 7 when 8 she 7 when 9 saw 8 she 9 saw 11 with 13 can 12 her 13 can 13 can 14 of 14 of 15 water " [can] [you] [tell] [me] [who] [has] [been] [looking] [after] [this] [grave] ? " she said [.] 1 " 16 said 13 ? 14 " 13 ? 15 she 15 she 16 said " [it] [it] [was] [i] [,] " [faltered] [freda] [,] [wondering] [if] [the] [lady] [would] [be] [angry] [with] [her] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [pleas] ['m] [,] [it] [was] [i] [,] [but] [i] [didn't] [mean] [any] [harm] [.] all the other little girls had [a] [grave] , [and] [i] [hadn't] [any] [,] [so] [i] [just] [adopted] [this] [one] [.] ["] 1 all 2 the 1 all 5 girls 1 all 6 had 2 the 3 other 3 other 5 girls 4 little 5 girls 6 had 9 , " [did] [you] [know] [whose] [it] [was] [?] ["] asked the lady gently [.] 1 " 10 asked 10 asked 12 lady 10 asked 13 gently 11 the 12 lady ["] [yes] ['m] [jordan] [slade] ['s] [.] [mrs] [wilson] [told] [me] [.] ["] " [jordan] [slade] [was] [my] [brother] [,] ["] said the lady [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 lady 10 the 11 lady " he went sadly astray [,] [but] [he] was [not] all [bad] [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 9 was 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 sadly 3 went 5 astray 9 was 11 all he was weak and too easily influenced [.] 1 he 4 and 2 was 3 weak 2 was 4 and 4 and 7 influenced 5 too 6 easily 6 easily 7 influenced but whatever his faults , he was [good] and [kind] [oh] [!] so good and kind to me [when] [i] was [a] [child] [.] 1 but 6 he 1 but 21 was 2 whatever 3 his 2 whatever 4 faults 2 whatever 5 , 2 whatever 6 he 3 his 4 faults 6 he 7 was 7 was 15 and 9 and 13 so 13 so 14 good 14 good 15 and 15 and 16 kind 16 kind 17 to 17 to 18 me i loved him with all my heart [.] 1 i 2 loved 2 loved 3 him 2 loved 4 with 4 with 5 all 5 all 6 my 5 all 7 heart 6 my 7 heart i expected to find it neglected [.] 1 i 2 expected 2 expected 3 to 2 expected 4 find 3 to 4 find 4 find 5 it 5 it 6 neglected i cannot tell you how [pleased] [and] [touched] [i] [am] [to] [find] [it] [kept] [so] [beautifully] [.] 1 i 2 cannot 2 cannot 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 how thank you over and over again [,] [my] [dear] [child] [!] ["] 1 thank 2 you 1 thank 5 over 1 thank 6 again 3 over 4 and 4 and 5 over " [then] [you] ['re] [not] [cross] [,] ma'am [?] ["] said [freda] [eagerly] [.] 1 " 11 said 8 ma'am 11 said ["] [and] [i] [may] [go] [on] [looking] [after] [it] [,] [may] [i] [?] oh , it [just] seems [as] [if] [i] [couldn't] [bear] [not] [to] [!] ["] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 5 seems 3 it 5 seems ["] [you] [may] [look] [after] [it] [as] [long] [as] [you] [want] [to] [,] [my] [dear] [.] i will help you , too [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 help 3 help 4 you 3 help 6 too 5 , 6 too i am to be at [east] [point] all [summer] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 at 5 at 8 all this will be our grave [yours] and mine [.] ["] 1 this 2 will 2 will 3 be 2 will 7 and 3 be 5 grave 4 our 5 grave 7 and 8 mine that [summer] was a [wonderful] one [for] [freda] [.] 1 that 3 was 3 was 6 one 4 a 6 one she had found a firm friend in [mrs] [halliday] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 6 friend 3 found 7 in 4 a 5 firm 4 a 6 friend the latter was a wealthy woman [.] 1 the 2 latter 2 latter 3 was 3 was 6 woman 4 a 5 wealthy 4 a 6 woman 5 wealthy 6 woman her husband had died a short time previously [and] [she] [had] [no] [children] [.] 1 her 2 husband 2 husband 3 had 3 had 4 died 4 died 7 time 4 died 8 previously 5 a 6 short 5 a 7 time 6 short 7 time when she went away in [the] [fall] , [freda] went with her " to be her own little girl [for] [always] [.] ["] 1 when 2 she 1 when 3 went 1 when 10 went 2 she 3 went 3 went 4 away 3 went 5 in 5 in 8 , 10 went 11 with 10 went 14 to 11 with 12 her 12 her 13 " 14 to 15 be 15 be 19 girl 16 her 17 own 16 her 19 girl 18 little 19 girl mrs [wilson] [consented] [grudgingly] [to] [give] [freda] up [,] [although] [she] [grumbled] [a] [great] [deal] [about] ingratitude [.] 1 mrs 8 up 8 up 17 ingratitude before they went they paid a farewell visit to their grave [.] 1 before 2 they 1 before 3 went 1 before 4 they 2 they 3 went 4 they 5 paid 5 paid 8 visit 5 paid 9 to 6 a 8 visit 7 farewell 8 visit 8 visit 9 to 9 to 11 grave 10 their 11 grave [mrs] [halliday] [had] [arranged] [with] [some] [of] [the] [north] [point] [people] [to] [keep] [it] [well] [attended] [to] [,] [but] [freda] [cried] [at] [leaving] [it] [.] " [don't] [feel] [badly] [about] [it] [,] [dear] [,] " [comforted] [mrs] [halliday] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [we] [are] [coming] [back] [every] [summer] [to] [see] [it] [.] it will always be our grave [.] ["] 1 it 2 will 2 will 4 be 3 always 4 be 4 be 6 grave 5 our 6 grave freda slipped [her] [hand] [into] [mrs] [halliday] ['s] and smiled up at her [.] 1 freda 9 and 2 slipped 9 and 9 and 10 smiled 9 and 11 up 9 and 12 at 12 at 13 her " [i] ['d] [never] [have] [found] [you] [,] [aunty] [,] if it hadn't been for this grave [,] ["] she said happily [.] 1 " 21 said 11 if 12 it 11 if 14 been 11 if 20 she 12 it 13 hadn't 13 hadn't 14 been 14 been 15 for 15 for 17 grave 16 this 17 grave 20 she 21 said 21 said 22 happily " [i] ['m] so [glad] [i] [adopted] [it] [.] ["] 1 " 4 so [how] [don] [was] [saved] " [you] [look] [as] [if] [you] [had] [a] [corner] [in] [time] [,] [curt] [,] " [said] [will] [.] 1 " 15 " ["] [i] [call] [that] [luck] [,] [for] [i] [want] [you] [to] [go] [chestnutting] [up] [to] [grier] ['s] [hill] [with] [me] [.] i [met] [old] [tom] [grier] [on] [the] [road] [yesterday] [,] [and] [he] [told] [me] [i] might go [any] [day] [.] 1 i 16 might 16 might 17 go nice old man [,] [tom] [grier] [.] ["] 1 nice 3 man 2 old 3 man " [good] [!] ["] said [curtis] [heartily] [,] [as] he sprang [up] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 10 he 10 he 11 sprang ["] [if] [i] [haven't] [exactly] [a] [corner] [in] [time] [,] [i] [have] [a] [day] [off] [,] [at] [least] [.] uncle doesn't need me today [.] 1 uncle 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 need 3 need 4 me 3 need 5 today [wait] [till] [i] [whistle] [for] [don] [.] may [as] well [take] [him] [with] [us] [.] ["] 1 may 3 well curtis whistled accordingly [,] [but] [don] [,] [his] [handsome] [newfoundland] [dog] [,] [did] [not] [appear] [.] 1 curtis 2 whistled 2 whistled 3 accordingly [after] [calling] [and] [whistling] [about] [the] [yard] [and] [barns] [for] [several] [minutes] [,] [curtis] [turned] [away] [disappointedly] [.] ["] [he] [can't] [be] [anywhere] [around] [.] it is very strange [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 strange 3 very 4 strange " [don] [hates] [to] [be] [shut] [up] [,] [howls] [all] [the] [time] so [mournfully] [that] [i] [can't] [stand] [it] [,] ["] [responded] [curtis] [.] 1 " 13 so i saw [don] myself [one] [evening] [last] [week] [ambling] [down] [the] [harbour] [road] with that [big] [brown] [dog] [of] [sam] [ventnor] ['s] [.] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 4 myself 2 saw 14 with 14 with 15 that ventnor 's dog is beginning to have a bad reputation [,] [you] [know] [.] 1 ventnor 2 's 2 's 3 dog 3 dog 4 is 4 is 5 beginning 5 beginning 6 to 5 beginning 7 have 6 to 7 have 7 have 10 reputation 8 a 9 bad 8 a 10 reputation 9 bad 10 reputation there have been several sheep worried lately [,] [and] ["] 1 there 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 5 sheep 4 several 5 sheep 5 sheep 6 worried 6 worried 7 lately " [don] [wouldn't] [touch] [a] [sheep] [!] " [interrupted] [curtis] [hotly] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [daresay] [not] [,] [not] [yet] [.] but [ventnor] ['s] [dog] [is] [under] [suspicion] , and if [don] [runs] [with] [him] he 'll learn the trick sure as preaching [.] 1 but 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 15 he 9 and 17 learn 10 if 15 he 15 he 16 'll 16 'll 17 learn 17 learn 19 trick 18 the 19 trick 19 trick 20 sure 20 sure 21 as 21 as 22 preaching better [keep] [don] [shut] [up] [awhile] , [let] [him] [howl] [as] [he] [likes] [.] " 1 better 7 , 7 , 15 " " [i] [believe] [i] [will] [,] " [said] [curtis] [soberly] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [don't] [want] [don] [to] [fall] [under] [suspicion] [of] [sheep-worrying] [,] [though] [i] ['m] [sure] he would [never] do it [.] 1 " 17 he 17 he 18 would 18 would 20 do 20 do 21 it [anyhow] [,] [i] [don't] [want] [him] [to] [run] [with] [ventnor] ['s] [dog] [.] i 'll chain him up in the barn [when] [i] [go] [home] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 chain 3 chain 4 him 3 chain 5 up 3 chain 6 in 6 in 8 barn 7 the 8 barn i couldn't stand it if anything happened [to] [don] [.] 1 i 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 stand 3 stand 4 it 3 stand 5 if 5 if 6 anything 5 if 7 happened 6 anything 7 happened after you , [he] ['s] [the] [only] [chum] [i] ['ve] [got] and he 's a good one [.] ["] 1 after 2 you 1 after 3 , 1 after 13 he 3 , 12 and 13 he 14 's 14 's 17 one 15 a 16 good 15 a 17 one 16 good 17 one will agreed [.] 1 will 2 agreed he was almost [as] [fond] [of] [don] [as] [curtis] [was] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 almost but he did not feel so sure that the dog would not worry a sheep [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 feel 4 not 5 feel 5 feel 7 sure 6 so 7 sure 7 sure 8 that 8 that 10 dog 8 that 13 worry 9 the 10 dog 10 dog 11 would 11 would 12 not 11 would 13 worry 12 not 13 worry 13 worry 15 sheep 14 a 15 sheep will knew that [don] was [suspected] [already] [,] but he did not [like] to tell [curtis] [so] [.] 1 will 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 was 5 was 14 to 9 but 10 he 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 12 not 14 to 14 to 15 tell will felt decidedly relieved [to] find that [curtis] [took] [his] [advice] [in] [the] [spirit] [in] [which] it was [offered] [.] 1 will 2 felt 1 will 6 find 2 felt 4 relieved 3 decidedly 4 relieved 6 find 7 that 7 that 17 it 7 that 18 was 17 it 18 was " [nearly] [everybody] [on] [the] [hollow] [farms] [,] " [answered] [will] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [until] [last] [week] [nobody] [on] [the] [hill] [farms] [had] [lost] [any] [.] [but] [tuesday] [night] [old] [paul] [stockton] [had] [six] [fine] [sheep] [killed] [in] [his] [upland] [pasture] [behind] [the] [fir] [woods] [.] he is furious about it , [i] believe , and vows he 'll find out what dog did it and have him shot [.] ["] 1 he 10 and 2 is 3 furious 2 is 10 and 3 furious 4 about 4 about 5 it 6 , 8 believe 6 , 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 20 and 11 vows 12 he 11 vows 15 out 11 vows 20 and 12 he 13 'll 13 'll 15 out 14 find 15 out 15 out 16 what 16 what 17 dog 17 dog 18 did 18 did 19 it 20 and 21 have 21 have 22 him 21 have 23 shot curtis looked grave [.] 1 curtis 2 looked 2 looked 3 grave moreover , [curtis] [remembered] [with] [a] [sinking] [heart] that [wednesday] [morning] [had] [been] [one] [of] [the] [mornings] [upon] [which] [don] [was] [missing] [.] 1 moreover 2 , 1 moreover 9 that " [but] [i] [don't] [care] [!] " he thought miserably [.] 1 " 9 thought 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 thought 9 thought 10 miserably " [i] [know] [don] [didn't] [kill] [those] [sheep] [.] " 1 " 10 " she was due three days ago [and] [there] ['s] [no] [sign] [of] [her] [yet] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 due 3 due 6 ago 4 three 5 days 5 days 6 ago and there have been two bad gales since [she] [left] [morro] [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 4 been 2 there 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 7 gales 4 been 8 since 5 two 7 gales 6 bad 7 gales oscar [stockton] [is] on [board] of [her] , you know , and his father is worried about him [.] 1 oscar 4 on 4 on 18 him 6 of 11 , 8 , 9 you 8 , 11 , 9 you 10 know 11 , 12 and 12 and 15 is 13 his 14 father 14 father 15 is 15 is 16 worried 16 worried 17 about 17 about 18 him there [are] [five] [other] [men] [on] [her] , all [from] [the] [harbour] , and their folks down there are pretty [wild] [about] [the] [schooner] [.] ["] 1 there 8 , 8 , 14 and 9 all 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 folks 14 and 17 down 14 and 19 are 15 their 16 folks 17 down 18 there 19 are 20 pretty nothing more was said about the sheep , [and] [soon] [,] in the pleasures of [chestnutting] , [curtis] [forgot] [his] [anxiety] [.] 1 nothing 2 more 1 nothing 3 was 1 nothing 4 said 2 more 3 was 4 said 5 about 4 said 8 , 5 about 7 sheep 6 the 7 sheep 8 , 12 in 12 in 17 , 13 the 14 pleasures 14 pleasures 15 of 15 of 17 , [old] [tom] [grier] [had] [called] [to] [the] [boys] [as] [they] [passed] [his] [house] [to] [come] [back] [and] [have] [dinner] [there] [when] [the] [time] [came] [.] his uncle was standing before the open barn doors , talking to an elderly , grizzled man with a thin , shrewd face [.] 1 his 2 uncle 2 uncle 3 was 3 was 4 standing 4 standing 5 before 4 standing 12 to 4 standing 18 with 5 before 10 , 6 the 9 doors 7 open 8 barn 8 barn 9 doors 9 doors 10 , 10 , 11 talking 12 to 17 man 13 an 17 man 14 elderly 15 , 14 elderly 17 man 16 grizzled 17 man 17 man 18 with 18 with 23 face 19 a 23 face 20 thin 21 , 20 thin 23 face 22 shrewd 23 face curtis 's heart sank as he recognized [old] [paul] [stockton] [.] 1 curtis 2 's 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 sank 4 sank 5 as 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 recognized what could have brought him over [?] 1 what 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 brought 4 brought 5 him 4 brought 6 over " [curtis] [,] " [called] [his] [uncle] [,] ["] [come] [here] [.] ["] 1 " 4 " as [curtis] [crossed] [the] [yard] , [don] [came] [bounding] [down] [the] [slope] [from] [the] [house] to meet him [.] 1 as 6 , 6 , 16 to 16 to 17 meet 17 meet 18 him he put his hand on the dog 's big head [and] [the] [two] [of] [them] [walked] [slowly] [to] [the] [barn] [.] 1 he 2 put 2 put 4 hand 2 put 5 on 3 his 4 hand 5 on 10 head 6 the 7 dog 7 dog 8 's 8 's 10 head 9 big 10 head [old] [paul] [included] [them] [both] [in] [a] [vindictive] [scowl] [.] " [curtis] [,] ["] said his uncle gravely , " here 's a bad business [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 uncle 5 said 8 gravely 5 said 9 , 5 said 11 here 5 said 12 's 6 his 7 uncle 9 , 10 " 11 here 12 's 12 's 15 business 13 a 15 business 14 bad 15 business [mr] [stockton] [tells] [me] [that] [your] [dog] [has] [been] [worrying] [his] [sheep] [.] ["] " [it] ['s] [a] " [began] [curtis] [angrily] [.] 1 " 5 " then he checked himself and went on more calmly [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 and 3 checked 4 himself 3 checked 5 and 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 on 6 went 9 calmly 7 on 8 more " [that] [can't] [be] so [,] [mr] [stockton] [.] 1 " 5 so my dog would not harm anything [.] ["] 1 my 2 dog 2 dog 3 would 3 would 4 not 3 would 5 harm 4 not 5 harm 5 harm 6 anything " he [killed] [or] [helped] [to] [kill] [six] [of] [the] [finest] [sheep] [in] [my] [flock] [!] ["] retorted [old] [paul] [.] 1 " 18 retorted 2 he 18 retorted " [what] [proof] [have] [you] [of] [it] [?] " [demanded] [curtis] [,] [trying] [to] [keep] [his] [anger] [within] [bounds] [.] 1 " 9 " " [abner] [peck] [saw] [your] [dog] [and] [ventnor] ['s] [running] [together] [through] [my] [sheep] [pasture] [at] [sundown] [on] [tuesday] [evening] [,] " [answered] [old] [paul] [.] 1 " 22 " ["] [wednesday] [morning] [i] [found] [this] [in] [the] [corner] [of] [the] [pasture] [where] [the] [sheep] [were] [worried] [.] your uncle admits that it was tied around your dog 's neck on [tuesday] [.] ["] 1 your 2 uncle 2 uncle 3 admits 3 admits 4 that 4 that 5 it 4 that 7 tied 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 tied 7 tied 8 around 7 tied 13 on 8 around 12 neck 9 your 10 dog 10 dog 11 's 11 's 12 neck and [old] [paul] [held] [out] [triumphantly] a [faded] [red] [ribbon] [.] 1 and 7 a curtis recognized it at a glance [.] 1 curtis 2 recognized 2 recognized 3 it 2 recognized 4 at 4 at 6 glance 5 a 6 glance it was [the] ribbon [his] [little] [cousin] [,] [lena] [,] [had] [tied] [around] [don] ['s] [neck] [tuesday] [afternoon] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 ribbon he [remembered] [how] [they] had laughed at the effect of that frivolous red collar and bow on [don] ['s] [massive] [body] [.] 1 he 5 had 5 had 6 laughed 6 laughed 7 at 7 at 9 effect 8 the 9 effect 9 effect 10 of 10 of 15 and 11 that 14 collar 12 frivolous 14 collar 13 red 14 collar 14 collar 15 and 15 and 16 bow 15 and 17 on " [i] ['m] [sure] [don] [isn't] [guilty] [!] " he cried passionately [.] 1 " 11 cried 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 cried 11 cried 12 passionately [mr] [locksley] [shook] [his] [head] [.] " [i] ['m] [afraid] he is , [curtis] [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 , the case looks very black against him [,] [and] [sheep-stealing] [is] [a] [serious] [offence] [.] ["] 1 the 2 case 2 case 3 looks 3 looks 5 black 4 very 5 black 5 black 6 against 6 against 7 him " [the] [dog] [must] [be] [shot] [,] ["] said [old] [paul] decidedly [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 decidedly ["] [i] [leave] [the] [matter] [in] [your] [hands] [,] [mr] [locksley] [.] as [old] [paul] [strode] [away] , [curtis] [looked] [beseechingly] [at] [his] [uncle] [.] 1 as 6 , " [don] [mustn't] [be] [shot] , [uncle] [!] " he said desperately [.] 1 " 11 said 6 , 9 " 6 , 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 desperately " [i] ['ll] [chain] [him] [up] [all] [the] [time] [.] " 1 " 11 " " and [have] [him] [howling] [night] and day [as] [if] [we] had [a] [brood] [of] [banshees] [about] [the] [place] [?] ["] said [mr] [locksley] [sarcastically] [.] 1 " 22 said 2 and 7 and 2 and 12 had 7 and 8 day 12 had 22 said he was a stern man with little sentiment in his nature and no understanding [whatever] [of] [curtis] ['s] [affection] [for] [don] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 man 3 a 5 man 4 stern 5 man 5 man 6 with 6 with 8 sentiment 7 little 8 sentiment 8 sentiment 9 in 9 in 12 and 10 his 11 nature 11 nature 12 and 12 and 14 understanding 13 no 14 understanding the [bayside] [people] said that [arnold] [locksley] [had] [always] [been] [very] [severe] [with] [his] [nephew] [.] 1 the 4 said 4 said 5 that ["] [no] [,] [no] [,] [curtis] [,] [you] [must] [look] [at] [the] [matter] [sensibly] [.] the dog is a nuisance and must be shot [.] 1 the 2 dog 2 dog 6 and 3 is 5 nuisance 3 is 6 and 4 a 5 nuisance 6 and 7 must 7 must 8 be 8 be 9 shot you can't keep him shut up forever , and , if he has once learned the trick of sheep-worrying , he will never forget it [.] 1 you 8 , 2 can't 3 keep 2 can't 8 , 3 keep 4 him 3 keep 5 shut 5 shut 6 up 5 shut 7 forever 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 , 9 and 21 he 9 and 24 forget 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 he 11 if 15 learned 11 if 20 , 11 if 21 he 12 he 13 has 13 has 15 learned 14 once 15 learned 15 learned 17 trick 16 the 17 trick 17 trick 18 of 18 of 19 sheep-worrying 21 he 22 will 22 will 24 forget 23 never 24 forget 24 forget 25 it you can get another dog if you must have one [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 get 3 get 5 dog 3 get 6 if 4 another 5 dog 6 if 7 you 6 if 9 have 7 you 8 must 8 must 9 have 9 have 10 one i 'll get [charles] [pippey] to come [and] [shoot] [don] [tomorrow] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 get 3 get 6 to 6 to 7 come no [sulking] [now] , [curtis] [.] 1 no 4 , you are [too] [big] a boy for that [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 6 boy 2 are 7 for 5 a 6 boy 6 boy 7 for 7 for 8 that tie the dog up for the night and then go and put the calves in [.] 1 tie 3 dog 1 tie 8 and 2 the 3 dog 3 dog 4 up 4 up 5 for 5 for 7 night 6 the 7 night 8 and 11 and 9 then 10 go 10 go 11 and 11 and 12 put 12 put 14 calves 12 put 15 in 13 the 14 calves there is a storm coming [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 storm 3 a 4 storm 4 storm 5 coming the wind is blowing hard from the northeast now [.] ["] 1 the 2 wind 2 wind 3 is 3 is 4 blowing 4 blowing 5 hard 4 blowing 9 now 5 hard 6 from 6 from 8 northeast 7 the 8 northeast his uncle walked away , leaving the boy white and miserable in the yard [.] 1 his 2 uncle 2 uncle 3 walked 3 walked 4 away 3 walked 6 leaving 5 , 6 leaving 6 leaving 8 boy 6 leaving 10 and 7 the 8 boy 9 white 10 and 10 and 11 miserable 11 miserable 12 in 12 in 14 yard 13 the 14 yard he looked at [don] , who sat on his haunches and returned his gaze frankly and open-heartedly [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 5 , 5 , 11 and 6 who 11 and 7 sat 8 on 7 sat 11 and 8 on 10 haunches 9 his 10 haunches 11 and 12 returned 12 returned 14 gaze 12 returned 15 frankly 12 returned 17 open-heartedly 13 his 14 gaze 16 and 17 open-heartedly he did not look like a guilty dog [.] 1 he 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 look 3 not 4 look 4 look 5 like 5 like 8 dog 6 a 8 dog 7 guilty 8 dog could it be possible that he had really worried those sheep [?] 1 could 2 it 1 could 3 be 3 be 4 possible 4 possible 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 9 worried 6 he 7 had 7 had 9 worried 8 really 9 worried 9 worried 11 sheep 10 those 11 sheep " [i] ['ll] [never] [believe] [it] [of] [you] [,] [old] [fellow] [!] " 1 " 13 " curtis said , as he led the dog into a corner of the carriage house and tied him up there [.] 1 curtis 2 said 2 said 3 , 2 said 16 and 4 as 5 he 4 as 6 led 4 as 16 and 5 he 6 led 6 led 8 dog 6 led 9 into 7 the 8 dog 9 into 11 corner 10 a 11 corner 11 corner 12 of 12 of 14 carriage 13 the 14 carriage 15 house 16 and 16 and 17 tied 17 tied 18 him 17 tied 19 up 17 tied 20 there then he flung himself down on a pile of sacks beside him and buried his face in [don] ['s] [curly] black fur [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 13 and 3 flung 4 himself 3 flung 5 down 3 flung 6 on 3 flung 11 beside 3 flung 13 and 6 on 10 sacks 7 a 8 pile 8 pile 9 of 8 pile 10 sacks 9 of 10 sacks 10 sacks 11 beside 11 beside 12 him 13 and 14 buried 13 and 17 in 14 buried 16 face 15 his 16 face 16 face 17 in 17 in 22 fur 21 black 22 fur the boy felt sullen , rebellious and wretched [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 felt 3 felt 7 and 4 sullen 5 , 5 , 6 rebellious 5 , 7 and 7 and 8 wretched he lay there until dark , thinking his own bitter thoughts and listening to the rapidly increasing gale [.] 1 he 2 lay 2 lay 3 there 2 lay 4 until 2 lay 14 to 4 until 7 thinking 5 dark 6 , 5 dark 7 thinking 8 his 9 own 9 own 12 and 10 bitter 11 thoughts 11 thoughts 12 and 12 and 13 listening 12 and 14 to 14 to 18 gale 15 the 18 gale 16 rapidly 17 increasing 17 increasing 18 gale finally he got up [and] [flung] [off] after the calves [,] [with] [don] ['s] [melancholy] [howls] [at] [finding] [himself] [deserted] [ringing] [in] [his] [ears] [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 got 3 got 4 up 4 up 8 after 8 after 10 calves 9 the 10 calves he 'll be quiet enough tomorrow night , thought [curtis] [wretchedly] , as he went upstairs to bed after housing the calves [.] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 8 , 3 be 4 quiet 3 be 8 , 4 quiet 5 enough 4 quiet 6 tomorrow 6 tomorrow 7 night 8 , 12 , 9 thought 12 , 12 , 18 bed 13 as 14 he 13 as 15 went 14 he 15 went 15 went 16 upstairs 15 went 17 to 17 to 18 bed 18 bed 19 after 18 bed 22 calves 19 after 20 housing 21 the 22 calves for a [long] while he lay awake , but finally dropped into a heavy slumber which lasted until his aunt called him for milking [.] 1 for 4 while 1 for 5 he 2 a 4 while 5 he 9 but 6 lay 7 awake 6 lay 9 but 8 , 9 but 9 but 11 dropped 10 finally 11 dropped 11 dropped 12 into 12 into 15 slumber 13 a 14 heavy 13 a 15 slumber 14 heavy 15 slumber 15 slumber 16 which 15 slumber 17 lasted 16 which 17 lasted 17 lasted 18 until 17 lasted 23 for 18 until 20 aunt 19 his 20 aunt 20 aunt 21 called 20 aunt 23 for 21 called 22 him 23 for 24 milking the wind was blowing more furiously than ever [.] 1 the 2 wind 2 wind 3 was 3 was 4 blowing 4 blowing 6 furiously 4 blowing 8 ever 5 more 6 furiously 7 than 8 ever up over the fields came the roar and crash of the surges on the outside shore [.] 1 up 2 over 1 up 5 came 2 over 4 fields 3 the 4 fields 5 came 8 and 6 the 7 roar 7 roar 8 and 8 and 9 crash 8 and 10 of 10 of 12 surges 11 the 12 surges 12 surges 13 on 13 on 16 shore 14 the 16 shore 15 outside 16 shore the [harbour] [to] [the] east [of] [bayside] was rough and stormy [.] 1 the 5 east 5 east 8 was 8 was 10 and 9 rough 10 and 10 and 11 stormy they were just [rising] [from] [breakfast] [when] [will] [barrie] [burst] [into] [the] [kitchen] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 just " [the] [amy] [reade] [is] [ashore] [on] [gleeson] ['s] [rocks] [!] " he shouted [.] 1 " 14 shouted 12 " 13 he 13 he 14 shouted ["] [struck] [there] [at] [daylight] [this] [morning] [!] come on , [curt] [!] ["] 1 come 2 on 1 come 3 , curtis sprang for his cap , his uncle following suit more deliberately [.] 1 curtis 2 sprang 2 sprang 3 for 2 sprang 12 deliberately 3 for 6 , 4 his 5 cap 5 cap 6 , 6 , 10 suit 7 his 10 suit 8 uncle 10 suit 9 following 10 suit 11 more 12 deliberately as [the] [two] [boys] [ran] [through] the [yard] [,] [curtis] [heard] [don] howling [.] 1 as 13 howling 7 the 13 howling " [i] ['ll] [take] [him] [with] [me] [!] " he muttered [.] 1 " 11 muttered 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 muttered " [wait] [a] [minute] [,] [will] [.] " 1 " 8 " the [harbour] road was thronged with people hurrying to the outside shore [,] [for] [the] [news] [of] [the] [amy] [readers] [disaster] [had] [spread] [rapidly] [.] 1 the 3 road 3 road 4 was 4 was 5 thronged 5 thronged 6 with 5 thronged 9 to 6 with 7 people 7 people 8 hurrying 7 people 9 to 9 to 12 shore 10 the 12 shore 11 outside 12 shore sam had already been down to the shore and had gone back to tell his father [.] 1 sam 9 and 2 had 4 been 2 had 9 and 3 already 4 been 4 been 5 down 5 down 6 to 6 to 8 shore 7 the 8 shore 9 and 10 had 10 had 11 gone 11 gone 12 back 11 gone 13 to 13 to 14 tell 14 tell 16 father 15 his 16 father as they jolted [along] , he screamed [information] at them over the shriek of the gale [.] 1 as 2 they 1 as 3 jolted 1 as 5 , 1 as 6 he 2 they 3 jolted 6 he 7 screamed 7 screamed 9 at 7 screamed 11 over 9 at 10 them 11 over 13 shriek 12 the 13 shriek 13 shriek 14 of 14 of 16 gale 15 the 16 gale ["] [bad] [business] [,] [this] [!] she 's pounding on a reef ['] bout a quarter of a mile [out] [.] 1 she 2 's 2 's 3 pounding 3 pounding 4 on 3 pounding 13 mile 4 on 8 bout 5 a 6 reef 5 a 8 bout 6 reef 8 bout 9 a 10 quarter 10 quarter 11 of 11 of 13 mile 12 a 13 mile they 're sure she 's going to break up old [tub] [,] [you] [know] [leaky] [rotten] [.] 1 they 2 're 2 're 3 sure 3 sure 4 she 3 sure 5 's 4 she 5 's 5 's 6 going 6 going 7 to 6 going 8 break 7 to 8 break 8 break 9 up 8 break 10 old the sea 's tremenjus high , and the [surfs] going dean over her [.] 1 the 2 sea 2 sea 3 's 3 's 5 high 4 tremenjus 5 high 5 high 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 dean 7 and 12 over 8 the 11 dean 10 going 11 dean 12 over 13 her there can't be no boat launched for hours yet they 'll all be drowned [.] 1 there 2 can't 2 can't 3 be 3 be 5 boat 4 no 5 boat 5 boat 6 launched 5 boat 10 they 5 boat 13 be 5 boat 14 drowned 6 launched 7 for 6 launched 9 yet 7 for 8 hours 10 they 11 'll 11 'll 13 be 12 all 13 be old [paul] ['s] [down] [there] [like] [a] [madman] [offering] [everything] [he] ['s] [got] [to] [the] man [who] ['ll] [save] [oscar] [,] [but] [it] [can't] [be] [done] [.] ["] 1 old 16 man by this time they had reached the shore [,] [which] [was] [black] [with] [excited] [people] [.] 1 by 3 time 1 by 6 reached 2 this 3 time 3 time 4 they 3 time 5 had 4 they 5 had 6 reached 8 shore 7 the 8 shore out [on] [gleeson] ['s] [reef] [the] ill-fated [little] [schooner] [was] [visible] [amid] [the] [flying] [spray] [.] 1 out 7 ill-fated a grizzled [old] [harbour] fisherman , [to] [whom] [sam] [shouted] [a] [question] [,] [shook] [his] [head] [.] 1 a 2 grizzled 1 a 5 fisherman 5 fisherman 6 , ["] [no] [,] [can't] [do] [nothin] ['] [!] no boat [c] 'd live in that [surf] f'r a moment [.] 1 no 2 boat 2 boat 4 'd 4 'd 5 live 5 live 6 in 6 in 11 moment 7 that 9 f'r 7 that 10 a 9 f'r 10 a 10 a 11 moment the schooner 'll go to pieces mighty soon [,] [i] ['m] [feared] [.] 1 the 2 schooner 2 schooner 3 'll 3 'll 4 go 4 go 5 to 4 go 8 soon 5 to 6 pieces 7 mighty 8 soon it 's turrible [!] [turrible] [!] [to] [stan] ['] by an ['] watch yer [neighbours] [drown] [like] [this] [!] ["] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 turrible 3 turrible 10 by 10 by 14 yer 11 an 14 yer 13 watch 14 yer [curtis] [and] [will] [elbowed] [their] [way] [down] [to] [the] [water] ['s] [edge] [.] the relatives of the crew were all there in various stages of [despair] , but [old] [paul] [stockton] [seemed] [like] [a] [man] [demented] [.] 1 the 2 relatives 2 relatives 3 of 2 relatives 6 were 3 of 5 crew 4 the 5 crew 6 were 7 all 6 were 8 there 6 were 9 in 9 in 11 stages 10 various 11 stages 11 stages 12 of 12 of 14 , 14 , 15 but he ran up and down the beach , crying and praying [.] 1 he 2 ran 2 ran 5 down 2 ran 10 and 3 up 4 and 4 and 5 down 6 the 7 beach 7 beach 8 , 8 , 9 crying 8 , 10 and 10 and 11 praying his only son was on [the] [amy] [reade] , and he could do nothing to save him [!] 1 his 2 only 1 his 3 son 3 son 4 was 4 was 5 on 5 on 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 do 13 do 14 nothing 13 do 15 to 15 to 16 save 16 save 17 him " [what] [are] they [doing] [?] ["] asked [will] [of] [martin] [clark] [.] 1 " 8 asked 4 they 8 asked " [trying] [to] [get] [a] [line] [ashore] [by] [throwing] [out] [a] [small] [rope] [with] [a] [stick] [tied] [to] [it] [,] " [answered] [martin] [.] 1 " 21 " ["] [it] ['s] [young] [stockton] [that] ['s] [trying] [now] [.] but it isn't any use [.] 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 isn't 3 isn't 5 use 4 any 5 use the cross-currents on that reef are too powerful [.] ["] 1 the 2 cross-currents 2 cross-currents 3 on 2 cross-currents 6 are 3 on 5 reef 4 that 5 reef 6 are 7 too 6 are 8 powerful " [why] [,] [don] [will] [bring] [that] [line] [ashore] [!] " [exclaimed] [curtis] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [here] [,] [don] [!] don , [i] [say] [!] " 1 don 2 , 2 , 6 " the dog bounded back along the shore with a quick bark [.] 1 the 2 dog 2 dog 3 bounded 3 bounded 4 back 3 bounded 8 with 4 back 5 along 5 along 7 shore 6 the 7 shore 7 shore 8 with 8 with 11 bark 9 a 10 quick 9 a 11 bark 10 quick 11 bark curtis grasped him by the collar and pointed to [the] stick [which] [young] [stockton] [had] [just] [hurled] [again] [into] [the] [water] [.] 1 curtis 7 and 2 grasped 3 him 2 grasped 4 by 2 grasped 7 and 4 by 6 collar 5 the 6 collar 7 and 8 pointed 7 and 9 to 9 to 11 stick don , with another bark of comprehension , dashed into the sea [.] 1 don 3 with 1 don 9 dashed 2 , 3 with 3 with 5 bark 3 with 8 , 4 another 5 bark 5 bark 6 of 6 of 7 comprehension 9 dashed 10 into 10 into 12 sea 11 the 12 sea the onlookers , grasping the situation , gave a cheer and then relapsed into silence [.] 1 the 2 onlookers 2 onlookers 4 grasping 2 onlookers 11 and 3 , 4 grasping 4 grasping 6 situation 4 grasping 7 , 5 the 6 situation 8 gave 10 cheer 8 gave 11 and 9 a 10 cheer 11 and 13 relapsed 11 and 14 into 12 then 13 relapsed 14 into 15 silence when [don] [finally] [reached] [the] [tossing] [stick] , grasped it in his mouth and turned shoreward [,] [another] [great] [shout] [went] [up] [from] [the] [beach] [.] 1 when 8 , 8 , 14 and 9 grasped 10 it 9 grasped 11 in 9 grasped 14 and 11 in 13 mouth 12 his 13 mouth 14 and 15 turned 15 turned 16 shoreward a [woman] [behind] [curtis] [,] [whose] husband was on the schooner [,] [dropped] [on] [her] [knees] [on] [the] [pebbles] [,] [sobbing] [and] [thanking] [god] [.] 1 a 7 husband 7 husband 8 was 8 was 9 on 9 on 11 schooner 10 the 11 schooner curtis himself felt the stinging tears start to his eyes [.] 1 curtis 3 felt 2 himself 3 felt 3 felt 6 tears 3 felt 7 start 4 the 6 tears 5 stinging 6 tears 6 tears 7 start 7 start 8 to 8 to 10 eyes 9 his 10 eyes [when] [don] [reached] [the] [shore] [he] [dropped] [the] [stick] [at] [curtis] ['s] [feet] [and] [gave] [himself] [a] [tremendous] [shake] [.] [old] [paul] [stockton] [was] [among] [them] [.] over [his] [shoulder] [don] ['s] [big] [black] [head] [looked] [up] [,] [his] [eyes] [asking] [as] [plainly] [as] [speech] [what] all [this] [fuss] [was] [about] [.] 1 over 20 all meanwhile some of the men had already pulled a big hawser ashore and made it fast [.] 1 meanwhile 2 some 2 some 3 of 2 some 16 fast 3 of 5 men 4 the 5 men 5 men 13 and 6 had 8 pulled 6 had 13 and 7 already 8 pulled 8 pulled 11 hawser 8 pulled 12 ashore 9 a 10 big 9 a 11 hawser 10 big 11 hawser 13 and 14 made 13 and 15 it in half an hour the crew of the [amy] [reade] were safe on shore , chilled [and] dripping [.] 1 in 2 half 1 in 15 , 2 half 3 an 2 half 4 hour 3 an 4 hour 4 hour 6 crew 4 hour 13 on 5 the 6 crew 6 crew 7 of 6 crew 11 were 7 of 8 the 11 were 12 safe 12 safe 13 on 14 shore 15 , 15 , 16 chilled 16 chilled 18 dripping before they were hurried away to warmth and shelter [,] [old] [paul] [stockton] [caught] [curtis] ['s] [hand] [.] 1 before 8 and 2 they 3 were 3 were 8 and 4 hurried 5 away 4 hurried 6 to 4 hurried 8 and 6 to 7 warmth 8 and 9 shelter the tears were running freely down his hard , old face [.] 1 the 2 tears 2 tears 3 were 3 were 4 running 4 running 5 freely 4 running 6 down 6 down 11 face 7 his 11 face 8 hard 9 , 8 hard 11 face 10 old 11 face " [tell] [your] [uncle] he is [not] to lay a finger on that dog [!] " he said [.] 1 " 5 he 1 " 18 said 5 he 6 is 6 is 8 to 8 to 9 lay 9 lay 11 finger 9 lay 12 on 10 a 11 finger 11 finger 12 on 12 on 14 dog 13 that 14 dog 16 " 17 he 17 he 18 said ["] [he] [never] [killed] [a] [sheep] [of] [mine] [he] [couldn't] [!] and [if] he did [i] don't care [!] 1 and 3 he 1 and 7 care 3 he 4 did 6 don't 7 care he 's welcome to kill them all , if nothing but mutton 'll serve his turn [.] ["] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 welcome 3 welcome 4 to 4 to 5 kill 5 kill 7 all 5 kill 9 if 6 them 7 all 8 , 9 if 9 if 10 nothing 9 if 14 serve 10 nothing 11 but 10 nothing 13 'll 11 but 12 mutton 13 'll 14 serve 14 serve 16 turn 15 his 16 turn curtis walked home with a glad heart [.] 1 curtis 2 walked 2 walked 3 home 2 walked 4 with 3 home 4 with 4 with 7 heart 5 a 6 glad 5 a 7 heart 6 glad 7 heart [mr] [locksley] [heard] [old] [paul] ['s] [message] [with] [a] [smile] [.] he , too , had been [touched] [by] [don] ['s] [splendid] [feat] [.] 1 he 5 had 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 5 had 5 had 6 been ["] [well] [,] [curtis] [,] [i] ['m] [very] [glad] [that] [it] [has] [turned] [old] [paul] [in] [his] [favour] [.] but we must [shut] [don] up [for] [a] [week] [or] [so] , no [matter] [how] [hard] [he] [takes] [it] [.] 1 but 2 we 1 but 12 , 2 we 3 must 3 must 6 up 12 , 13 no you can see that for yourself [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 see 3 see 4 that 3 see 5 for 5 for 6 yourself after all , he might have worried the sheep [.] 1 after 2 all 1 after 3 , 1 after 4 he 4 he 5 might 5 might 6 have 6 have 7 worried 7 worried 9 sheep 8 the 9 sheep and , anyway , he must be [broken] of his intimacy [with] [ventnor] ['s] [dog] [.] ["] 1 and 2 , 1 and 3 anyway 1 and 5 he 1 and 7 be 2 , 3 anyway 3 anyway 4 , 5 he 6 must 7 be 9 of 9 of 11 intimacy 10 his 11 intimacy curtis acknowledged the justice of this [and] [poor] [don] was tied up again [.] 1 curtis 2 acknowledged 2 acknowledged 4 justice 2 acknowledged 11 tied 3 the 4 justice 4 justice 5 of 4 justice 10 was 5 of 6 this 10 was 11 tied 11 tied 12 up 11 tied 13 again his captivity was not long [,] [however] [,] [for] [ventnor] ['s] [dog] [was] [soon] [shot] [.] 1 his 2 captivity 2 captivity 3 was 3 was 4 not 4 not 5 long when [don] [was] released , [curtis] [had] [an] [anxious] [time] [for] [a] [week] [or] [two] [.] 1 when 5 , 4 released 5 , but [no] [more] [sheep] [were] [worried] , and [don] ['s] innocence was triumphantly established [.] 1 but 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 innocence 8 and 14 established 11 innocence 12 was 12 was 13 triumphantly 12 was 14 established as for [old] [paul] [stockton] , [it] [seemed] as [if] he could not do [enough] [for] [curtis] [and] [don] [.] 1 as 2 for 1 as 11 he 2 for 6 , 6 , 9 as 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 not 12 could 14 do his [ancient] grudge [against] [the] [locksleys] [was] [completely] [forgotten] [,] [and] [from] [that] [date] [he] [was] [a] [firm] [friend] [of] [curtis] [.] 1 his 3 grudge in regard to [don] , [old] [paul] [would] [say] [:] 1 in 2 regard 2 regard 3 to 3 to 5 , ["] [why] [,] [there] [never] [was] [such] [a] [dog] [before] [,] [sir] [,] [never] [!] he just talks with his eyes [,] [that] [dog] [does] [.] 1 he 3 talks 2 just 3 talks 3 talks 4 with 4 with 6 eyes 5 his 6 eyes and if you 'd just ['] [a] ['] seen him swimming out to that schooner [!] 1 and 3 you 1 and 9 seen 2 if 3 you 3 you 4 'd 4 'd 9 seen 5 just 9 seen 9 seen 10 him 9 seen 11 swimming 11 swimming 12 out 11 swimming 13 to 13 to 15 schooner 14 that 15 schooner [bones] [?] yes , sir [!] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 sir every time that dog comes here he 's to get the best bones we 've got for him and more'n bones , too [.] 1 every 2 time 2 time 4 dog 2 time 5 comes 2 time 7 he 3 that 4 dog 4 dog 5 comes 5 comes 6 here 7 he 8 's 8 's 16 got 9 to 10 get 10 get 12 best 10 get 13 bones 11 the 12 best 13 bones 14 we 13 bones 16 got 14 we 15 've 15 've 16 got 16 got 17 for 16 got 23 too 17 for 19 and 18 him 19 and 19 and 21 bones 20 more'n 21 bones 22 , 23 too that [dog] 's a hero , [sir] [,] [that] ['s] what he is [!] ["] 1 that 6 , 3 's 5 hero 3 's 6 , 4 a 5 hero 6 , 13 is 11 what 12 he 12 he 13 is [miss] [madeline] ['s] [proposal] miss [madeline] , [sitting] [in] [the] [low] [rocker] [by] [the] [parlour] [window] [,] [seemed] [like] [the] [presiding] [genius] [of] [the] [place] [.] 1 miss 3 , she was [also] very happy , and her happiness seemed to envelop her as in an atmosphere and lend her a new radiance and charm [.] 1 she 6 , 2 was 5 happy 2 was 6 , 4 very 5 happy 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 happiness 7 and 10 seemed 8 her 9 happiness 9 happiness 10 seemed 10 seemed 11 to 10 seemed 18 and 11 to 18 and 12 envelop 13 her 12 envelop 14 as 12 envelop 15 in 12 envelop 18 and 14 as 15 in 15 in 17 atmosphere 16 an 17 atmosphere 18 and 19 lend 19 lend 20 her 19 lend 23 radiance 19 lend 24 and 21 a 22 new 21 a 23 radiance 22 new 23 radiance 24 and 25 charm [miss] [madeline] [loved] [her] [pretty] [niece] [very] [dearly] [and] [patted] [the] [curly] [head] [tenderly] [with] [her] [slender] [white] [hands] [.] " [what] [is] [it] [,] [my] [dear] [?] " 1 " 9 " " [i] ['m] [i'm] [engaged] [,] " [whispered] [lina] [,] [hiding] [her] [face] [in] [miss] [madeline] ['s] [flowered] [muslin] [lap] [.] 1 " 7 " " [engaged] [!] " 1 " 4 " [miss] [madeline] ['s] [tone] [was] [one] [of] [surprise] [and] [awe] [.] she blushed as she said [the] [word] [as] [deeply] [as] [lina] [had] [done] [.] 1 she 2 blushed 2 blushed 3 as 3 as 4 she 3 as 5 said 4 she 5 said then she went on , with a little quiver of excitement in her voice , " to [whom] , my dear ? " 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 went 3 went 4 on 3 went 6 with 3 went 17 to 4 on 5 , 6 with 9 quiver 7 a 8 little 7 a 9 quiver 9 quiver 10 of 10 of 11 excitement 11 excitement 12 in 12 in 14 voice 13 her 14 voice 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 to 17 to 21 dear 17 to 22 ? 19 , 20 my 20 my 21 dear 22 ? 23 " ["] [oh] [,] [you] [don't] [know] [him] [,] [auntie] [,] [but] [i] [hope] [you] [will] [soon] [.] his name [is] [ralph] [wylde] [.] 1 his 2 name isn't it pretty [?] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 pretty i met him last winter [,] [and] [we] [became] [very] [good] [friends] [.] 1 i 2 met 2 met 3 him 2 met 5 winter 4 last 5 winter but we had a quarrel [before] [i] [came] [down] [here] [and] , oh [,] [i] [have] [been] [so] [unhappy] [over] [it] [.] 1 but 2 we 1 but 12 , 2 we 3 had 3 had 5 quarrel 4 a 5 quarrel 12 , 13 oh three weeks ago he wrote me and begged my pardon so [nice] of him , because [i] [was] [really] [all] [to] [blame] [,] you know [.] 1 three 2 weeks 2 weeks 3 ago 3 ago 4 he 4 he 7 and 5 wrote 6 me 5 wrote 7 and 7 and 8 begged 8 begged 10 pardon 8 begged 11 so 9 my 10 pardon 11 so 24 you 11 so 25 know 13 of 14 him 13 of 24 you 15 , 16 because 16 because 24 you 24 you 25 know and he said he loved me and all that , you know [.] ["] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 said 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 he 3 said 5 loved 4 he 5 loved 5 loved 7 and 6 me 7 and 7 and 8 all 7 and 9 that 7 and 12 know 9 that 10 , 11 you 12 know " [no] [,] [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [miss] [madeline] [gently] [.] 1 " 8 " " [but] [but] [i] [can] [imagine] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [oh] [,] [i] [was] so [happy] [.] 1 " 6 so i [wrote] [back] [and] [i] had this letter from him [today] [.] 1 i 6 had 6 had 8 letter 7 this 8 letter 8 letter 9 from 9 from 10 him he is coming down tomorrow [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 coming 3 coming 4 down 4 down 5 tomorrow you 'll be glad to see him , [won't] [you] [,] [auntie] [?] " 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 glad 4 glad 5 to 4 glad 8 , 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 him 8 , 14 " ["] [oh] [,] [yes] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [and] [i] [am] [glad] [for] [your] [sake] [very] [glad] [.] you are sure you love him [?] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 sure 3 sure 4 you 3 sure 5 love 4 you 5 love 5 love 6 him " [yes] [,] [indeed] [,] " [said] [lina] [,] [with] [a] [little] [laugh] [,] [as] [if] [wondering] [how] [anyone] [could] [doubt] [it] [.] 1 " 6 " lina laughed roguishly [.] 1 lina 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 roguishly " [why] [,] [yes] [,] [auntie] [,] [ever] so [many] [.] 1 " 9 so [a] [dozen] [,] [at] [least] [.] ["] " [oh] [,] [my] [dear] [!] " [cried] [miss] [madeline] [in] [a] [slightly] [shocked] [tone] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [but] [i] [did] [,] [really] [.] sometimes it was [horrid] and sometimes it was funny [.] 1 sometimes 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 5 and 5 and 8 was 6 sometimes 7 it 7 it 8 was 8 was 9 funny it all depended on the man [.] 1 it 3 depended 2 all 3 depended 3 depended 4 on 4 on 6 man 5 the 6 man dear [me] , how [red] and [uncomfortable] most of them looked [all] [but] [the] [fifth] [.] 1 dear 3 , 3 , 6 and 4 how 6 and 6 and 8 most 6 and 9 of 6 and 11 looked 9 of 10 them he was so cool and business like that he almost surprised me into accepting him [.] ["] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 5 and 4 cool 5 and 5 and 6 business 5 and 7 like 5 and 9 he 5 and 14 accepting 7 like 8 that 9 he 11 surprised 10 almost 11 surprised 11 surprised 12 me 11 surprised 13 into 13 into 14 accepting 14 accepting 15 him " [and] [and] [what] [did] [you] [feel] [like] [,] [lina] [?] " 1 " 12 " ["] [oh] [,] [frightened] [,] [mostly] [but] [i] [always] [wanted] [to] [laugh] [too] [.] you must know how it is yourself [,] [auntie] [.] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 know 3 know 4 how 4 how 5 it 4 how 6 is 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 yourself what did you feel like [when] somebody proposed to you [?] " 1 what 2 did 1 what 4 feel 2 did 3 you 2 did 4 feel 4 feel 5 like 4 feel 9 to 5 like 7 somebody 7 somebody 8 proposed 7 somebody 9 to 9 to 10 you 10 you 12 " [miss] [madeline] [flushed] [from] [chin] [to] [brow] [.] lina opened her big brown eyes in amazement [.] 1 lina 2 opened 2 opened 6 eyes 2 opened 7 in 3 her 6 eyes 4 big 6 eyes 5 brown 6 eyes 6 eyes 7 in 7 in 8 amazement ["] [why] [,] [aunt] [madeline] [!] and you [so] [pretty] [!] 1 and 2 you what was the reason [?] ["] 1 what 2 was 2 was 4 reason 3 the 4 reason " [i] ['ve] [often] [wondered] [,] " [said] [miss] [madeline] [faintly] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [was] [pretty] [,] [as] [you] [say] [it] ['s] so [long] [ago] [i] [can] [say] [that] [now] [.] 1 " 11 so and [i] had many gentlemen friends [.] 1 and 3 had 3 had 6 friends 4 many 6 friends 5 gentlemen 6 friends but nobody ever wanted to marry me [.] 1 but 2 nobody 1 but 4 wanted 2 nobody 4 wanted 3 ever 4 wanted 4 wanted 5 to 5 to 6 marry 6 marry 7 me i sometimes wish that [that] [i] [could] [have] [had] [just] [one] [proposal] [.] 1 i 3 wish 2 sometimes 3 wish 3 wish 4 that but [then] [,] he would have forgotten [and] [i] would have remembered [.] 1 but 4 he 1 but 10 would 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 have 6 have 7 forgotten 10 would 11 have 11 have 12 remembered it would always have been something to be a little proud of [.] ["] 1 it 2 would 2 would 4 have 3 always 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 6 something 6 something 7 to 6 something 12 of 7 to 8 be 8 be 11 proud 9 a 10 little 10 little 11 proud 11 proud 12 of " [yes] [,] " [said] [lina] [absently] [;] [her] [thoughts] [had] [gone] [back] [to] [ralph] [.] 1 " 4 " that evening a letter was left at the front door of the [old] [churchill] place [.] 1 that 2 evening 2 evening 4 letter 3 a 4 letter 4 letter 5 was 5 was 6 left 6 left 7 at 7 at 10 door 8 the 10 door 9 front 10 door 10 door 11 of 11 of 15 place 12 the 15 place it was addressed in [a] [scholarly] [hand] to [miss] [madeline] [churchill] , and [amelia] [kent] took it [in] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 addressed 3 addressed 4 in 3 addressed 8 to 8 to 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 17 it 16 took 17 it amelia had been [miss] [madeline] ['s] ["] [help] ["] for years and had grown grey in her service [.] 1 amelia 12 and 2 had 3 been 2 had 12 and 3 been 10 for 10 for 11 years 12 and 13 had 13 had 14 grown 14 grown 15 grey 15 grey 16 in 16 in 18 service 17 her 18 service in [amelia] ['s] [loyal] [eyes] [miss] [madeline] [was] [still] [young] [and] [beautiful] [;] [she] [never] [doubted] that [the] [letter] [was] [for] [her] [mistress] [.] 1 in 17 that nobody else there was ever addressed [as] ["] [miss] [madeline] [.] ["] 1 nobody 2 else 1 nobody 3 there 1 nobody 4 was 4 was 5 ever 4 was 6 addressed she never liked to be disturbed when so employed [but] [she] [read] [her] [letter] [after] [amelia] [had] [gone] [out] [.] 1 she 3 liked 2 never 3 liked 3 liked 4 to 3 liked 6 disturbed 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 disturbed 6 disturbed 7 when 7 when 9 employed 8 so 9 employed when she came to a certain paragraph , she [turned] [very] [pale] [and] [thomas] [à] [kempis] fell to the floor [unheeded] [.] 1 when 2 she 1 when 8 , 1 when 9 she 2 she 3 came 3 came 4 to 4 to 7 paragraph 5 a 6 certain 5 a 7 paragraph 6 certain 7 paragraph 9 she 17 fell 17 fell 18 to 18 to 20 floor 19 the 20 floor her cheeks were very pink and her eyes very bright [.] 1 her 2 cheeks 2 cheeks 3 were 3 were 6 and 3 were 10 bright 4 very 5 pink 5 pink 6 and 6 and 8 eyes 7 her 8 eyes 9 very 10 bright she [did] [not] even [pick] [up] [thomas] [à] [kempis] [but] went to the door and called [lina] [.] 1 she 15 and 4 even 11 went 11 went 12 to 11 went 15 and 12 to 14 door 13 the 14 door 15 and 16 called " [what] [is] [it] [,] [auntie] [?] ["] asked [lina] [curiously] , noticing the signs of [unusual] excitement about [miss] [madeline] [.] 1 " 9 asked 9 asked 13 noticing 12 , 13 noticing 13 noticing 15 signs 13 noticing 19 about 14 the 15 signs 15 signs 16 of 16 of 18 excitement [miss] [madeline] [held] [out] [her] [letter] [with] [a] [trembling] [hand] [.] ["] [lina] [,] [dear] [,] [this] [is] [a] [letter] [from] [the] [rev] [cecil] [thorne] [.] it it is a proposal of marriage [.] 1 it 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 proposal 4 a 5 proposal 5 proposal 6 of 6 of 7 marriage i feel terribly upset [.] 1 i 2 feel 2 feel 4 upset 3 terribly 4 upset how [very] [strange] [that] [it] should [come] [so] [soon] [after] [our] [talk] [this] [morning] [!] 1 how 6 should i want you to read it [!] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 you 2 want 4 to 4 to 5 read 5 read 6 it perhaps [i] [ought] [not] [to] [show] it [to] [anyone] [but] [i] would like [you] to see it [.] ["] 1 perhaps 7 it 7 it 12 would 12 would 13 like 13 like 15 to 15 to 16 see 16 see 17 it lina took the letter and read it through [.] 1 lina 5 and 2 took 4 letter 2 took 5 and 3 the 4 letter 5 and 6 read 6 read 7 it 6 read 8 through " [how] [funny] [!] ["] said [lina] [when] she [came] [to] [the] [end] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 9 she " [funny] [!] " [exclaimed] [miss] [madeline] [,] [with] [a] [trace] [of] [indignation] [in] [her] [gentle] [voice] [.] 1 " 4 " but this was a little fib on [lina] ['s] [part] [.] 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 was 3 was 6 fib 4 a 5 little 4 a 6 fib 5 little 6 fib 6 fib 7 on she had thought that [the] [letter] [or] [,] [rather] [,] [the] [fact] [that] it had [been] [written] to [miss] [madeline] , [funny] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 thought 3 thought 4 that 4 that 15 had 14 it 15 had 15 had 18 to 18 to 21 , the [rev] [cecil] [thorne] [was] [miss] [madeline] ['s] pastor [.] 1 the 9 pastor she had [taught] [the] [infant] [class] [in] [sunday] [school] and [sometimes] she had thought that the minister was in love with her [.] 1 she 2 had 1 she 10 and 2 had 10 and 10 and 14 thought 12 she 13 had 13 had 14 thought 14 thought 15 that 15 that 18 was 16 the 17 minister 17 minister 18 was 18 was 19 in 18 was 21 with 19 in 20 love 21 with 22 her " [what] [a] [goose] [i] [was] [to] [be] [afraid] he was in love with me [!] " she thought [.] 1 " 10 he 1 " 19 thought 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 in 11 was 14 with 12 in 13 love 13 love 14 with 14 with 15 me 17 " 18 she 18 she 19 thought aloud she [said] , ["] [he] [says] [he] [will] [call] [tomorrow] [evening] [to] [receive] [your] [answer] [.] ["] 1 aloud 2 she 2 she 4 , " [and] [,] [oh] [,] [what] [can] [i] [say] [to] [him] [?] " [murmured] [miss] [madeline] [in] [dismay] [.] 1 " 13 " she wished she had a little of [lina] ['s] experience [.] 1 she 2 wished 2 wished 3 she 2 wished 4 had 3 she 4 had 4 had 6 little 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 of 7 of 10 experience " you are going to you will accept him [,] [won't] [you] [?] ["] [asked] [lina] [curiously] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 going 4 going 5 to 4 going 8 accept 5 to 6 you 6 you 7 will 7 will 8 accept 8 accept 9 him " [oh] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [no] [!] ["] cried [miss] [madeline] [almost] vehemently [.] 1 " 10 cried 10 cried 14 vehemently ["] [i] [couldn't] [think] [of] [such] [a] [thing] [.] i [am] [very] [sorry] [;] do [you] think he will feel badly [?] ["] 1 i 6 do 6 do 8 think 8 think 9 he 8 think 11 feel 9 he 10 will 10 will 11 feel 11 feel 12 badly " [judging] [from] [his] [letter] [i] [feel] [sure] he [will] [,] ["] said [lina] decidedly [.] 1 " 13 said 9 he 13 said 13 said 15 decidedly [miss] [madeline] [sighed] [.] ["] [oh] [,] [dear] [me] [!] it is very unpleasant [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 unpleasant 3 very 4 unpleasant [but] [of] [course] [i] [must] [refuse] [him] [.] what a beautiful letter he writes too [.] 1 what 4 letter 2 a 3 beautiful 2 a 4 letter 3 beautiful 4 letter 4 letter 5 he 4 letter 6 writes 5 he 6 writes 6 writes 7 too i feel very much disturbed by this [.] ["] 1 i 2 feel 2 feel 5 disturbed 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 disturbed 5 disturbed 6 by 6 by 7 this miss [madeline] [picked] [up] [thomas] [à] [kempis] , smoothed him out repentantly , and placed the letter between his leaves [.] 1 miss 8 , 8 , 14 and 9 smoothed 10 him 9 smoothed 11 out 9 smoothed 12 repentantly 9 smoothed 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 placed 15 placed 17 letter 15 placed 18 between 16 the 17 letter 17 letter 18 between 18 between 20 leaves 19 his 20 leaves [mr] [thorne] [sat] [down] [by] [the] [window] [that] [looked] [out] [on] [the] [lawn] [.] his heart gave a bound as he caught a glimpse of an airy white muslin among the trees and a ripple of distant laughter [.] 1 his 2 heart 2 heart 3 gave 3 gave 5 bound 3 gave 16 among 4 a 5 bound 6 as 7 he 6 as 8 caught 7 he 8 caught 8 caught 10 glimpse 9 a 10 glimpse 10 glimpse 11 of 11 of 15 muslin 12 an 13 airy 12 an 15 muslin 13 airy 15 muslin 14 white 15 muslin 15 muslin 16 among 16 among 19 and 17 the 18 trees 18 trees 19 and 19 and 21 ripple 19 and 22 of 20 a 21 ripple 22 of 24 laughter 23 distant 24 laughter the next [minute] [lina] [appeared] , [strolling] [down] [the] secluded [path] [that] [curved] [about] [the] [birches] [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 10 secluded 2 next 6 , a young man was walking beside her with his arm around her [.] 1 a 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 4 was 4 was 5 walking 5 walking 6 beside 5 walking 8 with 5 walking 11 around 6 beside 7 her 8 with 10 arm 9 his 10 arm 10 arm 11 around 11 around 12 her they crossed the green square before the house and disappeared in the rose garden [.] 1 they 9 and 2 crossed 5 square 2 crossed 6 before 2 crossed 9 and 3 the 5 square 4 green 5 square 5 square 6 before 6 before 8 house 7 the 8 house 9 and 10 disappeared 9 and 11 in 11 in 14 garden 12 the 14 garden 13 rose 14 garden [mr] [thorne] [leaned] [back] [in] [his] [chair] [and] [put] [his] [hand] [over] [his] [eyes] [.] he felt that he had [received] [his] [answer] [,] and it was a very bitter moment for him [.] 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 had 4 he 5 had 5 had 10 and 10 and 12 was 11 it 12 was 12 was 16 moment 12 was 17 for 13 a 14 very 13 a 16 moment 14 very 15 bitter 15 bitter 16 moment 16 moment 17 for 17 for 18 him [miss] [madeline] [sat] [down] [opposite] [to] [him] [.] at that moment she was devoutly thankful that she had never had any other proposal to refuse [.] 1 at 3 moment 1 at 8 that 2 that 3 moment 3 moment 4 she 3 moment 5 was 4 she 5 was 5 was 6 devoutly 5 was 7 thankful 8 that 9 she 8 that 10 had 8 that 12 had 9 she 10 had 11 never 12 had 12 had 15 proposal 13 any 14 other 14 other 15 proposal 15 proposal 16 to 15 proposal 17 refuse 16 to 17 refuse it was a dreadful ordeal [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 ordeal 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 5 ordeal 4 dreadful 5 ordeal if he would only help her out [!] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 would 1 if 5 help 2 he 3 would 4 only 5 help 5 help 7 out 6 her 7 out but he did not speak [and] [every] [moment] of [silence] [made] it [worse] [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 speak 4 not 5 speak 5 speak 9 of 9 of 12 it " [i] [received] [your] [letter] [,] [mr] [thorne] [,] " she faltered at last , looking distressfully down at the floor [.] 1 " 12 faltered 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 faltered 12 faltered 13 at 12 faltered 16 looking 13 at 14 last 15 , 16 looking 16 looking 17 distressfully 16 looking 18 down 16 looking 19 at 19 at 21 floor 20 the 21 floor " [my] [letter] [!] " 1 " 5 " [mr] [thorne] [turned] [towards] [her] [.] in her agitation [miss] [madeline] [did] [not] [notice] [the] [surprise] [in] his face and tone [.] 1 in 3 agitation 1 in 14 and 2 her 3 agitation 12 his 13 face 13 face 14 and 14 and 15 tone " [yes] [,] " she said , gaining a little courage since the ice was broken [.] 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 said 6 said 7 , 6 said 8 gaining 6 said 16 broken 8 gaining 10 little 8 gaining 11 courage 8 gaining 12 since 8 gaining 15 was 9 a 10 little 12 since 14 ice 13 the 14 ice 15 was 16 broken ["] [it] [it] [was] [a] [very] [great] [surprise] [to] [me] [.] i never thought you [you] cared for me as as you said [.] 1 i 3 thought 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 4 you 3 thought 7 for 4 you 7 for 6 cared 7 for 7 for 8 me 7 for 9 as 9 as 12 said 10 as 11 you 11 you 12 said [and] [i] [am] [very] [sorry] [because] [because] [i] [cannot] [return] [your] [affection] [.] and [so] , of course , [i] [cannot] [marry] you [.] ["] 1 and 3 , 3 , 5 course 4 of 5 course 5 course 6 , 5 course 10 you [mr] [thorne] [put] [his] [hand] [over] [his] [eyes] [again] [.] he understood now that there had been some mistake and that [miss] [madeline] [had] [received] [the] [letter] he had [written] to [her] [niece] [.] 1 he 2 understood 2 understood 3 now 2 understood 10 and 4 that 5 there 4 that 7 been 4 that 10 and 5 there 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 9 mistake 8 some 9 mistake 10 and 11 that 11 that 19 had 18 he 19 had 19 had 21 to well , [it] [did] not matter the appearance of the young man in the garden had settled that [.] 1 well 2 , 2 , 5 not 5 not 6 matter 5 not 17 settled 6 matter 8 appearance 6 matter 16 had 6 matter 17 settled 7 the 8 appearance 8 appearance 9 of 8 appearance 16 had 9 of 12 man 10 the 12 man 11 young 12 man 12 man 13 in 13 in 15 garden 14 the 15 garden 17 settled 18 that [would] [he] [tell] [miss] [madeline] [of] [her] [mistake] [?] no , it would only humiliate her [and] [it] [made] [no] [difference] [,] [since] [she] [had] [refused] [him] [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 3 it 3 it 4 would 4 would 6 humiliate 5 only 6 humiliate 6 humiliate 7 her " [i] [suppose] it is of no use to ask you to reconsider your decision [?] " he said [.] 1 " 4 it 1 " 19 said 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 of 5 is 9 to 6 of 8 use 7 no 8 use 9 to 10 ask 10 ask 11 you 10 ask 12 to 12 to 13 reconsider 13 reconsider 15 decision 14 your 15 decision 17 " 18 he 18 he 19 said " [oh] [,] [no] [,] " [cried] [miss] [madeline] [almost] [aghast] [.] 1 " 6 " she was afraid he might ask it after all [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 he 3 afraid 6 ask 4 he 5 might 5 might 6 ask 6 ask 7 it 6 ask 8 after 7 it 8 after 8 after 9 all ["] [not] [in] [the] [least] [use] [.] i am sorry so [very] [sorry] [but] [i] [could] [not] [answer] [differently] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 sorry 2 am 4 so we [i] hope this will make no difference in [our] [friendly] [relations] , [mr] [thorne] [?] " 1 we 3 hope 3 hope 4 this 3 hope 6 make 4 this 5 will 5 will 6 make 6 make 8 difference 6 make 9 in 7 no 8 difference 8 difference 9 in 9 in 13 , 13 , 17 " " [not] [at] [all] [,] " [said] [mr] [thorne] [gravely] [.] 1 " 6 " " [we] [will] [try] [to] [forget] [that] [it] [has] [happened] [.] " 1 " 12 " he bowed sadly and went out [.] 1 he 4 and 2 bowed 3 sadly 2 bowed 4 and 4 and 5 went 5 went 6 out miss [madeline] [watched] [him] guiltily [as] [he] [walked] [across] [the] [lawn] [.] 1 miss 5 guiltily he looked heart-broken [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 heart-broken how [dreadful] it had been [!] 1 how 3 it 3 it 4 had 4 had 5 been and [lina] had refused [twelve] [men] [!] 1 and 3 had 3 had 4 refused how could she have lived through it [?] 1 how 2 could 2 could 3 she 2 could 4 have 4 have 5 lived 5 lived 6 through 6 through 7 it " [perhaps] [one] [gets] [accustomed] [to] [doing] [it] [,] " [reflected] [miss] [madeline] [.] 1 " 10 " " [but] [i] [am] [sure] [i] [never] [could] [.] " 1 " 10 " " [did] [mr] [thorne] [feel] [very] [badly] [?] " [whispered] [lina] [that] [night] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] ['m] [afraid] he [did] [,] ["] confessed [miss] [madeline] [sorrowfully] [.] 1 " 9 confessed 5 he 9 confessed " [he] [looked] so [pale] [and] [sad] [,] [lina] [,] [that] [my] [heart] [ached] [for] [him] [.] 1 " 4 so i am very thankful [that] [i] have never had any other proposals to decline [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 thankful 3 very 4 thankful 4 thankful 13 to 7 have 9 had 8 never 9 had 9 had 12 proposals 10 any 11 other 11 other 12 proposals 12 proposals 13 to 13 to 14 decline it is a very unpleasant experience [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 experience 3 a 6 experience 4 very 5 unpleasant 5 unpleasant 6 experience but , " she added , with a little tinge of satisfaction in her sweet voice , " [i] [am] [glad] [i] [had] [one] [.] 1 but 2 , 1 but 4 she 2 , 3 " 4 she 5 added 5 added 7 with 6 , 7 with 7 with 10 tinge 7 with 17 , 8 a 10 tinge 9 little 10 tinge 10 tinge 11 of 11 of 12 satisfaction 12 satisfaction 13 in 13 in 16 voice 14 her 16 voice 15 sweet 16 voice 17 , 18 " it [it] has made me feel more like [other] [people] , you [know] , dear [.] ["] 1 it 3 has 3 has 4 made 4 made 5 me 4 made 6 feel 6 feel 7 more 6 feel 8 like 8 like 14 , 11 , 12 you 12 you 14 , 14 , 15 dear [miss] [sally] ['s] [company] " [how] [beautiful] [!] " [said] [mary] [seymour] [delightedly] [,] [as] [they] [dismounted] [from] [their] [wheels] [on] [the] [crest] [of] [the] [hill] [.] 1 " 5 " don't you feel repaid [?] ["] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 feel 3 feel 4 repaid yet she , too , felt a keen pleasure in the beauty of the scene before them [.] 1 yet 2 she 2 she 6 felt 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 4 too 6 felt 6 felt 9 pleasure 6 felt 10 in 6 felt 16 before 7 a 9 pleasure 8 keen 9 pleasure 9 pleasure 10 in 10 in 12 beauty 11 the 12 beauty 12 beauty 13 of 13 of 15 scene 14 the 15 scene 15 scene 16 before 16 before 17 them almost [at] [their] [feet] [lay] [the] [sea] [,] [creaming] [and] [shimmering] [in] [the] mellow [sunshine] [.] 1 almost 14 mellow on either side of the cove a headland made out to sea , curving around to enclose the sparkling water as in a cup [.] 1 on 3 side 1 on 8 headland 2 either 3 side 3 side 4 of 4 of 6 cove 5 the 6 cove 7 a 8 headland 8 headland 9 made 9 made 10 out 9 made 11 to 9 made 15 around 9 made 16 to 9 made 21 as 11 to 13 , 12 sea 13 , 13 , 14 curving 16 to 17 enclose 17 enclose 20 water 18 the 20 water 19 sparkling 20 water 21 as 22 in 22 in 24 cup 23 a 24 cup " [what] [a] [picturesque] [spot] [!] " [said] [mary] [.] 1 " 7 " " [but] [what] [a] [lonely] [one] [!] " [protested] [ida] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [why] [,] [there] [isn't] [another] [house] [in] [sight] [.] i wonder who lives in it [.] 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 who 3 who 4 lives 4 lives 5 in 5 in 6 it [anyway] [,] [i] ['m] [going] [down] [to] [ask] [them] [for] [a] [drink] [of] [water] [.] ["] " [i] ['d] [like] [to] [ask] [for] [a] [square] [meal] [,] [too] [,] " [said] [mary] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [i] [am] [discovering] [that] [i] [am] [hungry] [.] fine scenery is very satisfying to the soul , to be sure , but it doesn't still the cravings of the inner girl [.] 1 fine 2 scenery 2 scenery 3 is 3 is 5 satisfying 4 very 5 satisfying 5 satisfying 6 to 6 to 8 soul 7 the 8 soul 8 soul 10 to 9 , 10 to 10 to 11 be 10 to 13 , 11 be 12 sure 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 it 14 but 17 still 15 it 16 doesn't 16 doesn't 17 still 17 still 19 cravings 18 the 19 cravings 19 cravings 20 of 20 of 23 girl 21 the 23 girl 22 inner 23 girl and we 've wheeled ten miles this afternoon [.] 1 and 2 we 1 and 3 've 2 we 3 've 3 've 4 wheeled 4 wheeled 6 miles 4 wheeled 8 afternoon 5 ten 6 miles 7 this 8 afternoon i 'm getting [hungrier] every minute [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 getting 3 getting 6 minute 5 every 6 minute they reached the little grey house by way of a sloping , grassy lane [.] 1 they 2 reached 2 reached 6 house 2 reached 9 of 3 the 6 house 4 little 6 house 5 grey 6 house 6 house 9 of 7 by 8 way 8 way 9 of 9 of 12 , 10 a 11 sloping 11 sloping 12 , 12 , 14 lane 13 grassy 14 lane everything about it was very neat and trim [.] 1 everything 2 about 1 everything 4 was 2 about 3 it 4 was 7 and 5 very 6 neat 6 neat 7 and 7 and 8 trim " [no] [children] [here] [,] [certainly] [,] " [whispered] [ida] [.] 1 " 8 " " [every] [one] [of] [those] [clam] [shells] [is] [placed] [just] so [.] 1 " 11 so and this walk is swept every day [.] 1 and 3 walk 1 and 5 swept 2 this 3 walk 3 walk 4 is 4 is 5 swept 5 swept 7 day 6 every 7 day no , we shall never dare to ask for anything to eat here [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 3 we 3 we 4 shall 4 shall 6 dare 5 never 6 dare 6 dare 7 to 6 dare 8 ask 7 to 8 ask 8 ask 9 for 8 ask 11 to 8 ask 12 eat 9 for 10 anything 11 to 12 eat 12 eat 13 here they would be afraid of our scattering crumbs [.] ["] 1 they 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 5 of 8 crumbs 6 our 8 crumbs 7 scattering 8 crumbs she was [very] [small] , [with] [an] [eager] , delicately [featured] [face] and dark eyes [twinkling] [behind] [gold-rimmed] [glasses] [.] 1 she 5 , 2 was 5 , 5 , 13 and 9 , 10 delicately 9 , 13 and 13 and 15 eyes 14 dark 15 eyes she looks as if she had just stepped out of a bandbox [of] last century [,] [thought] [mary] [.] 1 she 2 looks 2 looks 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 she 4 if 8 stepped 5 she 6 had 6 had 8 stepped 7 just 8 stepped 8 stepped 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 15 century 11 a 15 century 12 bandbox 15 century 14 last 15 century " [are] [you] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [?] ["] demanded the little lady [eagerly] [.] 1 " 10 demanded 10 demanded 13 lady 11 the 13 lady 12 little 13 lady " [no] [,] " [said] [mary] [reluctantly] [,] ["] [we're] [not] [.] 1 " 4 " we are only [martin] [seymour] ['s] girls [.] ["] 1 we 2 are 2 are 3 only 2 are 7 girls all the light went out of the little lady 's face , as if some illuminating lamp had suddenly been quenched behind it [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 3 light 1 all 4 went 2 the 3 light 4 went 6 of 4 went 14 if 5 out 6 of 6 of 11 face 7 the 9 lady 8 little 9 lady 9 lady 10 's 10 's 11 face 12 , 14 if 13 as 14 if 14 if 17 lamp 14 if 21 quenched 15 some 17 lamp 16 illuminating 17 lamp 17 lamp 18 had 18 had 20 been 19 suddenly 20 been 20 been 21 quenched 21 quenched 22 behind 22 behind 23 it she seemed fairly to droop under her disappointment [.] 1 she 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 fairly 2 seemed 4 to 2 seemed 5 droop 4 to 5 droop 5 droop 6 under 6 under 8 disappointment 7 her 8 disappointment as for the rest , the name [of] [martin] [seymour] [evidently] [conveyed] [no] [especial] [meaning] [to] [her] [ears] [.] 1 as 2 for 1 as 5 , 1 as 7 name 2 for 4 rest 3 the 4 rest 6 the 7 name " [no] [,] of [course] you [are] [not] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] , ["] she said sorrowfully [.] 1 " 16 said 4 of 6 you 6 you 15 she 13 , 15 she 15 she 16 said 16 said 17 sorrowfully ["] [i] ['d] [have] [known] [you] [couldn't] [be] [if] [i] [had] [just] [stopped] [to] [think] [.] because you are dark and they would be [fair] [,] [of] [course] [;] [cousin] [abner] and his wife [were] [both] [fair] [.] 1 because 2 you 1 because 3 are 1 because 5 and 2 you 3 are 4 dark 5 and 5 and 6 they 5 and 7 would 7 would 8 be 8 be 18 wife 16 and 17 his 17 his 18 wife and [i] [can't] help [wishing] you [were] [!] ["] 1 and 4 help 4 help 6 you " [i] [wish] [we] [were] [,] [too] [,] [since] [you] [expected] [them] [,] " [said] [mary] [,] [smiling] [.] 1 " 14 " " [but] " 1 " 3 " " [oh] [,] [i] [wasn't] [really] [expecting] [them] [,] " [broke] [in] [the] [little] [lady] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [only] [i] [am] [always] [hoping] [that] [they] [will] [come] [.] they never have yet [,] [but] [trenton] [isn't] [so] [very] [far] [away] [,] [and] [it] [is] [so] [lonely] [here] [.] 1 they 3 have 2 never 3 have 3 have 4 yet i [just] [long] [for] [company] [i] [and] [juliana] [and] [i] [thought] [i] was going to have it today [.] 1 i 13 was 13 was 14 going 14 going 15 to 14 going 16 have 15 to 16 have 16 have 17 it 16 have 18 today but perhaps they will [soon] [.] 1 but 2 perhaps 1 but 3 they 3 they 4 will it is [always] something to look forward to , [you] [know] [.] " 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 something 2 is 5 to 5 to 6 look 6 look 7 forward 6 look 8 to 8 to 9 , 9 , 13 " she talked in a sweet , chirpy voice like a bird 's [.] 1 she 2 talked 2 talked 3 in 2 talked 9 like 3 in 8 voice 4 a 5 sweet 4 a 8 voice 5 sweet 6 , 5 sweet 8 voice 7 chirpy 8 voice 8 voice 9 like 9 like 12 's 10 a 11 bird 11 bird 12 's there were pathetic notes in it , too , as the girls instinctively felt [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 notes 2 were 5 in 2 were 8 too 2 were 10 as 3 pathetic 4 notes 4 notes 5 in 5 in 6 it 7 , 8 too 8 too 9 , 10 as 12 girls 11 the 12 girls 12 girls 14 felt 13 instinctively 14 felt how [very] [quaint] and sweet [and] [unworldly] [she] [was] [!] 1 how 4 and 4 and 5 sweet mary found herself feeling indignant [at] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [,] [whoever] [they] [were] [,] for their neglect [.] 1 mary 2 found 2 found 3 herself 2 found 4 feeling 2 found 16 for 4 feeling 5 indignant 4 feeling 16 for 16 for 18 neglect 17 their 18 neglect " [we] [are] [out] [for] [a] [spin] [on] [our] [wheels] [,] " [said] [ida] [,] ["] [and] [we] [are] [very] [thirsty] [.] 1 " 12 " we thought perhaps you would be kind enough to give us a drink of water [.] ["] 1 we 2 thought 2 thought 4 you 2 thought 6 be 3 perhaps 4 you 4 you 5 would 5 would 6 be 6 be 7 kind 7 kind 8 enough 7 kind 9 to 7 kind 10 give 9 to 10 give 10 give 11 us 10 give 13 drink 12 a 13 drink 13 drink 14 of 14 of 15 water " [oh] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [anything] [anything] [i] [have] [is] [at] [your] [service] [,] ["] said the little lady [delightedly] [.] 1 " 17 said 17 said 20 lady 18 the 20 lady 19 little 20 lady " [if] [you] [will] [come] [in] [,] [i] [will] [get] [you] [some] [lemonade] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [i] [am] [afraid] [it] [is] [too] [much] [trouble] [,] " [began] [mary] [.] 1 " 11 " " [oh] [,] [no] [,] [no] [,] " [cried] [the] [little] [lady] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] [is] [a] [pleasure] [.] i [love] [doing] [things] [for] [people] [,] [i] [wish] [more] [of] [them] would come to give me the chance [.] 1 i 13 would 13 would 14 come 14 come 15 to 15 to 16 give 16 give 17 me 16 give 19 chance 18 the 19 chance i [never] have [any] [company] , and [i] do [so] [long] [for] it [.] 1 i 6 , 3 have 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 do 9 do 13 it it 's [very] lonesome [here] [at] [golden] [gate] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 lonesome oh , if you would only stay to tea with me , it would make me so happy [.] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 if 3 if 4 you 3 if 7 stay 3 if 12 , 3 if 13 it 4 you 5 would 5 would 7 stay 6 only 7 stay 7 stay 8 to 7 stay 10 with 8 to 9 tea 10 with 11 me 13 it 14 would 14 would 15 make 15 make 16 me 15 make 18 happy 17 so 18 happy i am all prepared [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 prepared 3 all 4 prepared i [prepare] [every] [saturday] [morning] [,] [in] [particular] [,] [so] [that] [if] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [did] [come] [,] [i] would be [all] ready [.] 1 i 21 would 21 would 22 be 22 be 24 ready and when [nobody] [comes] , [juliana] and [i] have to eat everything up ourselves [.] 1 and 9 have 2 when 5 , 5 , 7 and 7 and 9 have 9 have 10 to 10 to 11 eat 11 eat 12 everything 12 everything 13 up 13 up 14 ourselves and that is bad for us [it] [gives] [juliana] [indigestion] [.] 1 and 2 that 1 and 3 is 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 bad 3 is 5 for 5 for 6 us if you would only stay [!] ["] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 would 1 if 5 stay 2 you 3 would 4 only 5 stay " [we] [will] [,] " [agreed] [ida] [promptly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [and] [we] ['re] [glad] [of] [the] [chance] [.] we are both [terribly] [hungry] [,] [and] [it] [is] [very] [good] of you [to] [ask] [us] [.] ["] 1 we 2 are 2 are 3 both 3 both 12 of 12 of 13 you ["] [oh] [,] [indeed] [,] [it] [isn't] [!] it 's [just] selfishness in me , that 's what it is [,] pure [selfishness] [!] 1 it 7 , 2 's 5 in 2 's 7 , 4 selfishness 5 in 5 in 6 me 7 , 9 's 8 that 9 's 9 's 10 what 10 what 11 it 10 what 12 is 12 is 14 pure i want company so much [.] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 company 2 want 5 much 4 so 5 much come in , [my] [dears] [,] and [i] [suppose] [i] [must] [introduce] [myself] because you don't know me , do you now [?] 1 come 2 in 1 come 7 and 2 in 3 , 7 and 19 , 14 because 15 you 15 you 16 don't 16 don't 19 , 17 know 18 me 17 know 19 , 19 , 20 do 20 do 21 you 20 do 22 now [i] ['m] [miss] [sally] [temple] [,] [and] [this] [is] [golden] [gate] [cottage] [.] dear me [,] [this] [is] [something] [like] [living] [.] 1 dear 2 me you are special providences , that you are , indeed ! " 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 providences 3 special 4 providences 4 providences 6 that 4 providences 8 are 5 , 6 that 6 that 7 you 6 that 8 are 7 you 8 are 8 are 10 indeed 9 , 10 indeed 10 indeed 11 ! 11 ! 12 " " [now] [,] [just] [excuse] [me] [a] [minute] [while] [i] [run] [out] [and] [tell] [juliana] [that] we [are] [going] [to] have company to tea [.] 1 " 17 we 17 we 21 have 21 have 22 company 22 company 23 to 23 to 24 tea she will be so [glad] , [juliana] [will] [.] 1 she 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 4 so 4 so 6 , make yourselves at home , my dears [.] ["] 1 make 2 yourselves 1 make 3 at 3 at 5 , 4 home 5 , 5 , 7 dears 6 my 7 dears " [isn't] she [delicious] [?] ["] said [mary] , when [miss] [sally] [had] [tripped] [out] [.] 1 " 3 she 3 she 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 10 when ["] [i] ['d] [like] [to] [shake] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [.] this is what [dot] [halliday] [would] [call] [an] [adventure] , [ida] [.] " 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 what 3 what 10 , 10 , 13 " ["] [isn't] [it] [!] [miss] [sally] [and] [this] [quaint] [old] [spot] [both] [seem] [like] [a] [chapter] [out] [of] [the] [novels] [our] [grandmothers] [cried] [over] [.] look here , [mary] [,] [she] [is] [lonely] and our visit seems like a treat to her [.] 1 look 2 here 1 look 3 , 3 , 9 and 9 and 11 visit 9 and 12 seems 10 our 11 visit 11 visit 12 seems 12 seems 13 like 13 like 15 treat 14 a 15 treat 15 treat 16 to 16 to 17 her let us try to make it one [.] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 try 3 try 4 to 3 try 5 make 4 to 5 make 5 make 6 it 5 make 7 one let's just chum with her and tell her all about ourselves and our amusements and our dresses [.] 1 let's 6 and 2 just 3 chum 3 chum 4 with 3 chum 6 and 4 with 5 her 6 and 7 tell 7 tell 8 her 7 tell 15 and 9 all 10 about 9 all 12 and 10 about 11 ourselves 12 and 14 amusements 12 and 15 and 13 our 14 amusements 15 and 17 dresses 16 our 17 dresses that [sounds] [frivolous] [,] [but] you know what [i] [mean] [.] 1 that 6 you 6 you 7 know 7 know 8 what she 'll like it [.] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 like 3 like 4 it let's be company in real earnest for her [.] ["] 1 let's 2 be 2 be 3 company 2 be 4 in 2 be 7 for 3 company 4 in 4 in 6 earnest 5 real 6 earnest 6 earnest 7 for 7 for 8 her when [miss] [sally] [came] [back] [,] she was [attended] by [juliana] carrying a tray of lemonade glasses [.] 1 when 7 she 7 she 8 was 8 was 10 by 8 was 12 carrying 12 carrying 14 tray 13 a 14 tray 14 tray 15 of 15 of 17 glasses 16 lemonade 17 glasses juliana proved to be a diminutive lass of about fourteen whose cheerful , freckled face wore an expansive grin of pleasure [.] 1 juliana 2 proved 2 proved 3 to 2 proved 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 lass 5 a 6 diminutive 5 a 7 lass 6 diminutive 7 lass 7 lass 8 of 8 of 10 fourteen 9 about 10 fourteen 10 fourteen 11 whose 10 fourteen 20 of 11 whose 15 face 12 cheerful 13 , 12 cheerful 15 face 14 freckled 15 face 15 face 16 wore 16 wore 19 grin 17 an 19 grin 18 expansive 19 grin 20 of 21 pleasure [evidently] [juliana] [was] [as] [fond] [of] ["] [company] ["] [as] [her] [mistress] [was] [.] [afterwards] [,] [the] [girls] [overheard] [a] [subdued] [colloquy] [between] [miss] [sally] [and] [juliana] [out] [in] [the] [hall] [.] i want everything extra [nice] [,] [juliana] [.] ["] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 everything 3 everything 4 extra ["] [yes] ['m] [,] [miss] [sally] [,] [i] ['ll] [see] [to] [it] [.] isn't it great to have company [,] [miss] [sally] [?] ["] [whispered] [juliana] [.] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 great 3 great 4 to 3 great 5 have 4 to 5 have 5 have 6 company the [seymour] [girls] [long] [remembered] [that] [tea] table [and] [the] [delicacies] [with] [which] [it] was heaped [.] 1 the 8 table 8 table 15 was 15 was 16 heaped privately , they did not wonder [that] [juliana] [had] [indigestion] [when] [she] [had] [to] [eat] [many] [such] [unaided] [.] 1 privately 2 , 1 privately 3 they 3 they 4 did 4 did 5 not 5 not 6 wonder being hungry , they did full justice to [miss] [sally] ['s] [good] things [,] [much] [to] [that] [little] [lady] ['s] [delight] [.] 1 being 2 hungry 1 being 3 , 1 being 4 they 4 they 5 did 5 did 7 justice 5 did 8 to 6 full 7 justice 7 justice 8 to 8 to 13 things she told them all about herself [.] 1 she 2 told 2 told 4 all 2 told 5 about 3 them 4 all 5 about 6 herself she had lived [at] [golden] [gate] [cottage] [only] [a] [year] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 lived ["] [before] [that] [,] [i] [lived] [away] [down] [the] [country] [at] [millbridge] [with] [a] [cousin] [.] my [uncle] [ephraim] [owned] [golden] [gate] [cottage] , [and] [when] [he] [died] [he] [left] [it] [to] [me] [and] [i] [came] [here] [to] [live] [.] 1 my 8 , it is a pretty place [,] [isn't] [it] [?] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 place 3 a 5 place 4 pretty 5 place you see those two headlands out there [?] 1 you 2 see 2 see 5 headlands 3 those 4 two 4 two 5 headlands 5 headlands 6 out 6 out 7 there i love it here [.] 1 i 2 love 2 love 3 it 3 it 4 here it is so nice to have a home of my own [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 nice 3 so 4 nice 4 nice 5 to 4 nice 6 have 5 to 6 have 6 have 8 home 7 a 8 home 8 home 9 of 9 of 11 own 10 my 11 own i would be [quite] content [if] [i] [had] [more] [company] [.] 1 i 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 5 content but [i] [have] you [today] [,] [and] [perhaps] [beatrice] [and] [helen] will come next [week] [.] 1 but 4 you 4 you 12 will 12 will 13 come 13 come 14 next so [i] ['ve] [really] [a] [great] [deal] to be thankful [for] [.] ["] 1 so 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 thankful " [reed] [abner] [abimelech] [reed] [,] " [answered] [miss] [sally] [promptly] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [a.a] [.] [reed] [,] [he] [signs] [himself] [now] [.] he is very well-to-do , [i] [am] [told] [,] and he carries on business in town [.] 1 he 5 , 2 is 4 well-to-do 2 is 5 , 3 very 4 well-to-do 5 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 10 and 12 carries 11 he 12 carries 12 carries 13 on 12 carries 14 business 12 carries 15 in 14 business 15 in 15 in 16 town he was a very fine young man [,] [my] [cousin] [abner] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 7 man 3 a 4 very 3 a 7 man 4 very 5 fine 6 young 7 man i don't know his wife [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 5 wife 4 his 5 wife mary [and] [ida] exchanged [glances] [.] 1 mary 4 exchanged [beatrice] [and] [helen] [reed] [!] they knew them slightly as the daughters of a new-rich family who were [hangers-on] of the [fashionable] society in [trenton] [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 them 2 knew 4 slightly 2 knew 5 as 5 as 7 daughters 6 the 7 daughters 7 daughters 8 of 7 daughters 12 who 7 daughters 13 were 8 of 11 family 9 a 11 family 10 new-rich 11 family 12 who 13 were 13 were 15 of 13 were 19 in 15 of 18 society 16 the 18 society the [seymour] girls [enjoyed] [that] [visit] [as] [much] [as] [miss] [sally] [did] [.] 1 the 3 girls she was eager to hear all about their girlish lives and amusements [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 eager 3 eager 4 to 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 all 5 hear 7 about 6 all 7 about 7 about 11 and 8 their 10 lives 9 girlish 10 lives 10 lives 11 and 11 and 12 amusements " [oh] [,] [you] ['ve] [been] [such] [pleasant] [company] [,] " [said] [miss] [sally] [when] [the] [girls] [went] [away] [.] 1 " 11 " mary took the little lady 's hands in hers and looked affectionately down into her face [.] 1 mary 10 and 2 took 7 hands 2 took 8 in 2 took 10 and 3 the 5 lady 4 little 5 lady 5 lady 6 's 6 's 7 hands 7 hands 8 in 8 in 9 hers 10 and 11 looked 10 and 12 affectionately 10 and 13 down 10 and 14 into 14 into 16 face 15 her 16 face ["] [would] [you] [like] [it] [you] [and] [juliana] [if] [we] [came] [out] [to] [see] [you] [often] [?] [and] [perhaps] [brought] [some] [of] [our] [friends] [with] [us] [?] ["] " [oh] [,] [if] [you] [only] [would] [!] " [breathed] [miss] [sally] [.] 1 " 9 " mary laughed [and] [,] [obeying] [a] [sudden] [impulse] [,] [bent] [and] [kissed] [miss] [sally] ['s] [cheek] [.] 1 mary 2 laughed " [we] ['ll] [come] [then] [,] " [she] [promised] [.] 1 " 7 " " [please] [look] [upon] [us] [as] [your] ['] [steady] [company] ['] [henceforth] [.] " 1 " 14 " the girls kept their word [.] 1 the 2 girls 2 girls 3 kept 3 kept 5 word 4 their 5 word [thereafter] [,] [nearly] [every] [saturday] [of] [the] [summer] [found] [them] [taking] [tea] [with] [miss] [sally] [at] [golden] [gate] [.] sometimes they came alone [;] [sometimes] [they] [brought] [other] [girls] [.] 1 sometimes 2 they 2 they 3 came 3 came 4 alone it soon became a [decided] " fad " in their set to go to see [miss] [sally] [.] 1 it 3 became 2 soon 3 became 3 became 7 fad 3 became 9 in 3 became 12 to 4 a 6 " 4 a 7 fad 7 fad 8 " 7 fad 9 in 9 in 11 set 10 their 11 set 12 to 13 go 13 go 14 to 14 to 15 see everybody who met her loved her at sight [.] 1 everybody 2 who 1 everybody 3 met 1 everybody 5 loved 2 who 3 met 3 met 4 her 5 loved 6 her 5 loved 7 at 7 at 8 sight it was [considered] [a] [special] [treat] to be taken by [the] [seymours] [to] [golden] [gate] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 taken 9 taken 10 by as [for] [miss] [sally] , [her] [cup] of [happiness] [was] [almost] [full] [.] 1 as 5 , 5 , 8 of there was [just] one [little] [cloud] on [miss] [sally] ['s] [fair] [sky] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 one 2 was 7 on " [if] [only] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [would] [come] [!] " she [once] said wistfully [to] [mary] [.] 1 " 14 said 11 " 12 she 12 she 14 said 14 said 15 wistfully ["] [nobody] [can] [quite] [take] [the] [place] [of] [one] ['s] [own] [,] [you] [know] [.] my heart yearns after them [.] ["] 1 my 2 heart 2 heart 3 yearns 3 yearns 4 after 4 after 5 them mary was [very] silent and thoughtful as she drove back [to] [trenton] that night [.] 1 mary 2 was 2 was 5 and 4 silent 5 and 5 and 6 thoughtful 6 thoughtful 7 as 7 as 8 she 7 as 9 drove 8 she 9 drove 9 drove 10 back 9 drove 14 night 13 that 14 night two days [afterwards] [,] she went to [mrs] [gardiner] ['s] lawn party [.] 1 two 2 days 2 days 5 she 2 days 6 went 2 days 12 party 5 she 6 went 6 went 7 to 7 to 11 lawn the [reed] girls were there [.] 1 the 3 girls 3 girls 4 were 4 were 5 there they brightened and bridled , however , when [mrs] [gardiner] [brought] [mary] [seymour] [up] [and] [introduced] her [.] 1 they 3 and 2 brightened 3 and 3 and 4 bridled 3 and 6 however 3 and 8 when 3 and 17 her 5 , 6 however 6 however 7 , i ['m] [sure] [i] 've heard her speak of you [.] ["] 1 i 5 've 5 've 6 heard 6 heard 7 her 6 heard 8 speak 8 speak 9 of 9 of 10 you the [reed] girls [flushed] [.] 1 the 3 girls " she is [a] [distant] [cousin] [of] [ours] , " said [beatrice] carelessly , " but [we] ['ve] [never] [met] [her] [.] ["] 1 " 2 she 2 she 9 , 3 is 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 said 11 said 13 carelessly 11 said 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 but " [oh] [,] [how] [much] [you] [have] [missed] [!] " [said] [mary] [frankly] [.] 1 " 10 " " she [is] [the] [sweetest] [and] [most] [charming] [little] [lady] [i] [have] [ever] [met] , [and] [i] [am] [proud] [to] [number] [her] [among] [my] [friends] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 15 , golden [gate] [is] [such] [an] idyllic [little] [spot] [,] [too] [.] 1 golden 6 idyllic we go [there] [so] [often] [that] [i] [fear] [miss] [sally] [will] [think] [we] [mean] to outwear [our] [welcome] [.] 1 we 2 go 2 go 15 to 15 to 16 outwear we hope to have her visit us in town this winter [.] 1 we 2 hope 2 hope 3 to 2 hope 4 have 3 to 4 have 4 have 5 her 4 have 6 visit 6 visit 7 us 6 visit 8 in 6 visit 11 winter 8 in 9 town 10 this 11 winter well [,] good-by for now [.] 1 well 3 good-by 1 well 5 now 4 for 5 now i 'll tell [miss] [sally] [i] ['ve] [met] you [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 9 you she will be pleased to hear about you [.] ["] 1 she 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 4 pleased 4 pleased 5 to 5 to 6 hear 6 hear 7 about 7 about 8 you when [mary] [had] [gone] , [the] [reed] [girls] [looked] [at] [each] [other] [.] 1 when 5 , " [i] [suppose] we [ought] [to] have gone to see [cousin] [sally] [before] , " said [beatrice] [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 7 have 7 have 8 gone 8 gone 9 to 9 to 14 , 10 see 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 said " [father] [said] [we] [ought] [to] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [how] [on] [earth] [did] [the] [seymours] [pick] [her] [up] [?] " [said] [helen] [.] 1 " 12 " " [of] [course] we must go and see her [.] ["] 1 " 4 we 4 we 5 must 5 must 7 and 6 go 7 and 7 and 8 see 8 see 9 her [go] [they] [did] [.] the very next day [miss] [sally] ['s] [cup] [of] [happiness] [brimmed] [right] [over] , [for] [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [came] [to] [golden] [gate] [at] [last] [.] 1 the 2 very 1 the 3 next 1 the 4 day 4 day 14 , they were very nice to her , too [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 nice 3 very 4 nice 4 nice 5 to 4 nice 8 too 5 to 6 her 7 , 8 too they succumbed to her charm , as the others [had] done , and [thoroughly] enjoyed [their] [visit] [to] [golden] [gate] [.] 1 they 13 and 2 succumbed 3 to 2 succumbed 13 and 3 to 5 charm 4 her 5 charm 5 charm 7 as 6 , 7 as 7 as 9 others 7 as 12 , 8 the 9 others 9 others 11 done 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 enjoyed this took time [,] [of] [course] [.] 1 this 2 took 2 took 3 time the [reed] girls [could] [not] [discard] [their] [snobbishness] [all] [at] [once] [.] 1 the 3 girls but in the end it was pretty well taken out of them [.] 1 but 2 in 1 but 5 it 2 in 4 end 3 the 4 end 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 well 6 was 11 of 7 pretty 8 well 8 well 9 taken 8 well 11 of 10 out 11 of 11 of 12 them miss [sally] [never] [dreamed] [of] [this] [or] [the] [need] [for] it [.] 1 miss 11 it she loved [cousin] [abner] ['s] [girls] [from] [the] [first] and always admired them [exceedingly] [.] 1 she 10 and 2 loved 10 and 10 and 12 admired 11 always 12 admired 12 admired 13 them " [and] [then] [it] [is] so [good] [to] [have] [your] [own] [folks] [coming] [as] [company] [,] ["] [she] [told] [the] [seymour] [girls] [.] 1 " 6 so ["] [oh] [,] [i] ['m] [just] [in] [the] [seventh] [heaven] [of] [happiness] [.] but , dearies , [i] think you will [always] be [my] [favourites] [mine] [and] [juliana] ['s] [.] 1 but 10 be 2 , 3 dearies 2 , 4 , 4 , 6 think 6 think 7 you 7 you 8 will 8 will 10 be i 've plenty of [company] [now] [and] it 's [all] thanks to you [.] " 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 4 of 8 it 8 it 9 's 9 's 12 to 11 thanks 12 to 12 to 13 you 13 you 15 " " [oh] [,] [no] [,] " [said] [mary] [quickly] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [miss] [sally] [,] [your] [company] [comes] [to] [you] [for] [just] [your] [own] [sake] [.] [you] ['ve] [made] [golden] [gate] [a] [veritable] [mecca] [for] [us] [all] [.] you don't know and you never will know how much [good] you have done us [.] 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 4 and 3 know 4 and 4 and 8 know 5 you 7 will 6 never 7 will 7 will 8 know 8 know 9 how 9 how 10 much 10 much 12 you 10 much 14 done 12 you 13 have 13 have 14 done 14 done 15 us and we all love you [,] [miss] [sally] [.] ["] 1 and 2 we 1 and 4 love 2 we 4 love 3 all 4 love 4 love 5 you " [i] ['m] so [glad] [,] ["] [breathed] [miss] [sally] [with] [shining] [eyes] [,] ["] [and] [so] [is] [juliana] [.] ["] 1 " 4 so [mrs] [.] [march] ['s] [revenge] " [the] [wind] [would] [chill] [the] [marrow] [in] [your] [bones] [;] [winter] ['ll] [be] [here] [before] [you] [know] [it] [.] " 1 " 21 " " [that] ['s] so [,] ["] [assented] [mrs] [.] [march] [,] [bustling] [about] [to] [stir] [up] [the] [fire] [.] 1 " 4 so ["] [but] [i] [don't] [know] [as] [i] [mind] [it] [at] [all] [.] winter is real pleasant when it does come [,] [but] [i] [must] [say] [,] [i] [don't] [fancy] [these] [betwixt-and-between] [days] [much] [.] 1 winter 2 is 2 is 4 pleasant 3 real 4 pleasant 4 pleasant 5 when 5 when 6 it 5 when 8 come 6 it 7 does 7 does 8 come sit up to the fire [,] [theodosia] [.] 1 sit 2 up 2 up 3 to 3 to 5 fire 4 the 5 fire you look real blue [.] ["] 1 you 2 look 2 look 4 blue 3 real 4 blue " [i] [feel] so [too] [.] 1 " 4 so lawful heart [,] [but] [this] [is] [comfort] [.] 1 lawful 2 heart this [chimney-corner] [of] [yours] [,] [anna] [,] is the cosiest spot [in] [the] [world] [.] ["] 1 this 8 is 8 is 11 spot 9 the 10 cosiest 9 the 11 spot " [when] [did] [you] [get] [home] [from] [maitland] [?] ["] asked [mrs] [.] march [.] 1 " 11 asked 11 asked 14 march ["] [did] [you] [have] [a] [pleasant] [time] [?] and how did you leave [emily] [and] [the] [children] [?] ["] 1 and 2 how 1 and 5 leave 2 how 3 did 3 did 4 you [mrs] [stapp] [took] [this] [trio] [of] [interrogations] [in] [calm] [detail] [.] " [i] [came] [home] [saturday] [,] ["] she said , as she unrolled her knitting [.] 1 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 , 10 , 11 as 11 as 12 she 11 as 13 unrolled 12 she 13 unrolled 13 unrolled 15 knitting 14 her 15 knitting ["] [nice] [wet] [day] [it] [was] [too] [!] emily is well [,] [and] [the] [children] [ought] [to] [be] [,] [for] [such] [rampageous] [young] [ones] [i] [never] [saw] [!] 1 emily 2 is 2 is 3 well emily can't do no more with them than an old hen with a brood of ducks [.] 1 emily 2 can't 2 can't 3 do 3 do 5 more 3 do 6 with 3 do 8 than 3 do 12 with 4 no 5 more 6 with 7 them 8 than 11 hen 9 an 11 hen 10 old 11 hen 11 hen 12 with 12 with 14 brood 13 a 14 brood 14 brood 15 of 15 of 16 ducks but , [lawful] [heart] , [anna] [,] don't mind about my little affairs [!] 1 but 2 , 1 but 5 , 5 , 8 don't 8 don't 9 mind 9 mind 10 about 9 mind 13 affairs 11 my 13 affairs 12 little 13 affairs [the] [news] [peter] [had] [for] [me] [about] [you] [when] [i] [got] [home] [fairly] [took] [my] [breath] [.] he came down to the garden gate to shout it [before] [i] was out of the wagon [.] 1 he 2 came 2 came 3 down 3 down 4 to 3 down 8 to 4 to 7 gate 5 the 7 gate 6 garden 7 gate 8 to 9 shout 9 shout 10 it 10 it 13 was 13 was 15 of 14 out 15 of 15 of 17 wagon 16 the 17 wagon i couldn't believe but what he was joking at first [.] 1 i 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 believe 3 believe 4 but 3 believe 8 joking 3 believe 10 first 4 but 5 what 5 what 7 was 6 he 7 was 9 at 10 first you should have seen [peter] [.] 1 you 2 should 2 should 3 have 3 have 4 seen he had [an] [old] [red] [shawl] [tied] [round] [his] rheumatic [shoulder] , and he was waving his arms like a crazy man [.] 1 he 13 and 2 had 13 and 10 rheumatic 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 was 14 he 15 was 15 was 16 waving 16 waving 17 his 16 waving 18 arms 18 arms 19 like 19 like 22 man 20 a 22 man 21 crazy 22 man i [declare] [,] [i] thought the chimney was afire [!] 1 i 5 thought 5 thought 8 was 6 the 7 chimney 7 chimney 8 was 8 was 9 afire theodosia , [theodosia] [!] ['] [he] [shouted] [.] 1 theodosia 2 , that was his salute [when] [i] [got] [home] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 salute 3 his 4 salute peter ['s] [real] [neat] , as men go , but [,] lawful heart , such a mess [as] he makes of housekeeping ! 1 peter 5 , 5 , 8 go 6 as 7 men 6 as 8 go 8 go 10 but 9 , 10 but 10 but 13 heart 10 but 23 ! 12 lawful 13 heart 13 heart 17 mess 14 , 17 mess 15 such 16 a 16 a 17 mess 17 mess 19 he 17 mess 20 makes 17 mess 21 of 17 mess 23 ! 19 he 20 makes 21 of 22 housekeeping i didn't know you had a brother living [.] ["] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 you 3 know 5 had 4 you 5 had 5 had 7 brother 6 a 7 brother 7 brother 8 living ["] [no] [more] [did] [i] [,] [theodosia] [.] i [thought] [,] [as] [everyone] [else] [did] [,] [that] [poor] [charles] was at the bottom of the sea [forty] [years] [ago] [.] 1 i 12 was 12 was 13 at 13 at 15 bottom 14 the 15 bottom 15 bottom 16 of 16 of 18 sea 17 the 18 sea it 's that long since he ran away from home [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 long 3 that 4 long 4 long 5 since 5 since 6 he 5 since 7 ran 6 he 7 ran 7 ran 8 away 7 ran 9 from 9 from 10 home he had [a] [quarrel] with [father] , and he was always dreadful [high-spirited] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 8 and 10 was 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 always 10 was 12 dreadful he went to sea , and we heard that he had sailed [for] [england] in [the] [helen] [ray] [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 to 2 went 15 in 3 to 6 and 4 sea 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 we 6 and 8 heard 6 and 9 that 6 and 12 sailed 9 that 10 he 9 that 11 had 10 he 11 had she was never [heard] of [after] , and we all supposed that my poor brother had perished with her [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 never 2 was 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 we 8 and 11 supposed 9 we 11 supposed 10 all 11 supposed 11 supposed 12 that 12 that 15 brother 12 that 17 perished 13 my 15 brother 14 poor 15 brother 15 brother 16 had 16 had 17 perished 17 perished 18 with 18 with 19 her " [well] [,] [of] [all] [wonderful] [things] [!] " [commented] [mrs] [.] [stapp] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [was] [glad] [to] [hear] [that] [i] [was] [heir] [to] so [much] [money] [,] ["] [said] [mrs] [.] [march] [firmly] [.] 1 " 12 so ["] [at] [first] [i] [felt] [as] [if] [it] [were] [awful] [of] [me] [to] [be] [glad] [when] [it] [came] [to] [me] [by] [my] [brother] ['s] [death] [.] but [i] [mourned] for [poor] [charles] forty years [ago] , and [i] [can't] [sense] [that] he has only [just] [died] [.] 1 but 4 for 1 but 10 , 1 but 18 only 4 for 8 years 7 forty 8 years 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 he 16 he 17 has " [and] [you] ['ve] [bought] [the] [carroll] [place] [,] " [said] [mrs] [stapp] [,] [with] [the] [freedom] [of] [a] [privileged] [friend] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [whatever] [made] [you] [do] [it] [?] i 'm sure you are as cosy here as need be , and nobody but yourself [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 you 3 sure 5 are 4 you 5 are 5 are 7 cosy 6 as 7 cosy 7 cosy 8 here 7 cosy 9 as 7 cosy 15 but 9 as 13 and 10 need 13 and 11 be 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 nobody 13 and 15 but 15 but 16 yourself isn't this house big enough for you [?] ["] 1 isn't 3 house 2 this 3 house 3 house 4 big 4 big 5 enough 4 big 6 for 6 for 7 you ["] [no] [,] [it] [isn't] [.] the [carroll] house is just what [i] [want] , for [all] it is a little old-fashioned [.] 1 the 3 house 3 house 4 is 4 is 5 just 4 is 6 what 6 what 9 , 9 , 10 for 10 for 12 it 12 it 13 is 13 is 16 old-fashioned 14 a 15 little 15 little 16 old-fashioned i ['ve] [always] had a notion of that [house] , [although] [i] [never] [expected] [to] [own] it [any] [more] [than] [the] [moon] [.] ["] 1 i 4 had 4 had 6 notion 5 a 6 notion 6 notion 7 of 7 of 10 , 8 that 10 , 10 , 17 it " [it] ['s] [a] [real] [handsome] [place] [,] " [admitted] [mrs] [stapp] [,] ["] [but] [i] [expect] [it] [will] [need] [a] [lot] [of] [fixing] [up] [.] 1 " 9 " nobody has lived in it for six years [.] 1 nobody 2 has 2 has 3 lived 3 lived 4 in 3 lived 6 for 4 in 5 it 6 for 8 years 7 six 8 years when [are] [you] [going] [to] [move] [in] [?] " 1 when 9 " ["] [in] [about] [three] [weeks] [,] [if] [all] [goes] [well] [.] i 'm having it all painted [and] done over inside [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 having 3 having 4 it 3 having 9 over 4 it 6 painted 4 it 9 over 5 all 6 painted 6 painted 8 done 9 over 10 inside the outside can wait until the spring [.] ["] 1 the 2 outside 2 outside 3 can 3 can 4 wait 4 wait 5 until 5 until 7 spring 6 the 7 spring " it ['s] [queer] [how] [things] [come] [about] [,] ["] said [mrs] [stapp] [meditatively] [.] 1 " 11 said 2 it 11 said ["] [i] [guess] [old] [mrs] [carroll] [never] [imagined] [her] [home] [was] [going] [to] [pass] [into] [other] [folks] ['] [hands] [as] [it] [has] [.] do you remember [lou] [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 remember " [yes] [,] [i] [do] [,] " [said] [mrs] [.] [march] [sharply] [.] 1 " 7 " a change came over her sonsy , smiling face [.] 1 a 2 change 2 change 3 came 3 came 4 over 4 over 7 , 5 her 6 sonsy 6 sonsy 7 , 7 , 9 face 8 smiling 9 face it actually looked hard [and] [revengeful] [,] [and] [a] [cruel] [light] [flickered] [in] [her] [dark] [brown] [eyes] [.] 1 it 3 looked 2 actually 3 looked 3 looked 4 hard ["] [i] ['ll] [not] [forget] [lou] [carroll] [as] [long] [as] [i] [live] [.] she is the only person in this world [i] [ever] [hated] [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 5 person 3 the 4 only 3 the 5 person 5 person 6 in 6 in 8 world 7 this 8 world i suppose it is sinful to say [it] , but [i] [hate] [her] [still] [,] [and] [always] will [.] ["] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 it 2 suppose 4 is 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 sinful 5 sinful 6 to 6 to 7 say 7 say 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 18 will " [i] [never] [liked] [her] [myself] [,] " [admitted] [mrs] [stapp] [.] 1 " 8 " " she thought herself above us all [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 3 thought 3 thought 4 herself 3 thought 5 above 5 above 7 all 6 us 7 all well , for that [matter] [i] [suppose] [she] was but she needn't have rubbed it in so [.] ["] 1 well 2 , 2 , 4 that 3 for 4 that 4 that 9 was 9 was 10 but 10 but 16 in 11 she 12 needn't 12 needn't 13 have 13 have 14 rubbed 14 rubbed 15 it 15 it 16 in 16 in 17 so she always had a spite at me from the time we were children together at school [.] 1 she 3 had 2 always 3 had 3 had 5 spite 3 had 6 at 3 had 8 from 4 a 5 spite 6 at 7 me 8 from 10 time 9 the 10 time 10 time 11 we 10 time 12 were 11 we 12 were 12 were 13 children 12 were 14 together 12 were 15 at 15 at 16 school when we grew up it was worse [.] 1 when 2 we 1 when 3 grew 1 when 5 it 2 we 3 grew 3 grew 4 up 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 worse i couldn't begin to tell you all the times that girl insulted me [.] 1 i 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 begin 3 begin 4 to 3 begin 5 tell 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 7 all 5 tell 9 times 6 you 7 all 8 the 9 times 9 times 11 girl 9 times 12 insulted 10 that 11 girl 11 girl 12 insulted 12 insulted 13 me but [there] [was] [once] in [particular] [i] ['ll] [never] [forgive] her [for] it [.] 1 but 5 in 1 but 13 it 5 in 11 her i was at [a] [party] , and she was there too , and so was that young [trenham] [manning] , who was visiting [the] [ashleys] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 at 3 at 20 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 she 7 and 20 , 8 she 13 and 9 was 10 there 9 was 11 too 9 was 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 was 14 so 15 was 15 was 17 young 16 that 17 young 20 , 21 who 21 who 22 was 22 was 23 visiting do you remember him [,] [dosia] [?] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 remember 3 remember 4 him he was a handsome [young] fellow , and [lou] had a liking for [him] [,] [so] [all] the [girls] [said] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 was 6 fellow 2 was 8 and 3 a 4 handsome 3 a 6 fellow 4 handsome 6 fellow 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 had 10 had 12 liking 11 a 12 liking 12 liking 13 for 13 for 18 the but he [never] looked at her [that] [night] , and he kept by me the whole time [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 9 , 2 he 4 looked 4 looked 5 at 5 at 6 her 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 10 and 12 kept 11 he 12 kept 12 kept 13 by 12 kept 17 time 13 by 14 me 15 the 17 time 16 whole 17 time oh , [how] [badly] [i] [felt] [!] 1 oh 2 , i just burst out crying then [and] there , and ran away and hid [.] 1 i 10 and 2 just 3 burst 3 burst 5 crying 3 burst 6 then 3 burst 8 there 3 burst 10 and 4 out 5 crying 5 crying 6 then 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 and 11 ran 12 away 11 ran 13 and 13 and 14 hid it was [very] [silly] of [me] , but [i] [couldn't] [help] [it] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 but that stings me yet [.] 1 that 2 stings 2 stings 3 me 2 stings 4 yet if [i] [was] [ever] [to] [get] [a] [chance] [to] [pay] [lou] [carroll] [out] [for] that , [i] ['d] [take] [it] [without] [any] [compunction] [.] " 1 if 15 that 15 that 16 , 16 , 25 " " [oh] [,] [but] [that] [is] [unchristian] [!] " [protested] [mrs] [stapp] [feebly] [.] 1 " 9 " " [perhaps] [so] [,] but it 's the way [i] [feel] [.] 1 " 5 but 5 but 6 it 5 but 7 's 6 it 7 's 7 's 9 way 8 the 9 way i guess [lou] [carroll] [is] [my] [wicked] [streak] [.] 1 i 2 guess i haven't seen or heard of her for years ever since she married [that] [worthless] [dency] [baxter] and went away [.] 1 i 2 haven't 2 haven't 4 or 3 seen 4 or 4 or 5 heard 5 heard 6 of 5 heard 8 for 5 heard 11 since 6 of 7 her 8 for 9 years 10 ever 11 since 11 since 12 she 11 since 18 and 12 she 18 and 13 married 18 and 18 and 19 went 19 went 20 away she may be dead for all [i] [know] [.] 1 she 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 4 dead 4 dead 5 for 5 for 6 all i don't expect ever to have a chance to pay her out [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 expect 3 expect 4 ever 3 expect 5 to 3 expect 6 have 5 to 6 have 6 have 8 chance 7 a 8 chance 8 chance 9 to 8 chance 10 pay 9 to 10 pay 10 pay 11 her 10 pay 12 out but [mark] what [i] [say] , [theodosia] [,] [if] [i] [ever] [have] [,] [i] [will] [.] " 1 but 3 what 3 what 6 , 6 , 17 " [mrs] [.] [march] [snipped] [off] [her] [thread] [,] [as] [if] [she] [challenged] [the] [world] [.] [mrs] [stapp] [felt] [uncomfortable] [over] [the] [unusual] [display] [of] [feeling] [she] [had] [evoked] [,] [and] [hastened] [to] [change] [the] [subject] [.] theodosia [stapp] , who had dropped in to see it , [was] [in] [a] [rapture] [of] [admiration] [.] 1 theodosia 4 who 3 , 4 who 4 who 5 had 4 who 11 , 5 had 6 dropped 6 dropped 7 in 6 dropped 8 to 8 to 9 see 9 see 10 it ["] [you] [have] [a] [lovely] [home] [now] [,] [anna] [.] i used to think it fine enough in [the] [carrolls] ['] time , [but] [it] [wasn't] [as] [grand] [as] [this] [.] 1 i 2 used 2 used 3 to 2 used 13 , 3 to 4 think 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 fine 6 fine 7 enough 6 fine 8 in 8 in 12 time you remember the last day [i] [was] [to] [see] [you] we were talking [of] [lou] [carroll] [?] 1 you 2 remember 2 remember 5 day 2 remember 11 we 2 remember 12 were 3 the 4 last 3 the 5 day 11 we 12 were 12 were 13 talking well , [next] [day] [i] [was] [downtown] in a store , and who [should] [sail] [in] but [mrs] [joel] [kent] , [from] [oriental] [.] 1 well 2 , 2 , 8 in 8 in 12 and 9 a 10 store 10 store 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 who 13 who 21 , 17 but 21 , you know [mrs] [joel] [sarah] [chapple] that was [?] 1 you 2 know 2 know 7 that 7 that 8 was she and her man keep a [little] [hotel] up [at] [oriental] [.] 1 she 2 and 2 and 4 man 2 and 5 keep 3 her 4 man 5 keep 9 up 6 a 9 up they 're not very well [off] [.] 1 they 2 're 2 're 5 well 3 not 4 very 4 very 5 well she is [a] [cousin] of [old] [mrs] [carroll] , but , [lawful] [heart] , [the] [carrolls] [didn't] [used] to make [much] [of] [the] [relationship] [!] 1 she 2 is 2 is 10 but 5 of 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 , 10 but 14 , 14 , 19 to 19 to 20 make well , [mrs] [joel] and [i] [had] [a] [chat] [.] 1 well 2 , 2 , 5 and she told me all her troubles [she] always has lots of them [.] 1 she 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 all 2 told 9 has 4 all 5 her 4 all 6 troubles 4 all 9 has 5 her 6 troubles 8 always 9 has 9 has 10 lots 10 lots 11 of 11 of 12 them sarah was always of [a] [grumbling] [turn] , and she had a brand-new stock of them this time [.] 1 sarah 2 was 2 was 3 always 2 was 4 of 4 of 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 she 9 and 11 had 10 she 11 had 11 had 14 stock 11 had 18 time 12 a 13 brand-new 12 a 14 stock 13 brand-new 14 stock 14 stock 15 of 15 of 16 them 17 this 18 time what do you think , [anna] [march] [?] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 5 , 3 you 4 think " [lou] [carroll] [dying] [at] [oriental] [!] " [cried] [mrs] [.] [march] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [yes] [.] she appears to have the idea that it is [hers] , and all just the same as it used to be [.] 1 she 2 appears 2 appears 3 to 2 appears 4 have 3 to 4 have 4 have 6 idea 5 the 6 idea 6 idea 7 that 7 that 8 it 7 that 9 is 8 it 9 is 9 is 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 all 13 all 14 just 14 just 16 same 14 just 17 as 15 the 16 same 17 as 18 it 18 it 19 used 19 used 20 to 20 to 21 be i guess she is a sight of trouble , and [mrs] [joel] [ain't] [the] [woman] [to] like that [.] 1 i 10 and 2 guess 3 she 2 guess 4 is 2 guess 10 and 3 she 4 is 4 is 6 sight 5 a 6 sight 6 sight 7 of 7 of 8 trouble 9 , 10 and 10 and 17 like 17 like 18 that but there [!] 1 but 2 there she has to [work] [most] [awful] [hard] [,] [and] [i] [suppose] [a] [sick] [person] [doesn't] come [handy] in a hotel [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 3 to 3 to 16 come 16 come 18 in 18 in 20 hotel 19 a 20 hotel i guess you 've got [your] [revenge] [,] [anna] [,] [without] [lifting] [a] [finger] to get it [.] 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 3 you 2 guess 4 've 3 you 4 've 4 've 5 got 5 got 15 to 15 to 16 get 16 get 17 it think of [lou] [carroll] coming to that [!] ["] 1 think 2 of 1 think 6 to 2 of 5 coming 5 coming 6 to 6 to 7 that the next day was cold and raw [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 day 3 day 4 was 4 was 6 and 5 cold 6 and 6 and 7 raw the ragged , bare trees in the [old] [carroll] grounds shook and writhed in the gusts of wind [.] 1 the 5 trees 2 ragged 3 , 2 ragged 5 trees 4 bare 5 trees 5 trees 6 in 5 trees 12 and 6 in 10 grounds 7 the 10 grounds 11 shook 12 and 12 and 13 writhed 12 and 14 in 14 in 16 gusts 15 the 16 gusts 16 gusts 17 of 17 of 18 wind now [and] then a drifting scud of rain dashed across the windows [.] 1 now 6 scud 3 then 6 scud 4 a 6 scud 5 drifting 6 scud 6 scud 7 of 6 scud 9 dashed 7 of 8 rain 9 dashed 10 across 10 across 12 windows 11 the 12 windows [mrs] [.] [march] [looked] [out] [with] [a] [shiver] [,] [and] [turned] [thankfully] [to] [her] [own] [cosy] [fireside] [again] [.] presently she thought she heard a low knock at the front door , and went to see [.] 1 presently 2 she 2 she 3 thought 3 thought 4 she 3 thought 14 and 4 she 14 and 5 heard 8 knock 5 heard 9 at 5 heard 14 and 6 a 7 low 6 a 8 knock 7 low 8 knock 8 knock 9 at 9 at 12 door 10 the 12 door 11 front 12 door 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 went 15 went 16 to 16 to 17 see it was a woman who stood there , a woman whose emaciated face wore a piteous expression , as she lifted it to [mrs] [.] march [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 woman 2 was 23 to 3 a 4 woman 4 woman 5 who 4 woman 6 stood 4 woman 10 woman 5 who 6 stood 6 stood 7 there 8 , 10 woman 9 a 10 woman 10 woman 11 whose 10 woman 18 , 11 whose 13 face 12 emaciated 13 face 13 face 14 wore 14 wore 17 expression 15 a 16 piteous 15 a 17 expression 16 piteous 17 expression 18 , 19 as 19 as 20 she 19 as 21 lifted 20 she 21 lifted 21 lifted 22 it 23 to 26 march " you [don't] [know] [me] [,] [of] [course] , ["] she said , with a feeble attempt at dignity [.] 1 " 12 said 2 you 11 she 9 , 11 she 11 she 12 said 12 said 14 with 13 , 14 with 14 with 17 attempt 15 a 16 feeble 15 a 17 attempt 16 feeble 17 attempt 17 attempt 18 at 18 at 19 dignity ["] [i] [am] [mrs] [baxter] [.] i [i] used to live here long ago [.] 1 i 3 used 3 used 4 to 3 used 5 live 4 to 5 live 5 live 6 here 5 live 8 ago 7 long 8 ago i thought [i] ['d] [walk] [over] [today] and see my old home [.] ["] 1 i 8 and 2 thought 8 and 8 and 9 see 9 see 11 old 9 see 12 home 10 my 11 old a fit of coughing interrupted her words [,] [and] [she] [trembled] [like] [a] [leaf] [.] 1 a 2 fit 2 fit 3 of 2 fit 5 interrupted 3 of 4 coughing 5 interrupted 7 words 6 her 7 words " [gracious] [me] [!] " [exclaimed] [mrs] [.] [march] [blankly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [you] [don't] [mean] [to] [tell] [me] [that] [you] [have] [walked] [over] [from] [oriental] [today] [and] [you] [a] [sick] [woman] [!] for pity 's sake , come in , quick [.] 1 for 4 sake 1 for 5 , 1 for 6 come 2 pity 3 's 3 's 4 sake 6 come 7 in 6 come 9 quick 8 , 9 quick and [if] you 're not wet to the skin [!] ["] 1 and 3 you 1 and 4 're 3 you 4 're 4 're 5 not 4 're 6 wet 5 not 6 wet 6 wet 7 to 7 to 9 skin 8 the 9 skin she fairly pulled her visitor into the hall , and led her to the sitting-room [.] 1 she 10 and 2 fairly 3 pulled 3 pulled 5 visitor 3 pulled 6 into 3 pulled 10 and 4 her 5 visitor 5 visitor 6 into 6 into 8 hall 7 the 8 hall 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 led 11 led 12 her 11 led 13 to 13 to 15 sitting-room 14 the 15 sitting-room ["] [sit] [down] [.] take this big easy-chair right up to the fire so [.] 1 take 5 right 2 this 3 big 3 big 5 right 4 easy-chair 5 right 5 right 6 up 6 up 7 to 6 up 10 so 7 to 9 fire 8 the 9 fire let me take your bonnet and shawl [.] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 take 3 take 6 and 4 your 5 bonnet 5 bonnet 6 and 6 and 7 shawl i must [run] [right] [out] [to] [tell] [hannah] [to] get [you] a hot drink [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 10 get 10 get 14 drink 12 a 13 hot 12 a 14 drink 13 hot 14 drink " you are very kind [,] ["] [whispered] [the] [other] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 kind 4 very 5 kind ["] [i] [don't] [know] [you] [,] [but] [you] [look] [like] [a] [woman] [i] [used] [to] [know] [when] [i] [was] [a] [girl] [.] she was [a] [mrs] [bennett] , and she had a daughter [,] [anna] [.] 1 she 6 , 2 was 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 she 7 and 9 had 8 she 9 had 9 had 11 daughter 10 a 11 daughter do you know what became [of] her [?] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 5 became 5 became 7 her i forget [.] 1 i 2 forget i forget everything now [.] ["] 1 i 2 forget 2 forget 3 everything 2 forget 4 now 3 everything 4 now " [my] [name] [is] [march] [,] ["] said [mrs] [.] march briefly , ignoring the question [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 march 8 said 12 briefly 8 said 14 ignoring 13 , 14 ignoring 14 ignoring 16 question 15 the 16 question " [i] [don't] [suppose] [you] [ever] [heard] [it] [before] [.] " 1 " 11 " she wrapped her own warm shawl about the other woman 's thin shoulders [.] 1 she 2 wrapped 2 wrapped 6 shawl 2 wrapped 7 about 3 her 4 own 3 her 6 shawl 5 warm 6 shawl 6 shawl 7 about 7 about 13 shoulders 8 the 9 other 9 other 10 woman 10 woman 11 's 11 's 13 shoulders 12 thin 13 shoulders then she hastened to the kitchen and soon returned , carrying a tray of food and a steaming hot drink [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 7 and 3 hastened 4 to 3 hastened 7 and 4 to 6 kitchen 5 the 6 kitchen 7 and 9 returned 7 and 11 carrying 8 soon 9 returned 10 , 11 carrying 11 carrying 13 tray 12 a 13 tray 13 tray 14 of 14 of 16 and 15 food 16 and 16 and 20 drink 17 a 20 drink 18 steaming 20 drink 19 hot 20 drink she wheeled a small table up to her visitor 's side [and] said , very kindly , 1 she 2 wheeled 2 wheeled 5 table 3 a 4 small 3 a 5 table 4 small 5 table 5 table 6 up 6 up 7 to 7 to 11 side 8 her 9 visitor 9 visitor 10 's 10 's 11 side 11 side 13 said 11 side 16 kindly 14 , 16 kindly 15 very 16 kindly 16 kindly 17 , ["] [now] [,] [take] [a] [bite] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [and] [this] [raspberry] [vinegar] [will] [warm] [you] [right] [up] [.] it is a dreadful day for you to be out [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 day 2 is 6 for 2 is 8 to 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 5 day 4 dreadful 5 day 6 for 7 you 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 out why [on] [earth] didn't [joel] [kent] [drive] you [over] [?] " 1 why 4 didn't 4 didn't 8 you 8 you 11 " " [they] [didn't] [know] [i] [was] [coming] [,] ["] whispered [mrs] [baxter] anxiously [.] 1 " 10 whispered 10 whispered 13 anxiously ["] [i] [i] [ran] [away] [.] sarah wouldn't have let me come if she had known [.] 1 sarah 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 let 4 let 5 me 4 let 6 come 6 come 7 if 7 if 8 she 7 if 10 known 8 she 9 had 9 had 10 known [but] [i] [wanted] [to] [come] [so] [much] [.] it is so nice to be home again [.] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 nice 3 so 4 nice 4 nice 5 to 4 nice 6 be 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 home 6 be 8 again [mrs] [.] [march] [watched] [her] [guest] [as] [she] [ate] [and] [drank] [.] it was plain enough that her mind , [or] rather her memory , was affected [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 plain 3 plain 4 enough 3 plain 5 that 5 that 7 mind 5 that 15 affected 6 her 7 mind 7 mind 12 memory 7 mind 14 was 8 , 10 rather 8 , 12 memory 11 her 12 memory 12 memory 13 , 14 was 15 affected she did not realize that this was no longer her home [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 realize 3 not 4 realize 4 realize 5 that 5 that 7 was 6 this 7 was 7 was 9 longer 7 was 11 home 8 no 9 longer 10 her 11 home at moments she seemed to fancy herself back in the past again [.] 1 at 2 moments 1 at 3 she 3 she 4 seemed 4 seemed 5 to 4 seemed 6 fancy 5 to 6 fancy 6 fancy 7 herself 6 fancy 8 back 6 fancy 12 again 8 back 9 in 9 in 11 past 10 the 11 past once [or] twice she called [mrs] [.] [march] ["] [mother] [.] ["] 1 once 4 she 3 twice 4 she 4 she 5 called presently a sharp knock was heard at the hall door [.] 1 presently 4 knock 2 a 4 knock 3 sharp 4 knock 4 knock 5 was 5 was 6 heard 6 heard 7 at 7 at 10 door 8 the 10 door 9 hall 10 door [mrs] [.] [march] [excused] [herself] [and] [went] [out] [.] " [lawful] [heart] [!] " [puffed] [mrs] [stapp] [,] [as] [she] [stepped] [in] [out] [of] [the] [biting] [wind] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] ['m] [right] [out] [of] [breath] [.] [mrs] [.] [march] [,] [allow] [me] [to] [introduce] [mrs] [kent] [.] [we] ['re] [looking] [for] [mrs] [baxter] [.] she has run away [,] [and] [we] [thought] [perhaps] [she] [came] [here] [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 3 run 3 run 4 away [did] [she] [?] ["] " she is in my sitting-room now , " said [mrs] [.] [march] [quietly] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 8 , 3 is 4 in 3 is 7 now 3 is 8 , 4 in 6 sitting-room 5 my 6 sitting-room 6 sitting-room 7 now 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said " [didn't] [i] [say] so [?] ["] [demanded] [mrs] [kent] [,] [turning] [to] [mrs] [stapp] [.] 1 " 5 so she spoke in a sharp , high-pitched tone that grated on [mrs] [.] march 's nerves [.] 1 she 2 spoke 2 spoke 3 in 2 spoke 11 on 3 in 8 tone 4 a 5 sharp 4 a 8 tone 5 sharp 6 , 5 sharp 8 tone 7 high-pitched 8 tone 8 tone 9 that 8 tone 10 grated 9 that 10 grated 11 on 16 nerves 14 march 15 's 15 's 16 nerves ["] [doesn't] [she] [beat] [all] [!] she [slipped] [away] [this] [morning] [when] [i] was busy in the kitchen [.] 1 she 8 was 8 was 9 busy 9 busy 10 in 10 in 12 kitchen 11 the 12 kitchen and to think of [her] walking six miles over here in this wind [!] 1 and 2 to 2 to 3 think 3 think 4 of 4 of 6 walking 6 walking 9 over 6 walking 11 in 7 six 8 miles 8 miles 9 over 9 over 10 here 11 in 13 wind 12 this 13 wind i dunno [how] [she] [did] it [.] 1 i 2 dunno 2 dunno 6 it i don't believe she 's [half] [as] sick as she pretends [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 believe 3 believe 4 she 3 believe 5 's 4 she 5 's 5 's 8 sick 5 's 9 as 9 as 10 she 9 as 11 pretends 10 she 11 pretends i [s'pose] [we] 'll have a fearful scene [.] ["] 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 have 5 have 8 scene 6 a 8 scene 7 fearful 8 scene " [i] [don't] [see] [that] [there] [is] [any] [call] [for] [a] [scene] [,] " [said] [mrs] [.] [march] [firmly] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [the] [poor] [woman] [has] [just] [got] [here] [,] [and] [she] [thinks] [she] [has] [got] [home] [.] she might as well think so if it is of any comfort to her [.] 1 she 2 might 2 might 5 think 3 as 4 well 4 well 5 think 5 think 6 so 5 think 7 if 7 if 8 it 7 if 9 is 8 it 9 is 9 is 10 of 9 is 13 to 10 of 12 comfort 11 any 12 comfort 12 comfort 13 to 13 to 14 her you 'd better leave her here [.] ["] 1 you 2 'd 2 'd 4 leave 3 better 4 leave 4 leave 5 her 4 leave 6 here theodosia gave a stifled gasp of [amazement] , but [mrs] [.] march went serenely [on] [.] 1 theodosia 2 gave 2 gave 5 gasp 3 a 5 gasp 4 stifled 5 gasp 5 gasp 6 of 6 of 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 12 march 9 but 13 went 12 march 13 went 13 went 14 serenely i 've plenty of time to look after her and make her comfortable [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 4 of 5 time 5 time 6 to 5 time 10 and 6 to 10 and 7 look 8 after 7 look 10 and 8 after 9 her 10 and 11 make 11 make 12 her 11 make 13 comfortable [mrs] [joel] [kent] [was] [voluble] [in] [her] [thanks] [.] it was evident that she was delighted to get the sick woman off her hands [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 evident 3 evident 4 that 4 that 5 she 4 that 6 was 5 she 6 was 6 was 7 delighted 7 delighted 8 to 7 delighted 9 get 8 to 9 get 9 get 12 woman 9 get 13 off 10 the 12 woman 11 sick 12 woman 12 woman 13 off 13 off 15 hands 14 her 15 hands [mrs] [.] [march] [cut] [her] [short] [with] [an] [invitation] [to] [stay] [to] [tea] [,] [but] [mrs] [kent] [declined] [.] ["] [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [hurry] [home] [straight] [off] [and] [get] [the] [men] ['s] [suppers] [.] such a [scamper] [to] [have] [over] [that] [woman] [!] 1 such 2 a i 'm sure [i] ['m] [thankful] you 're willing to let her stay , for she 'd never be contented anywhere else [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 7 you 3 sure 8 're 7 you 8 're 8 're 9 willing 9 willing 10 to 9 willing 11 let 10 to 11 let 11 let 12 her 11 let 13 stay 13 stay 15 for 14 , 15 for 15 for 16 she 16 she 17 'd 17 'd 19 be 18 never 19 be 19 be 20 contented 20 contented 21 anywhere 21 anywhere 22 else i 'll send over what few things she has tomorrow [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 send 3 send 4 over 3 send 7 things 4 over 5 what 6 few 7 things 7 things 8 she 7 things 9 has 8 she 9 has 9 has 10 tomorrow when [mrs] [kent] [had] [gone] , [mrs] [.] [march] and [mrs] [stapp] [looked] [at] [each] [other] [.] 1 when 6 , 6 , 10 and " and [so] this is [your] [revenge] [,] [anna] [march] [?] ["] [said] [the] [latter] [solemnly] [.] 1 " 2 and 2 and 4 this 2 and 5 is 4 this 5 is " [do] [you] [remember] [what] [you] [said] [to] [me] [about] [her] [?] " 1 " 13 " ["] [yes] [,] [i] [do] [,] [theodosia] [,] [and] [i] [thought] [i] [meant] [every] [word] [of] [it] [.] but [i] [guess] [my] [wicked] [streak] [ran] [out] [just] [when] [i] [needed] it [to] [depend] [on] [.] 1 but 13 it besides , [you] [see] [,] [i] ['ve] [thought] [of] [lou] [carroll] [all] [these] [years] as she was [when] [i] [knew] [her] handsome and saucy and proud [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 16 she 2 , 15 as 16 she 17 was 17 was 23 and 22 handsome 23 and 23 and 25 and 24 saucy 25 and 25 and 26 proud but [that] [poor] [creature] [in] there isn't any [more] [like] [the] [lou] [carroll] [i] [knew] than you are [not] [a] [mite] [.] 1 but 6 there 1 but 18 are 6 there 7 isn't 7 isn't 8 any 16 than 17 you 17 you 18 are the old [lou] [carroll] [is] [dead] [already] , and my spite is dead with her [.] 1 the 2 old 2 old 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 is 10 my 11 spite 11 spite 12 is 12 is 13 dead 13 dead 14 with 14 with 15 her will you come in and see her [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 1 will 5 and 3 come 4 in 3 come 5 and 5 and 6 see 6 see 7 her ["] [well] [,] [no] [,] [not] [just] [now] [.] i must go and tell [peter] about [it] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [send] [up] some of [my] [black] [currant] jam [for] [her] [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 4 and 3 go 4 and 4 and 5 tell 5 tell 7 about 7 about 15 some 15 some 16 of 16 of 20 jam when [mrs] [stapp] [had] [gone] , [mrs] [.] [march] [went] [back] [to] [her] [guest] [.] 1 when 6 , [lou] [baxter] [had] [fallen] [asleep] [with] [her] [head] [pillowed] [on] [the] [soft] [plush] [back] [of] [her] [chair] [.] [mrs] [.] [march] [looked] [at] [the] [hollow] [,] [hectic] [cheeks] [and] [the] [changed] [,] [wasted] [features] [,] [and] [her] [bright] [brown] [eyes] [softened] [with] [tears] [.] " [poor] [lou] [,] " she said softly , as she brushed a loose lock of grey hair back from the sleeping woman 's brow [.] 1 " 7 said 5 " 6 she 6 she 7 said 7 said 8 softly 7 said 9 , 7 said 19 back 10 as 11 she 10 as 12 brushed 10 as 19 back 11 she 12 brushed 12 brushed 15 lock 13 a 14 loose 13 a 15 lock 14 loose 15 lock 15 lock 16 of 16 of 18 hair 17 grey 18 hair 19 back 20 from 20 from 25 brow 21 the 23 woman 22 sleeping 23 woman 23 woman 24 's 24 's 25 brow [nan] nan [was] [polishing] [the] [tumblers] [at] [the] [pantry] [window] , [outside] [of] [which] [john] [osborne] [was] [leaning] [among] [the] [vines] [.] 1 nan 10 , beyond [them] , [old] [abe] [stewart] was mowing the grass in the orchard with a scythe and casting uneasy glances at the pair [.] 1 beyond 3 , 1 beyond 7 was 7 was 8 mowing 8 mowing 10 grass 9 the 10 grass 10 grass 11 in 11 in 17 and 12 the 13 orchard 13 orchard 14 with 13 orchard 17 and 14 with 16 scythe 15 a 16 scythe 17 and 20 glances 17 and 21 at 18 casting 20 glances 19 uneasy 20 glances 21 at 23 pair 22 the 23 pair [old] [abe] [did] [not] [approve] [of] [john] [osborne] [as] [a] [suitor] [for] [nan] [.] john was [poor] [;] and [old] [abe] , [although] he was [the] [wealthiest] [farmer] in [granville] , [was] [bent] [on] [nan] ['s] [making] [a] [good] [match] [.] 1 john 2 was 2 was 5 and 5 and 11 was 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 was 11 was 15 in 15 in 17 , he had [a] [good] [deal] [of] [confidence] [in] [nan] , [she] [was] [a] [sensible] , level-headed girl [.] 1 he 10 , 2 had 10 , 10 , 15 , 15 , 17 girl 16 level-headed 17 girl she was his own daughter in that [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 5 daughter 2 was 6 in 3 his 4 own 3 his 5 daughter 6 in 7 that [however] [,] [old] [abe] [need] [not] [have] [worried] [himself] [.] it could not be said that [nan] was [helping] [john] [osborne] [on] in his wooing [at] [all] [.] 1 it 2 could 2 could 3 not 3 not 4 be 4 be 5 said 5 said 6 that 6 that 8 was 8 was 13 in 13 in 15 wooing 14 his 15 wooing instead , she was teasing [and] snubbing him by turns [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 she 3 she 4 was 4 was 5 teasing 4 was 9 by 5 teasing 7 snubbing 5 teasing 9 by 7 snubbing 8 him 9 by 10 turns nan was very pretty [.] 1 nan 2 was 2 was 4 pretty 3 very 4 pretty moreover , [nan] [was] [well] [aware] [of] [the] [fact] [.] 1 moreover 2 , john [osborne] [knew] [all] [this] [too] , to [his] [cost] [.] 1 john 7 , 7 , 8 to he [had] called to ask [nan] to go [with] [him] to [the] [lone] [lake] [picnic] the next day [.] 1 he 3 called 3 called 4 to 3 called 7 to 4 to 5 ask 7 to 8 go 8 go 11 to 11 to 18 day 16 the 17 next 16 the 18 day there was no need of [nan] ['s] making [such] [a] [mystery] about it [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 need 2 was 12 about 3 no 4 need 4 need 5 of 5 of 8 making 12 about 13 it and [nan] , who was an amiable creature and tender-hearted where anybody 's lover except her own was concerned [,] [had] [agreed] to go [.] 1 and 24 go 3 , 4 who 4 who 9 and 5 was 8 creature 5 was 9 and 6 an 7 amiable 6 an 8 creature 7 amiable 8 creature 9 and 10 tender-hearted 9 and 11 where 11 where 14 lover 11 where 18 was 12 anybody 13 's 13 's 14 lover 14 lover 15 except 14 lover 18 was 15 except 17 own 16 her 17 own 18 was 19 concerned 19 concerned 23 to 23 to 24 go " [whom] [are] [you] [going] [with] [?] " he asked [.] 1 " 10 asked 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 asked " [that] [would] [be] [telling] [,] " [nan] [said] [,] [with] [maddening] [indifference] [.] 1 " 7 " " [is] [it] [bryan] [lee] [?] " [demanded] [john] [.] 1 " 7 " " [it] [might] [be] [,] ["] said [nan] [reflectively] , " and [then] again , you know [,] it mightn't [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 and 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 and 12 and 16 you 12 and 17 know 14 again 15 , 14 again 16 you 16 you 17 know 17 know 19 it 19 it 20 mightn't john was silent [;] [he] [was] [no] [match] [for] [nan] [when] [it] [came] [to] [a] [war] [of] [words] [.] 1 john 2 was 2 was 3 silent he scowled moodily at the shining tumblers [.] 1 he 2 scowled 2 scowled 3 moodily 2 scowled 4 at 4 at 7 tumblers 5 the 7 tumblers 6 shining 7 tumblers " [nan] [,] [i] ['m] [going] [out] [west] , " he said [finally] [.] 1 " 12 said 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 he 11 he 12 said " [john] [osborne] [,] [are] [you] [crazy] [?] " 1 " 9 " ["] [not] [quite] [.] and [i] ['m] [in] [earnest] [,] [i] can tell you [that] [.] " 1 and 8 can 8 can 9 tell 9 tell 10 you 10 you 13 " nan set the glass down with a [decided] thud [.] 1 nan 2 set 2 set 4 glass 3 the 4 glass 4 glass 5 down 5 down 6 with 6 with 9 thud 7 a 9 thud john 's curtness displeased her [.] 1 john 2 's 2 's 3 curtness 3 curtness 4 displeased 4 displeased 5 her he needn't suppose that it made any difference to her if he took it into his stupid head to go [to] [afghanistan] [.] 1 he 2 needn't 2 needn't 3 suppose 3 suppose 4 that 4 that 5 it 4 that 6 made 5 it 6 made 6 made 8 difference 6 made 11 if 6 made 19 to 7 any 8 difference 8 difference 9 to 9 to 10 her 11 if 12 he 11 if 13 took 12 he 13 took 13 took 14 it 13 took 15 into 14 it 15 into 15 into 18 head 16 his 18 head 17 stupid 18 head 19 to 20 go " [oh] [!] ["] she remarked carelessly [.] 1 " 6 remarked 5 she 6 remarked 6 remarked 7 carelessly ["] [well] [,] [i] [suppose] [if] [you] ['ve] [got] [the] [western] [fever] [your] [case] [is] [hopeless] [.] would it be impertinent to inquire why you are going [?] ["] 1 would 2 it 1 would 3 be 3 be 4 impertinent 4 impertinent 5 to 5 to 6 inquire 6 inquire 7 why 7 why 8 you 7 why 9 are 8 you 9 are 9 are 10 going he says he can't wait any longer [.] 1 he 2 says 2 says 3 he 2 says 5 wait 3 he 4 can't 4 can't 5 wait 5 wait 7 longer 6 any 7 longer i 've worked hard enough and done my best to keep the old place [,] [but] [it] ['s] [been] [uphill] [work] [and] [i] ['m] [beaten] [at] [last] [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 14 place 3 worked 14 place 4 hard 5 enough 4 hard 6 and 6 and 7 done 6 and 14 place 7 done 9 best 7 done 10 to 8 my 9 best 10 to 11 keep 11 keep 13 old 12 the 13 old nan sat blankly down on the stool by the window [.] 1 nan 2 sat 2 sat 3 blankly 2 sat 4 down 4 down 8 by 5 on 7 stool 6 the 7 stool 7 stool 8 by 8 by 10 window 9 the 10 window her face was a study [which] [john] [osborne] [,] [watching] [old] [abe] ['s] [movements] [,] [missed] [.] 1 her 2 face 2 face 3 was 3 was 5 study 4 a 5 study " [well] [,] [i] [never] [!] " [she] [gasped] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [john] [osborne] [,] [do] [you] [mean] [to] [tell] [me] [that] [bryan] [lee] [is] [going] [to] [do] [that] [?] how did he come to get your mortgage [?] ["] 1 how 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 come 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 get 6 get 8 mortgage 7 your 8 mortgage " [bought] [it] [from] [old] [townsend] [,] " [answered] [john] [briefly] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [oh] [,] [he] ['s] [within] [his] [rights] [,] [i] ['ll] [admit] [.] i 've even got behind with the interest this past year [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 got 3 even 4 got 4 got 5 behind 4 got 6 with 4 got 11 year 6 with 8 interest 7 the 8 interest 9 this 10 past 10 past 11 year i 'll go out west and begin [over] again [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 6 and 3 go 4 out 3 go 6 and 4 out 5 west 6 and 7 begin 7 begin 9 again " it ['s] [a] [burning] [shame] [!] ["] said [nan] [violently] [.] 1 " 9 said 2 it 9 said john looked around in time to see two very red spots on her cheeks [.] 1 john 2 looked 2 looked 3 around 2 looked 4 in 4 in 5 time 5 time 6 to 5 time 7 see 6 to 7 see 7 see 11 spots 7 see 12 on 8 two 11 spots 9 very 10 red 10 red 11 spots 11 spots 12 on 12 on 14 cheeks 13 her 14 cheeks " [you] [don't] [care] [though] [,] [nan] [.] " 1 " 9 " " [i] [don't] [like] [to] [see] [anyone] [unjustly] [treated] [,] " [declared] [nan] [,] ["] [and] [that] [is] [what] [you] ['ve] [been] [.] 1 " 11 " you 've never had half a chance [.] 1 you 2 've 2 've 4 had 3 never 4 had 4 had 5 half 5 half 6 a 5 half 7 chance 6 a 7 chance and after the way you 've slaved , too ! " 1 and 5 you 2 after 4 way 2 after 5 you 3 the 4 way 5 you 6 've 6 've 7 slaved 7 slaved 9 too 8 , 9 too 9 too 10 ! 10 ! 11 " " [if] [lee] [would] [wait] [a] [little] [i] [might] [do] [something] [yet] [,] [now] [that] [aunt] [alice] [is] [gone] [,] " [said] [john] [bitterly] [.] 1 " 21 " ["] [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [of] [work] [.] but he won't [;] [he] [means] to [take] his spite [out] [at] [last] [.] ["] 1 but 2 he 1 but 7 to 2 he 3 won't 7 to 10 spite 9 his 10 spite nan hesitated [.] 1 nan 2 hesitated " [surely] [bryan] [isn't] [so] [mean] [as] [that] [,] " she stammered [.] 1 " 12 stammered 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 stammered " [perhaps] [he] ['ll] [change] [his] [mind] [if] [if] " 1 " 10 " osborne wheeled [about] [with] [face] aflame [.] 1 osborne 2 wheeled 2 wheeled 6 aflame " [don't] [you] [say] [a] [word] to him [about] [it] , [nan] [!] " he cried [.] 1 " 16 cried 7 to 8 him 7 to 11 , 7 to 15 he 11 , 14 " 15 he 16 cried ["] [don't] [you] [go] [interceding] [with] [him] [for] [me] [.] i 've got some pride left [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 5 pride 4 some 5 pride 5 pride 6 left he can take the farm from me [,] [and] [he] [can] [take] [you] [maybe] [,] [but] [he] [can't] [take] [my] [self-respect] [.] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 take 3 take 5 farm 3 take 6 from 4 the 5 farm 5 farm 6 from 6 from 7 me i won't beg him for mercy [.] 1 i 2 won't 2 won't 3 beg 3 beg 4 him 3 beg 5 for 5 for 6 mercy don't you dare to say a word to him about it [.] ["] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 dare 3 dare 4 to 3 dare 5 say 4 to 5 say 5 say 7 word 5 say 8 to 5 say 10 about 6 a 7 word 7 word 8 to 8 to 9 him 10 about 11 it nan 's eyes flashed [.] 1 nan 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 flashed she was offended to find her sympathy flung back in her face [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 offended 3 offended 4 to 4 to 5 find 5 find 7 sympathy 5 find 10 in 6 her 7 sympathy 7 sympathy 8 flung 7 sympathy 10 in 8 flung 9 back 10 in 12 face 11 her 12 face " [don't] [be] [alarmed] [,] " she said tartly [.] 1 " 8 said 6 " 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 9 tartly ["] [i] [shan't] [bother] [myself] [about] [your] [concerns] [.] i 've no doubt you 're able to look out for [them] yourself [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 doubt 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 you 4 doubt 10 out 4 doubt 11 for 5 you 6 're 6 're 7 able 7 able 8 to 8 to 9 look 9 look 10 out 11 for 13 yourself osborne turned away [.] 1 osborne 2 turned 2 turned 3 away as he did so he saw [bryan] [lee] [driving] [up] [the] [lane] [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 did 1 as 5 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 so 5 he 6 saw [perhaps] [nan] [saw] [it] [too] [.] at any rate , she leaned out of the window [.] 1 at 3 rate 1 at 4 , 1 at 5 she 2 any 3 rate 5 she 6 leaned 6 leaned 8 of 7 out 8 of 8 of 10 window 9 the 10 window ["] [john] [!] [john] [!] ["] osborne half turned [.] 1 osborne 2 half 2 half 3 turned " [you] ['ll] [be] [up] [again] [soon] [,] [won't] [you] [?] " 1 " 12 " his face hardened [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 3 hardened " [i] ['ll] come to say [goodbye] [before] [i] [go] [,] [of] [course] [,] ["] [he] [answered] [shortly] [.] 1 " 6 say 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 say he came [face] [to] [face] [with] [lee] at the gate , where the latter was tying his sleek chestnut to a poplar [.] 1 he 2 came 2 came 8 at 2 came 20 to 8 at 11 , 9 the 10 gate 10 gate 11 , 11 , 12 where 13 the 14 latter 14 latter 15 was 15 was 16 tying 16 tying 19 chestnut 17 his 19 chestnut 18 sleek 19 chestnut 19 chestnut 20 to 20 to 22 poplar 21 a 22 poplar he acknowledged his rival 's condescending nod with a scowl [.] 1 he 2 acknowledged 2 acknowledged 7 nod 3 his 4 rival 4 rival 5 's 5 's 7 nod 6 condescending 7 nod 7 nod 8 with 8 with 10 scowl 9 a 10 scowl lee looked after him with a satisfied smile [.] 1 lee 2 looked 2 looked 3 after 2 looked 5 with 3 after 4 him 5 with 8 smile 6 a 7 satisfied 6 a 8 smile 7 satisfied 8 smile " [poor] [beggar] [!] " he muttered [.] 1 " 7 muttered 5 " 6 he 6 he 7 muttered ["] [he] [feels] [pretty] [cheap] [i] [reckon] [.] i 've spoiled his chances in this quarter [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 spoiled 3 spoiled 5 chances 3 spoiled 6 in 4 his 5 chances 5 chances 6 in 6 in 8 quarter 7 this 8 quarter he stopped for a chat [with] [old] [abe] [.] 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 for 3 for 5 chat 4 a 5 chat [old] [abe] [approved] [of] [bryan] [lee] [.] he was a son-in-law [after] [old] [abe] ['s] [heart] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 son-in-law 3 a 4 son-in-law [meanwhile] [,] [nan] [had] [seated] [herself] [at] [the] [pantry] [window] [and] [was] [ostentatiously] [hemming] [towels] [in] [apparent] [oblivion] [of] [suitor] [no] [.] [@number@] nevertheless , when [bryan] [came] [up] she greeted him with an unusually sweet smile and [at] once plunged into an animated conversation [.] 1 nevertheless 2 , 1 nevertheless 7 she 2 , 3 when 7 she 15 and 8 greeted 9 him 8 greeted 10 with 8 greeted 15 and 10 with 14 smile 11 an 12 unusually 11 an 14 smile 12 unusually 13 sweet 13 sweet 14 smile 15 and 18 plunged 15 and 19 into 17 once 18 plunged 19 into 22 conversation 20 an 21 animated 20 an 22 conversation 21 animated 22 conversation bryan had not come to ask her to go to the picnic business prevented him from going [.] 1 bryan 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 come 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 ask 6 ask 7 her 6 ask 8 to 6 ask 9 go 8 to 9 go 9 go 10 to 10 to 12 picnic 11 the 12 picnic 12 picnic 13 business 12 picnic 14 prevented 13 business 14 prevented 14 prevented 15 him 14 prevented 16 from 16 from 17 going but he meant to find out if she were going [with] [john] [osborne] [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 meant 2 he 3 meant 3 meant 4 to 3 meant 6 out 4 to 6 out 5 find 6 out 6 out 7 if 7 if 8 she 7 if 9 were 8 she 9 were 9 were 10 going as [nan] [was] [serenely] [impervious] [to] [all] [hints] , he was finally forced to ask her bluntly if she was going to the picnic [.] 1 as 9 , 1 as 10 he 10 he 11 was 11 was 13 forced 12 finally 13 forced 13 forced 14 to 13 forced 15 ask 14 to 15 ask 15 ask 16 her 15 ask 17 bluntly 15 ask 18 if 18 if 19 she 18 if 20 was 19 she 20 was 20 was 21 going 21 going 22 to 22 to 24 picnic 23 the 24 picnic well , yes , [she] [expected] to [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 4 , 2 , 3 yes 4 , 7 to [oh] [!] might he ask [with] [whom] [?] 1 might 2 he 1 might 3 ask nan didn't know that it was a question of public interest at all [.] 1 nan 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 that 4 that 5 it 4 that 6 was 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 question 6 was 12 at 7 a 8 question 8 question 9 of 9 of 11 interest 10 public 11 interest 11 interest 12 at 12 at 13 all " [it] [isn't] [with] [that] [osborne] [fellow] [,] [is] [it] [?] ["] demanded [bryan] incautiously [.] 1 " 13 demanded 13 demanded 15 incautiously nan tossed her head [.] 1 nan 2 tossed 2 tossed 4 head 3 her 4 head " [well] [,] [why] [not] ? " she asked [.] 1 " 9 asked 6 ? 7 " 6 ? 8 she 8 she 9 asked " [look] [here] [,] [nan] [,] ["] [said] [lee] [angrily] [,] ["] [if] you 're going to the picnic [with] [john] [osborne] [i] ['m] [surprised] [at] [you] [.] 1 " 14 you 14 you 15 're 15 're 16 going 16 going 17 to 17 to 19 picnic 18 the 19 picnic what do you mean by encouraging him so ? 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 5 by 5 by 6 encouraging 6 encouraging 7 him 6 encouraging 8 so 8 so 9 ? he 's as poor as [job] ['s] turkey [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 4 poor 3 as 4 poor 4 poor 5 as 5 as 8 turkey i suppose you 've [heard] [that] [i] ['ve] been compelled to foreclose the mortgage on his farm [.] ["] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 you 2 suppose 4 've 3 you 4 've 4 've 9 been 9 been 10 compelled 10 compelled 11 to 10 compelled 12 foreclose 11 to 12 foreclose 12 foreclose 14 mortgage 12 foreclose 15 on 13 the 14 mortgage 14 mortgage 15 on 15 on 17 farm 16 his 17 farm nan kept her temper sweetly [a] dangerous sign [,] [had] [bryan] [but] [known] [it] [.] 1 nan 2 kept 2 kept 8 sign 3 her 8 sign 4 temper 8 sign 5 sweetly 7 dangerous 7 dangerous 8 sign " [yes] [;] he was telling me so this morning , " she answered [slowly] [.] 1 " 4 he 4 he 11 , 5 was 6 telling 5 was 11 , 6 telling 7 me 6 telling 8 so 6 telling 10 morning 9 this 10 morning 11 , 14 answered 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 answered ["] [oh] [,] [was] [he] [?] i suppose he gave me my character [?] ["] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 he 2 suppose 4 gave 3 he 4 gave 4 gave 5 me 4 gave 7 character 6 my 7 character ["] [no] [;] [he] [didn't] [say] [very] [much] [about] [it] [at] [all] [.] he said of course you were within your rights [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 5 you 2 said 6 were 3 of 4 course 4 course 5 you 5 you 6 were 6 were 7 within 7 within 9 rights 8 your 9 rights but do you really mean to do it [,] [bryan] [?] ["] 1 but 2 do 1 but 5 mean 2 do 3 you 2 do 5 mean 4 really 5 mean 5 mean 6 to 5 mean 7 do 6 to 7 do 7 do 8 it " [of] [course] [i] [do] [,] " [said] [bryan] [promptly] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [can't] [wait] [any] [longer] [for] [my] [money] [,] [and] [i] ['d] [never] [get] [it] [if] [i] [did] [.] osborne can't even pay the interest [.] ["] 1 osborne 2 can't 2 can't 4 pay 3 even 4 pay 4 pay 6 interest 5 the 6 interest " [it] [isn't] [because] he hasn't [worked] [hard] enough [,] [then] [,] ["] said [nan] [.] 1 " 5 he 1 " 14 said 5 he 6 hasn't 9 enough 14 said " he has just slaved on that place ever since he grew up [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 has 3 has 5 slaved 4 just 5 slaved 5 slaved 6 on 5 slaved 10 since 6 on 8 place 7 that 8 place 9 ever 10 since 10 since 11 he 10 since 12 grew 11 he 12 grew 12 grew 13 up " [well] [,] [yes] [,] he has worked hard in a way [.] 1 " 6 he 6 he 7 has 7 has 8 worked 8 worked 9 hard 8 worked 10 in 10 in 12 way 11 a 12 way but he 's kind of shiftless , for [all] that no manager , as you might say [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 's 2 he 3 's 3 's 6 shiftless 3 's 14 as 4 kind 5 of 5 of 6 shiftless 6 shiftless 8 for 7 , 8 for 8 for 12 manager 8 for 13 , 10 that 12 manager 11 no 12 manager 14 as 15 you 15 you 16 might 16 might 17 say some folks would have been clear by now , but [osborne] is one of those men that are bound to get behind [.] 1 some 2 folks 2 folks 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 6 clear 6 clear 7 by 6 clear 10 but 7 by 8 now 9 , 10 but 10 but 22 behind 12 is 13 one 13 one 14 of 13 one 22 behind 14 of 16 men 15 those 16 men 16 men 17 that 16 men 18 are 17 that 18 are 18 are 19 bound 19 bound 20 to 19 bound 21 get 20 to 21 get he hasn't got any business faculty [.] ["] 1 he 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 3 got 3 got 6 faculty 4 any 6 faculty 5 business 6 faculty " he [isn't] [shiftless] [,] ["] said [nan] [quickly] , " and it isn't his fault if he has got behind [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 7 said 7 said 10 , 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 12 and 14 isn't 13 it 14 isn't 14 isn't 16 fault 14 isn't 17 if 15 his 16 fault 17 if 18 he 17 if 20 got 18 he 19 has 19 has 20 got 20 got 21 behind it 's all because of his care for his aunt [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 all 2 's 8 for 4 because 5 of 5 of 7 care 6 his 7 care 7 care 8 for 8 for 10 aunt 9 his 10 aunt he has had to spend more on her doctor 's bills than would have raised the mortgage [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 had 3 had 4 to 3 had 5 spend 4 to 5 spend 5 spend 6 more 5 spend 7 on 5 spend 12 than 7 on 11 bills 8 her 9 doctor 9 doctor 10 's 10 's 11 bills 12 than 13 would 13 would 14 have 14 have 15 raised 15 raised 17 mortgage 16 the 17 mortgage and now that she is dead and he might have a chance to pull up , you go and foreclose [.] ["] 1 and 17 you 1 and 19 and 2 now 3 that 3 that 7 and 3 that 10 have 3 that 17 you 4 she 5 is 4 she 7 and 5 is 6 dead 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 might 9 might 10 have 10 have 12 chance 11 a 12 chance 12 chance 13 to 13 to 14 pull 15 up 16 , 15 up 17 you 17 you 19 and 18 go 19 and 19 and 20 foreclose " [a] [man] [must] [look] [out] [for] [number] [one] [,] " [said] [bryan] [easily] [,] [admiring] [nan] ['s] [downcast] [eyes] [and] [rosy] [cheeks] [.] 1 " 11 " " [i] [haven't] [any] [spite] [against] [osborne] [,] [but] [business] [is] [business] [,] [you] [know] [.] " 1 " 17 " nan opened her lips to say [something] but , remembering [osborne] ['s] [parting] [injunction] , [she] [shut] [them] [again] [.] 1 nan 2 opened 2 opened 4 lips 2 opened 5 to 3 her 4 lips 5 to 6 say 6 say 15 , 8 but 9 , 8 but 15 , 9 , 10 remembering she [shot] [a] [scornful] [glance] [at] [lee] [as] [he] stood [with] [his] [arms] [folded] [on] [the] [sill] [beside] [her] [.] 1 she 10 stood bryan lingered [,] [talking] [small] [talk] [,] [until] [nan] [announced] [that] [she] [must] [see] [about] [getting] [tea] [.] 1 bryan 2 lingered " [and] [you] [won't] [tell] [me] [who] [is] [going] to [take] you [to] [the] [picnic] [?] " he coaxed [.] 1 " 19 coaxed 10 to 12 you 10 to 18 he 12 you 17 " 18 he 19 coaxed " [oh] [,] it ['s] [ned] [bennett] [,] ["] said [nan] indifferently [.] 1 " 10 said 4 it 10 said 10 said 12 indifferently bryan felt relieved [.] 1 bryan 2 felt 2 felt 3 relieved he unpinned the huge cluster of violets on his coat and laid them down on the sill beside her before he went [.] 1 he 11 and 2 unpinned 5 cluster 2 unpinned 8 on 2 unpinned 11 and 3 the 5 cluster 4 huge 5 cluster 5 cluster 6 of 6 of 7 violets 7 violets 8 on 8 on 10 coat 9 his 10 coat 11 and 12 laid 12 laid 13 them 12 laid 14 down 12 laid 15 on 12 laid 18 beside 12 laid 20 before 15 on 17 sill 16 the 17 sill 17 sill 18 beside 18 beside 19 her 20 before 21 he 20 before 22 went 21 he 22 went nan flicked them off [with] her fingers as she watched him cross the lawn [,] [his] [own] [self-satisfied] [smile] [upon] [his] [face] [.] 1 nan 2 flicked 2 flicked 3 them 2 flicked 4 off 2 flicked 8 as 4 off 7 fingers 6 her 7 fingers 8 as 9 she 8 as 10 watched 9 she 10 watched 10 watched 11 him 10 watched 12 cross 12 cross 14 lawn 13 the 14 lawn he had never been to see [nan] [since] that [last] [afternoon] , [but] [bryan] [lee] [haunted] [the] [stewart] [place] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 been 3 never 4 been 4 been 5 to 5 to 6 see 6 see 9 that 9 that 12 , old [abe] [marched] [straightway] home [to] [nan] [in] [a] [fury] [and] [demanded] [if] [this] [were] [true] [.] 1 old 5 home nan curtly admitted that it was [.] 1 nan 3 admitted 2 curtly 3 admitted 3 admitted 4 that 4 that 5 it 4 that 6 was 5 it 6 was [old] [abe] [was] [so] [much] [taken] [aback] [by] [her] [coolness] [that] [he] [asked] [almost] [meekly] [what] [was] [her] [reason] [for] [doing] [such] [a] [fool] [trick] [.] " [because] he turned [john] [osborne] out [of] [house] and [home] , " [returned] [nan] [composedly] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 10 and 4 turned 7 out 4 turned 10 and 10 and 12 , 12 , 13 " " [if] he [hadn't] [done] [that] [there] is no telling what [might] [have] [happened] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 8 is 8 is 10 telling 9 no 10 telling 10 telling 11 what i [might] [even] have married him , [because] [i] [liked] [him] [very] [well] and it would have [pleased] [you] [.] 1 i 7 , 4 have 5 married 4 have 7 , 5 married 6 him 7 , 14 and 14 and 15 it 15 it 16 would 16 would 17 have at any rate , [i] [wouldn't] [have] [married] [john] when you were [against] [him] [.] 1 at 3 rate 1 at 4 , 1 at 11 you 2 any 3 rate 4 , 10 when 11 you 12 were [now] [i] [mean] [to] [.] ["] old [abe] [stormed] [furiously] [at] [this] , [but] [nan] [kept] [so] [provokingly] [cool] [that] [he] [was] [conscious] [of] [wasting] [breath] [.] 1 old 7 , he went off in [a] [rage] [,] [but] [nan] [did] [not] [feel] [particularly] [anxious] [now] [that] the announcement was over [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 off 2 went 4 in 4 in 18 announcement 17 the 18 announcement 18 announcement 19 was 19 was 20 over he would cool down [,] [she] [knew] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 cool 3 cool 4 down [john] [osborne] [worried] [her] [more] [.] she didn't see clearly how she was to marry [him] [unless] [he] [asked] [her] , and he had studiously avoided her since the foreclosure [.] 1 she 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 see 3 see 4 clearly 3 see 5 how 5 how 6 she 5 how 7 was 6 she 7 was 7 was 8 to 8 to 15 , 9 marry 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 he 16 and 20 avoided 17 he 18 had 18 had 20 avoided 19 studiously 20 avoided 20 avoided 21 her 20 avoided 22 since 22 since 24 foreclosure 23 the 24 foreclosure but [nan] [did] [not] mean to be [baffled] [or] [to] [let] [her] [lover] [slip] [through] [her] [fingers] [for] [want] [of] [a] [little] [courage] [.] 1 but 7 be 5 mean 6 to 6 to 7 be she was not [old] [abe] [stewart] ['s] [daughter] for nothing [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 not 3 not 9 for 9 for 10 nothing one [day] [ned] [bennett] [dropped] [in] [and] said that [john] [osborne] [would] [start] [for] [the] [west] [in] [three] [days] [.] 1 one 8 said 8 said 9 that john [osborne] , [on] [his] [return] [from] [thornhope] [half] [an] [hour] [later] [,] [found] [her] [there] [,] [leaning] [over] [the] [rail] [among] [the] [willows] [.] 1 john 3 , nan started in well-assumed surprise and then asked him why he had not been to see her [.] 1 nan 2 started 2 started 3 in 2 started 15 to 2 started 16 see 3 in 6 and 4 well-assumed 5 surprise 4 well-assumed 6 and 6 and 8 asked 7 then 8 asked 8 asked 9 him 8 asked 10 why 10 why 11 he 10 why 14 been 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 not 12 had 14 been 13 not 14 been 15 to 16 see 16 see 17 her john [blushed] [stammered] [didn't] [know] had been busy [.] 1 john 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 8 busy nan cut short his halting excuses by demanding to know if he were really going away , and what he intended to do [.] 1 nan 2 cut 2 cut 3 short 2 cut 18 and 4 his 6 excuses 5 halting 6 excuses 6 excuses 7 by 6 excuses 18 and 7 by 8 demanding 8 demanding 9 to 8 demanding 10 know 9 to 10 know 10 know 11 if 10 know 16 away 11 if 12 he 11 if 13 were 12 he 13 were 13 were 14 really 13 were 15 going 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 what 18 and 21 intended 20 he 21 intended 21 intended 22 to 22 to 23 do " [i] ['ll] [go] [out] [on] [the] [prairies] [and] [take] [up] [a] [claim] [,] " [said] [osborne] [sturdily] [.] 1 " 15 " ["] [begin] [life] [over] [again] [free] [of] [debt] [.] it 'll be [hard] [work] [,] [but] [i] ['m] [not] afraid of that [.] 1 it 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 11 afraid 11 afraid 12 of 12 of 13 that i will succeed if it takes me years [.] ["] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 succeed 3 succeed 4 if 4 if 5 it 4 if 6 takes 5 it 6 takes 6 takes 7 me 6 takes 8 years they walked on in silence [.] 1 they 2 walked 2 walked 3 on 2 walked 4 in 4 in 5 silence nan came to the conclusion [that] [osborne] [meant] [to] [hold] [his] [peace] [.] 1 nan 2 came 2 came 3 to 3 to 5 conclusion 4 the 5 conclusion " [john] [,] ["] she said [tremulously] , ["] [won't] [won't] you find it [very] [lonely] out [there] [?] ["] 1 " 5 she 5 she 6 said 6 said 8 , 8 , 12 you 8 , 13 find 13 find 14 it 14 it 17 out ["] [of] [course] [i] [expect] [that] [.] i shall have to get used to it [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 7 to 4 to 5 get 5 get 6 used 7 to 8 it nan grew nervous [.] 1 nan 2 grew 2 grew 3 nervous proposing to a man was really very dreadful [.] 1 proposing 2 to 1 proposing 5 was 2 to 4 man 3 a 4 man 5 was 8 dreadful 6 really 7 very 7 very 8 dreadful john [osborne] [stopped] squarely [in] [the] [dusty] [road] [and] [looked] [at] [her] [.] 1 john 4 squarely " [nan] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 1 " 6 exclaimed 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 exclaimed " [oh] [,] [if] [you] [can't] [take] [a] [hint] [!] ["] said [nan] [in] despair [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 15 despair it was all of an hour later that a man drove past them as they loitered up the hill road in the twilight [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 2 was 12 past 2 was 14 as 3 all 4 of 3 all 12 past 4 of 6 hour 5 an 6 hour 6 hour 7 later 6 hour 8 that 6 hour 11 drove 8 that 10 man 8 that 11 drove 9 a 10 man 10 man 11 drove 12 past 13 them 14 as 15 they 14 as 16 loitered 15 they 16 loitered 16 loitered 17 up 16 loitered 21 in 17 up 20 road 18 the 20 road 19 hill 20 road 20 road 21 in 21 in 23 twilight 22 the 23 twilight [natty] [of] [blue] [point] natty [miller] strolled [down] [to] [the] [wharf] [where] [bliss] [ford] [was] [tying] up [the] [cockawee] [.] 1 natty 3 strolled 3 strolled 13 up a group of fishermen on the wharf were shaking [their] [heads] [sagely] [as] [natty] [drew] [near] [.] 1 a 2 group 2 group 3 of 2 group 4 fishermen 3 of 4 fishermen 4 fishermen 5 on 4 fishermen 8 were 5 on 7 wharf 6 the 7 wharf 8 were 9 shaking " [might] [as] [well] [split] [her] [up] [for] [kindlings] [,] [bliss] [,] " [said] [jake] [mclaren] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [you] ['ll] [never] [get] [men] [to] [sail] [in] [her] [.] " [what] ['s] [up] [?] " [asked] [natty] [.] 1 " 6 " " [the] [cockawee] [upset] [out] [in] [the] [bay] [again] [this] [morning] [,] " [answered] [will] [scott] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [that] ['s] [the] [second] [time] [.] the [grey] [gull] [picked] up [the] [men] [and] [towed] [her] [in] [.] 1 the 5 up it 's no use trying to sail her [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 use 3 no 4 use 4 use 5 trying 5 trying 6 to 5 trying 7 sail 6 to 7 sail 7 sail 8 her lobstermen ain't going to risk their lives in a boat like that [.] 1 lobstermen 2 ain't 2 ain't 3 going 3 going 4 to 3 going 5 risk 4 to 5 risk 5 risk 7 lives 5 risk 8 in 5 risk 11 like 6 their 7 lives 8 in 10 boat 9 a 10 boat 10 boat 11 like 11 like 12 that [how] ['s] [things] [over] [at] [blue] [point] [,] [natty] [?] ["] " [pretty] [well] [,] " [responded] [natty] [laconically] [.] 1 " 5 " natty never wasted words [.] 1 natty 3 wasted 2 never 3 wasted 3 wasted 4 words he had [not] [talked] a great deal [in] [his] [fourteen] [years] of [life] , but he was much given to thinking [.] 1 he 15 but 2 had 15 but 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 deal 7 deal 12 of 12 of 14 , 14 , 15 but 15 but 17 was 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 much 17 was 20 to 18 much 19 given 18 much 20 to 20 to 21 thinking " [has] [everett] [heard] [anything] [from] [ottawa] [about] [the] [lighthouse] [business] [yet] [?] " [asked] [will] [.] 1 " 14 " natty shook his head [.] 1 natty 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head " [think] he ['s] [any] [chance] [of] [getting] [the] [app'intment] [?] ["] queried [adam] [lewis] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 13 queried " [not] [the] [ghost] [of] [a] [chance] [,] ["] said [cooper] [creasy] decidedly [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 13 decidedly ["] [he] ['s] [on] [the] [wrong] [side] [of] [politics] [,] [that] ['s] [what] [.] er rather his father was [.] 1 er 4 father 2 rather 4 father 3 his 4 father 4 father 5 was a [tory] ['s] [son] [ain't] [going] [to] [get] [an] app'intment [from] [a] [lib'ral] [government] , [that] ['s] [what] [.] ["] 1 a 10 app'intment 10 app'intment 15 , " [mr] [barr] [says] [that] [everett] [is] [too] [young] [to] [be] [trusted] [in] [such] [a] [responsible] [position] [,] " [quoted] [natty] [gravely] [.] 1 " 19 " cooper shrugged his shoulders [.] 1 cooper 2 shrugged 2 shrugged 4 shoulders 3 his 4 shoulders ["] [mebbe] [mebbe] [.] eighteen [is] kind of green , but [everybody] [knows] that [ev] 's been the real lighthouse keeper for two years , since your father [took] [sick] [.] 1 eighteen 5 green 3 kind 4 of 4 of 5 green 5 green 7 but 5 green 22 since 5 green 24 father 6 , 7 but 7 but 18 for 7 but 21 , 10 that 12 's 12 's 13 been 13 been 17 keeper 14 the 17 keeper 15 real 16 lighthouse 16 lighthouse 17 keeper 17 keeper 18 for 18 for 20 years 19 two 20 years 23 your 24 father irving [elliott] [wants] [that] [light] [has] [wanted] [it] [for] [years] [and] [he] ['s] [a] [pretty] [strong] [pull] [at] [headquarters] , [that] ['s] [what] [.] 1 irving 20 , barr owes him something for years of hard work at elections [.] 1 barr 2 owes 2 owes 3 him 2 owes 4 something 2 owes 5 for 2 owes 10 at 4 something 5 for 5 for 6 years 6 years 7 of 7 of 9 work 8 hard 9 work 10 at 11 elections i ain't [saying] [anything] [against] [elliott] [,] either [.] 1 i 2 ain't 2 ain't 8 either he 's [a] [good] [man] [,] [but] [your] [father] ['s] [son] [ought] to have that light as sure as he won't get it , [that] 's what [.] ["] 1 he 2 's 2 's 13 to 13 to 14 have 14 have 16 light 15 that 16 light 16 light 18 sure 17 as 18 sure 18 sure 19 as 18 sure 27 what 19 as 20 he 19 as 26 's 20 he 24 , 21 won't 22 get 21 won't 24 , 22 get 23 it 24 , 26 's " [i] ['m] [going] [,] [for] [one] [,] " [said] [adam] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [there's] [to] [be] [a] [yacht] [race] [atween] [the] [summerside] [and] [charlottetown] [boat] [clubs] [.] yes , [i] [am] [going] [.] 1 yes 2 , give you a chance down to the station [,] [natty] [,] if you want one [.] ["] 1 give 2 you 1 give 4 chance 3 a 4 chance 4 chance 5 down 5 down 6 to 5 down 12 if 6 to 8 station 7 the 8 station 12 if 13 you 12 if 14 want 13 you 14 want 14 want 15 one natty shook his head [.] 1 natty 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head " [not] [going] , " he said briefly [.] 1 " 7 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 briefly " [you] [should] [celebrate] [victoria] [day] [,] ["] said [adam] , patriotically [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 patriotically 11 , 12 patriotically " [ev] and [i] [can't] [both] go , and he ['s] [going] [,] ["] explained [natty] [.] 1 " 15 explained 3 and 8 , 7 go 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 15 explained ["] [prue] [and] [i] ['ll] [stay] [home] [to] [light] [up] [.] must [be] getting back now [.] 1 must 3 getting 1 must 4 back 4 back 5 now [looks] [squally] [.] ["] " [i] [misdoubt] [if] we ['ll] have [queen] ['s] [weather] [tomorrow] , " said [cooper] , [squinting] critically [at] [the] [sky] [.] 1 " 5 we 5 we 7 have 7 have 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 said 14 said 18 critically 16 , 18 critically ["] [looks] [like] [a] [northeast] [blow] [,] [that's] [what] [.] there [goes] [bliss] , [striding] [off] and [looking] pretty mad [.] 1 there 4 , 4 , 7 and 7 and 10 mad 9 pretty 10 mad the [cockawee] ['s] [a] [dead] loss [to] [him] , [that] ['s] [what] [.] 1 the 6 loss 6 loss 9 , nat 's off he knows how to [handle] a boat middling well , too [.] 1 nat 2 's 2 's 3 off 3 off 10 boat 4 he 5 knows 5 knows 6 how 5 knows 7 to 7 to 10 boat 9 a 10 boat 10 boat 11 middling 11 middling 12 well 11 middling 14 too 13 , 14 too pity he 's such a puny youngster [.] 1 pity 2 he 2 he 3 's 3 's 7 youngster 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 puny 5 a 7 youngster 6 puny 7 youngster not [much] [to] [him] , [i] [reckon] [.] " 1 not 5 , 5 , 9 " natty had cast [loose] in [his] [boat] , [the] [merry] [maid] , and hoisted his sail [.] 1 natty 2 had 2 had 13 and 3 cast 5 in 3 cast 13 and 5 in 8 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 hoisted 14 hoisted 16 sail 15 his 16 sail in a few minutes he was skimming gaily down the bay [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 skimming 6 was 8 gaily 6 was 9 down 9 down 11 bay 10 the 11 bay the wind was fair and piping [and] [the] [merry] [maid] [went] [like] [a] [bird] [.] 1 the 2 wind 2 wind 3 was 3 was 5 and 4 fair 5 and 5 and 6 piping natty , at the rudder , steered for [blue] [point] [island] , [a] [reflective] [frown] on his face [.] 1 natty 3 at 1 natty 7 steered 2 , 3 at 3 at 5 rudder 3 at 6 , 4 the 5 rudder 7 steered 8 for 7 steered 16 on 8 for 12 , 16 on 18 face 17 his 18 face he was [feeling] in no mood [for] [victoria] [day] [sports] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 in 4 in 6 mood 5 no 6 mood in a very short time [he] [and] [ev] [and] [prue] [must] [leave] [blue] [point] [lighthouse] [,] [where] they had lived all their lives [.] 1 in 5 time 1 in 18 they 2 a 3 very 3 very 4 short 4 short 5 time 18 they 19 had 19 had 20 lived 20 lived 21 all 21 all 22 their 21 all 23 lives 22 their 23 lives to [natty] [it] [seemed] [as] [if] the end of all things [would] [come] [then] [.] 1 to 7 the 7 the 8 end 8 end 9 of 9 of 11 things 10 all 11 things where would life be worth [living] [away] [from] [lonely] , [windy] [blue] [point] [island] [?] 1 where 2 would 2 would 3 life 2 would 4 be 4 be 5 worth 5 worth 10 , [david] [miller] [had] [died] [the] [preceding] [winter] [after] [a] [long] [illness] [.] he had been [lighthouse] [keeper] [at] [blue] [point] for thirty years [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 9 for 9 for 11 years 10 thirty 11 years his three children had been born and brought up there , and there , four years ago , the mother had died [.] 1 his 2 three 2 three 3 children 3 children 7 and 3 children 21 had 4 had 5 been 4 had 7 and 5 been 6 born 7 and 8 brought 7 and 20 mother 8 brought 9 up 8 brought 12 and 8 brought 17 ago 10 there 11 , 10 there 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 there 14 , 17 ago 15 four 16 years 16 years 17 ago 17 ago 18 , 19 the 20 mother 21 had 22 died but [womanly] [little] [prue] [had] [taken] [her] [place] [well] , and the boys were devoted to their sister [.] 1 but 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 boys 11 and 14 were 12 the 13 boys 14 were 15 devoted 15 devoted 16 to 16 to 18 sister 17 their 18 sister when [their] [father] [died] , [everett] [had] [applied] [for] [the] [position] [of] [lighthouse] [keeper] [.] 1 when 5 , the matter was not yet publicly decided [,] [but] [old] [cooper] [creasy] [had] [sized] [the] [situation] [up] [accurately] [.] 1 the 2 matter 2 matter 3 was 3 was 4 not 3 was 7 decided 5 yet 7 decided 6 publicly 7 decided the [millers] [had] [no] [real] hope that [everett] would be appointed [.] 1 the 6 hope 6 hope 7 that 7 that 9 would 9 would 10 be 10 be 11 appointed victoria [day] , [while] [not] [absolutely] [stormy] , [proved] to be [rather] [unpleasant] [.] 1 victoria 3 , 3 , 8 , 8 , 11 be 10 to 11 be a choppy northeast wind blew up the bay [,] [and] [the] [water] [was] [rough] [enough] [.] 1 a 4 wind 2 choppy 4 wind 3 northeast 4 wind 4 wind 5 blew 5 blew 6 up 5 blew 8 bay 7 the 8 bay the sky was overcast with [clouds] , and the [may] air was raw and chilly [.] 1 the 2 sky 2 sky 3 was 3 was 4 overcast 4 overcast 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 air 8 and 12 was 9 the 11 air 12 was 14 and 13 raw 14 and 14 and 15 chilly he was going alone [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 going 3 going 4 alone [prue] [had] [small] [heart] [for] [victoria] [day] [that] [year] [.] she did not feel [even] [a] [thrill] [of] [enthusiasm] [when] [natty] [hoisted] [a] [flag] [and] [wreathed] [the] [queen] ['s] [picture] [with] [creeping] [spruce] [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 feel [prue] [felt] [as] [badly] [about] [leaving] [blue] [point] [island] [as] [the] [boys] [did] [.] the day passed slowly [.] 1 the 2 day 2 day 3 passed 3 passed 4 slowly " [i] ['m] [glad] [everett] [isn't] [coming] [back] [tonight] [,] " [said] [prue] [.] 1 " 11 " " [he] [could] [never] [find] [his] [way] [cross] [the] [harbour] [in] [that] [fog] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [isn't] it [thick] [,] [though] [,] ["] said [natty] [.] 1 " 9 said 3 it 9 said " [the] [light] [won't] [show] [far] [tonight] [.] " 1 " 9 " at sunset they lighted the great lamps and then settled down to an evening of reading [.] 1 at 2 sunset 1 at 3 they 3 they 8 and 4 lighted 7 lamps 4 lighted 8 and 5 the 7 lamps 6 great 7 lamps 8 and 10 settled 8 and 11 down 8 and 12 to 9 then 10 settled 12 to 14 evening 13 an 14 evening 14 evening 15 of 15 of 16 reading but it was not long before [natty] [looked] [up] [from] [his] [book] [to] [say] , " [hello] , [prue] , what was that [?] 1 but 2 it 1 but 15 , 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 not 4 not 5 long 5 long 6 before 15 , 16 " 15 , 22 was 18 , 20 , 20 , 21 what 21 what 22 was 22 was 23 that thought [i] heard a noise [.] ["] 1 thought 3 heard 3 heard 5 noise 4 a 5 noise " so [did] [i] [,] ["] [said] [prue] [.] 1 " 2 so " [i] [sounded] [like] [someone] [calling] [.] " 1 " 8 " they hurried to the door [,] [which] [looked] [out] [on] [the] [harbour] [.] 1 they 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 to 3 to 5 door 4 the 5 door the night , owing to the fog , was dark with [a] darkness that seemed almost tangible [.] 1 the 2 night 2 night 4 owing 2 night 9 was 3 , 4 owing 4 owing 7 fog 4 owing 8 , 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 fog 9 was 10 dark 10 dark 11 with 11 with 13 darkness 13 darkness 14 that 13 darkness 15 seemed 14 that 15 seemed 15 seemed 17 tangible 16 almost 17 tangible from somewhere out of that darkness came [a] muffled shouting [,] [like] [that] [of] [a] [person] [in] [distress] [.] 1 from 2 somewhere 1 from 7 came 2 somewhere 4 of 3 out 4 of 4 of 6 darkness 5 that 6 darkness 7 came 10 shouting 9 muffled 10 shouting " [prue] [,] [there] ['s] [somebody] [in] [trouble] [out] [there] [!] " [exclaimed] [natty] [.] 1 " 12 " " [oh] [,] it ['s] [surely] [never] [ev] [!] ["] cried [prue] [.] 1 " 11 cried 4 it 11 cried natty shook his head [.] 1 natty 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head " [don't] [think] so [.] 1 " 4 so ev had no intention of coming back tonight [.] 1 ev 2 had 2 had 4 intention 3 no 4 intention 4 intention 5 of 5 of 6 coming 6 coming 7 back 7 back 8 tonight get that lantern [,] [prue] [.] 1 get 3 lantern 2 that 3 lantern i must go and see what and who it is [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 4 and 3 go 4 and 4 and 5 see 5 see 7 and 6 what 7 and 7 and 8 who 7 and 9 it 7 and 10 is 9 it 10 is " [oh] [,] [natty] [,] [you] [mustn't] [,] " [cried] [prue] [in] [distress] [.] 1 " 9 " " [there] ['s] [a] [heavy] [swell] [on] [yet] [and] [the] [fog] [oh] [,] [if] [you] [get] [lost] " 1 " 18 " ["] [i] ['ll] [not] [get] [lost] [,] [and] [i] [must] [go] [,] [prue] [.] maybe somebody is drowning out there [.] 1 maybe 2 somebody 2 somebody 3 is 3 is 4 drowning 4 drowning 5 out 5 out 6 there it 's not [ev] [,] of [course] , but [suppose] [it] [were] [!] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 not 2 's 6 of 6 of 8 , 8 , 9 but that 's a good girl [.] ["] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 girl 3 a 5 girl 4 good 5 girl prue [,] [with] [set] [face] [,] had [brought] the lantern [,] [resolutely] [choking] [back] [the] [words] of fear and protest [that] rushed to her lips [.] 1 prue 7 had 7 had 10 lantern 9 the 10 lantern 10 lantern 17 of 17 of 19 and 18 fear 19 and 19 and 20 protest 19 and 22 rushed 22 rushed 23 to 23 to 25 lips 24 her 25 lips they hurried down to [the] [shore] and [natty] [sprang] [into] the [little] skiff [he] [used] [for] [rowing] [.] 1 they 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 down 2 hurried 4 to 4 to 13 skiff 7 and 11 the 11 the 13 skiff he hastily lashed the lantern in the stern , cast [loose] the painter , and lifted the oars [.] 1 he 9 , 2 hastily 3 lashed 3 lashed 5 lantern 3 lashed 6 in 3 lashed 9 , 4 the 5 lantern 5 lantern 6 in 6 in 8 stern 7 the 8 stern 9 , 15 and 10 cast 13 painter 10 cast 15 and 12 the 13 painter 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 lifted 16 lifted 18 oars 17 the 18 oars " [i] ['ll] [be] [back] [as] [soon] [as] [possible] [,] ["] he called [to] [prue] [.] 1 " 12 he 12 he 13 called " [wait] [here] [for] [me] [.] " 1 " 7 " they seemed to come from the direction of [little] [bear] , and [thither] [natty] [rowed] [.] 1 they 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 come 3 to 4 come 4 come 5 from 5 from 7 direction 6 the 7 direction 7 direction 8 of 8 of 11 , 11 , 12 and it was [a] tough [pull] , and the water was rough enough for the little dory [.] 1 it 6 , 2 was 4 tough 2 was 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 water 7 and 10 was 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 was 10 was 11 rough 11 rough 12 enough 11 rough 13 for 13 for 16 dory 14 the 16 dory 15 little 16 dory but [natty] [had] [been] [at] [home] [with] [the] [oars] from babyhood , and his long training and tough sinews stood him in good stead now [.] 1 but 10 from 1 but 19 sinews 10 from 17 and 11 babyhood 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 training 13 and 17 and 14 his 16 training 15 long 16 training 17 and 18 tough 19 sinews 20 stood 20 stood 21 him 20 stood 22 in 20 stood 25 now 22 in 24 stead 23 good 24 stead steadily [and] intrepidly he rowed [along] [.] 1 steadily 4 he 3 intrepidly 4 he 4 he 5 rowed the water grew rougher [as] [he] [passed] [out] [from] [the] [shelter] [of] [blue] [point] [into] [the] [channel] [between] [the] [latter] [and] [little] [bear] [.] 1 the 2 water 2 water 3 grew 3 grew 4 rougher the cries were becoming very faint [.] 1 the 2 cries 2 cries 3 were 3 were 4 becoming 4 becoming 6 faint 5 very 6 faint what [if] he should be too late [?] 1 what 3 he 3 he 4 should 4 should 5 be 5 be 7 late 6 too 7 late he bent to the oars with all his energy [.] 1 he 2 bent 2 bent 3 to 2 bent 6 with 3 to 5 oars 4 the 5 oars 5 oars 6 with 6 with 7 all 7 all 8 his 8 his 9 energy presently , by the smoother water , he knew he must be in [the] [lea] [of] [little] [bear] [.] 1 presently 2 , 1 presently 8 he 2 , 3 by 3 by 6 water 3 by 7 , 3 by 8 he 4 the 6 water 5 smoother 6 water 8 he 9 knew 9 knew 10 he 9 knew 12 be 10 he 11 must 11 must 12 be 12 be 13 in the cries sounded nearer [.] 1 the 2 cries 2 cries 3 sounded 3 sounded 4 nearer he must already have rowed nearly a mile [.] 1 he 2 must 2 must 4 have 3 already 4 have 4 have 5 rowed 5 rowed 6 nearly 6 nearly 8 mile 7 a 8 mile " [let] [go] [when] [i] [say] [,] ["] he shouted , ["] and [don't] [grab] [anything] [,] do you hear [?] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 shouted 10 shouted 11 , 11 , 13 and 13 and 18 do 18 do 19 you 19 you 20 hear don't grab [.] 1 don't 2 grab now , let go [.] ["] 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 go 2 , 3 let the next minute the man lay in the dory [,] [dragged] [over] [the] [stern] [by] [netty] ['s] [grip] [on] [his] [collar] [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 minute 3 minute 6 lay 3 minute 7 in 4 the 6 lay 5 man 6 lay 6 lay 7 in 7 in 9 dory 8 the 9 dory " [lie] [still] [,] " [ordered] [natty] [,] [clutching] [the] [oars] [.] 1 " 5 " the other man was dragged in over the bow , and with a gasp of relief [natty] [pulled] [away] from the sinking boat [.] 1 the 2 other 2 other 3 man 3 man 4 was 4 was 5 dragged 5 dragged 6 in 5 dragged 11 and 5 dragged 20 from 7 over 9 bow 7 over 11 and 8 the 9 bow 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 with 12 with 14 gasp 13 a 14 gasp 14 gasp 15 of 14 gasp 20 from 15 of 16 relief 20 from 23 boat 21 the 23 boat 22 sinking 23 boat " [this] ['ll] [never] [do] , " he muttered [.] 1 " 9 muttered 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 muttered ["] [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [be] [a] [baby] [now] [.] but will [i] ever be able to row back [?] ["] 1 but 2 will 1 but 5 be 2 will 5 be 4 ever 5 be 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 7 to 8 row 8 row 9 back " [to] [think] [that] [that] [child] [saved] [us] [!] " [exclaimed] [one] [of] [the] [men] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [why] [,] [i] [didn't] [think] [a] [grown] [man] [had] [the] [strength] [to] [do] [what] [he] [did] [.] he is your brother [,] [i] [suppose] [,] [miss] [miller] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 brother 3 your 4 brother you have another brother [,] [i] [think] [?] ["] 1 you 2 have 2 have 4 brother 3 another 4 brother " [oh] [,] [yes] [everett] [but] he is [away] , " [explained] [prue] [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 is 8 is 10 , 10 , 11 " " [we] [heard] [your] [shouts] [and] [natty] [insisted] [on] [going] [at] [once] [to] [your] [rescue] [.] " 1 " 17 " ["] [well] [,] [he] [came] [just] [in] [time] [.] natty returned at this moment and exclaimed , ["] why , it is [mr] [barr] [.] 1 natty 6 and 2 returned 3 at 2 returned 6 and 3 at 5 moment 4 this 5 moment 6 and 7 exclaimed 7 exclaimed 8 , 8 , 10 why 10 why 11 , 10 why 12 it 12 it 13 is i didn't recognize you before [.] ["] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 recognize 3 recognize 4 you 3 recognize 5 before ["] [barr] [it] [is] [,] [young] [man] [.] this gentleman is my friend [,] [mr] [blackmore] [.] 1 this 2 gentleman 2 gentleman 3 is 3 is 5 friend 4 my 5 friend we have been [celebrating] [victoria] [day] [by] [a] shooting [tramp] over [little] [bear] [.] 1 we 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 9 shooting 9 shooting 11 over [we] [hired] [a] [boat] [from] [ford] [at] [the] [harbour] [head] [this] [morning] [the] [cockawee] [,] [he] [called] [her] [and] [sailed] [over] [.] i don't know much about running a boat [,] [but] [blackmore] [here] [thinks] [he] [does] [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 much 3 know 5 about 4 much 5 about 5 about 6 running 6 running 8 boat 7 a 8 boat we were at the other side of the island when the fog came up [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 3 at 3 at 6 side 4 the 5 other 5 other 6 side 6 side 7 of 7 of 9 island 8 the 9 island 9 island 10 when 10 when 12 fog 10 when 13 came 11 the 12 fog 12 fog 13 came 13 came 14 up we hurried across it [,] [but] [it] [was] [almost] [dark] [when] [we] [reached] [our] [boat] [.] 1 we 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 across 3 across 4 it we sailed around the point [and] [then] [the] [boat] [just] [simply] [upset] [don't] [know] [why] ["] 1 we 2 sailed 2 sailed 3 around 3 around 5 point 4 the 5 point " [but] [i] [know] [why] [,] " [interrupted] [natty] [indignantly] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [that] [cockawee] [does] [nothing] [but] [upset] [.] she has turned [turtle] twice out in the harbour in fine weather [.] 1 she 2 has 2 has 3 turned 3 turned 5 twice 3 turned 6 out 6 out 7 in 6 out 10 in 7 in 9 harbour 8 the 9 harbour 9 harbour 10 in 10 in 12 weather 11 fine 12 weather ford was a rascal to let her to you [.] 1 ford 2 was 2 was 4 rascal 2 was 5 to 3 a 4 rascal 5 to 6 let 6 let 7 her 6 let 8 to 8 to 9 you he might have known what would happen [.] 1 he 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 known 4 known 5 what 5 what 6 would 6 would 7 happen why why it was almost murder to let you go [!] ["] 1 why 3 it 2 why 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 almost 4 was 7 to 5 almost 6 murder 7 to 8 let 8 let 9 you 8 let 10 go " [i] [thought] [there] [must] [be] [something] [queer] [about] [her] [,] " [declared] [mr] [blackmore] [.] 1 " 12 " that [ford] ought to be horsewhipped [.] ["] 1 that 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 3 ought 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 horsewhipped when [he] parted with [them] , [mr] [barr] [shook] [his] [hand] [heartily] and [said] [:] ["] [thank] you , [my] [boy] [.] 1 when 19 , 3 parted 4 with 3 parted 19 , 4 with 6 , 6 , 13 and 13 and 18 you you 're a plucky youngster and a skilful one , too [.] 1 you 2 're 2 're 6 and 2 're 11 too 3 a 5 youngster 4 plucky 5 youngster 5 youngster 6 and 6 and 9 one 7 a 8 skilful 7 a 9 one 8 skilful 9 one 10 , 11 too two [weeks] [later] [everett] [received] [an] [official] document [formally] [appointing] [him] [keeper] [of] [blue] [point] [island] [light] [.] 1 two 8 document natty carried the news to the mainland , where it was joyfully received among the fishermen [.] 1 natty 2 carried 2 carried 4 news 2 carried 5 to 3 the 4 news 5 to 7 mainland 6 the 7 mainland 7 mainland 9 where 8 , 9 where 9 where 10 it 9 where 13 received 10 it 11 was 11 was 13 received 12 joyfully 13 received 13 received 14 among 14 among 16 fishermen 15 the 16 fishermen " [only] [right] [and] [fair] [,] " [said] [cooper] [creasy] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [blue] [point] [without] [a] [miller] [to] [light] [up] [wouldn't] [seem] [the] [thing] [at] [all] [,] [that's] [what] [.] and it 's nothing [but] [ev] ['s] [doo] [.] ["] 1 and 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 nothing it keyed [will] [scott] [up] to rival [adam] [.] 1 it 2 keyed 2 keyed 6 to 6 to 7 rival " [you] [said] [that] [irving] [had] [a] [pull] [and] [the] [millers] [hadn't] , " he said jocularly [.] 1 " 16 said 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 he 15 he 16 said 16 said 17 jocularly " but it [looks] [as] [if] ['] [twas] [natty] 's [pull] [did] [the] [business] [after] all [his] [pull] over [to] [bear] [island] [and] [back] [.] ["] 1 " 2 but 2 but 3 it 2 but 10 's 3 it 10 's 10 's 19 over 16 all 19 over " it was about a miracle that a boy could do what he [did] [on] [such] [a] [night] [,] ["] said [charles] [macey] [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 21 said 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 about 3 was 7 that 4 about 6 miracle 5 a 6 miracle 7 that 9 boy 7 that 11 do 8 a 9 boy 9 boy 10 could 10 could 11 do 12 what 13 he 13 he 21 said " [where] ['s] [ford] [?] " [asked] [natty] [uncomfortably] [.] 1 " 6 " he hated to have his exploit talked about [.] 1 he 2 hated 2 hated 3 to 2 hated 4 have 3 to 4 have 4 have 6 exploit 5 his 6 exploit 6 exploit 8 about 7 talked 8 about " [ford] [has] [cleared] [out] [,] " [said] [cooper] [,] ["] [gone] [down] [to] [summerside] [to] [go] [into] [tobe] [meekins] ['s] [factory] [there] [.] 1 " 7 " best [thing] he could do [,] [that's] [what] [.] 1 best 5 do 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 do [folks] [here] [hadn't] [no] [use] [for] [him] [after] [letting] [that] [death] [trap] [to] [them] [two] [men] [even] [if] [they] [was] [lib'rals] [.] the [cockawee] druv [ashore] on [little] [bear] , and there [she] 's going to remain [,] [i] [guess] [.] 1 the 3 druv 3 druv 9 and 5 on 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 there 10 there 12 's 12 's 13 going 13 going 14 to 14 to 15 remain d'ye [want] [a] [berth] [in] [my] [mackerel] [boat] [this] [summer] , [natty] [?] " 1 d'ye 11 , 11 , 14 " " [i] [do] [,] " [said] [natty] [,] ["] [but] [i] [thought] [you] [said] [you] [were] [full] [.] ["] 1 " 5 " " [i] [guess] [i] [can] [make] [room] [for] [you] [,] " [said] [cooper] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [a] [boy] [with] [such] [grit] [and] [muscle] [ain't] [to] [be] [allowed] [to] [go] [to] [seed] [on] [blue] [point] [,] [that's] [what] [.] [yesser] [,] [we] ['ll] [make] [room] [for] [you] [.] ["] and [natty] ['s] [cup] [of] happiness was full [.] 1 and 7 was 6 happiness 7 was 7 was 8 full [penelope] ['s] [party] [waist] " [it] ['s] [perfectly] [horrid] [to] [be] so [poor] [,] ["] [grumbled] [penelope] [.] 1 " 8 so " [if] [your] [black] [skirt] [were] [sponged] [and] [pressed] [and] [re-hung] [,] [it] [would] [do] [very] [well] [.] " 1 " 19 " penelope saw the poverty pucker and immediately repented with all her impetuous heart having grumbled [.] 1 penelope 6 and 2 saw 4 poverty 2 saw 5 pucker 2 saw 6 and 3 the 4 poverty 6 and 8 repented 6 and 9 with 7 immediately 8 repented 9 with 10 all 10 all 11 her 10 all 13 heart 11 her 13 heart 12 impetuous 13 heart 13 heart 14 having 14 having 15 grumbled that [pucker] came often enough without being brought there by extra worries [.] 1 that 3 came 3 came 5 enough 4 often 5 enough 5 enough 6 without 5 enough 10 by 6 without 7 being 7 being 8 brought 7 being 10 by 8 brought 9 there 10 by 12 worries 11 extra 12 worries " well , there is [no] [use] sitting [here] [sighing] for [the] [unattainable] [,] ["] she said , jumping up briskly [.] 1 " 17 said 2 well 3 , 2 well 4 there 4 there 5 is 5 is 8 sitting 5 is 11 for 11 for 16 she 16 she 17 said 17 said 19 jumping 18 , 19 jumping 19 jumping 20 up 19 jumping 21 briskly ["] [i] ['d] [better] [be] [putting] [my] [grey] [matter] [into] [that] [algebra] [instead] [of] [wasting] [it] [plotting] [for] [a] [party] [dress] [that] [i] [certainly] [can't] [get] [.] it 's a sad thing for a body to lack brains when she wants to be a teacher , isn't it [?] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 thing 2 's 9 to 2 's 10 lack 3 a 4 sad 3 a 5 thing 4 sad 5 thing 5 thing 6 for 6 for 8 body 7 a 8 body 9 to 10 lack 10 lack 11 brains 11 brains 12 when 12 when 13 she 12 when 14 wants 13 she 14 wants 14 wants 15 to 14 wants 19 , 15 to 16 be 16 be 18 teacher 17 a 18 teacher 19 , 20 isn't 20 isn't 21 it if [i] [could] only [absorb] [algebra] [and] [history] [as] [i] [can] [music] [,] [what] [a] [blessing] it would be [!] 1 if 4 only 4 only 17 it 17 it 18 would 18 would 19 be come now , [dorrie] [dear] , smooth that [pucker] out [.] 1 come 2 now 1 come 3 , 3 , 6 , 6 , 7 smooth 7 smooth 8 that 7 smooth 10 out penelope went off to her detested algebra with a laugh , but [the] [pucker] did not go out of [doris] ['] forehead [.] 1 penelope 12 but 2 went 3 off 2 went 4 to 2 went 8 with 2 went 12 but 4 to 7 algebra 5 her 7 algebra 6 detested 7 algebra 7 algebra 8 with 8 with 10 laugh 9 a 10 laugh 11 , 12 but 12 but 15 did 15 did 16 not 15 did 17 go 16 not 17 go 17 go 19 of 18 out 19 of 19 of 22 forehead she wanted [penelope] to go to that party [.] 1 she 2 wanted 2 wanted 4 to 4 to 5 go 5 go 6 to 6 to 8 party 7 that 8 party penelope has studied so hard all winter [and] [she] [hasn't] [gone] [anywhere] [,] [thought] [the] [older] [sister] [wistfully] [.] 1 penelope 2 has 2 has 3 studied 3 studied 5 hard 3 studied 7 winter 4 so 5 hard 6 all 7 winter she is getting discouraged over those examinations [and] [she] [needs] [just] [a] [good] [,] [jolly] [time] [to] [hearten] [her] [up] [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 3 getting 2 is 5 over 3 getting 4 discouraged 3 getting 5 over 5 over 7 examinations 6 those 7 examinations if it could only be managed [!] 1 if 2 it 2 it 3 could 3 could 5 be 4 only 5 be 5 be 6 managed but [doris] did not see [how] it [could] [.] 1 but 3 did 1 but 5 see 3 did 4 not 5 see 7 it indeed , she could not have done [even] that much if they had not owned their little cottage [.] 1 indeed 2 , 1 indeed 3 she 3 she 4 could 4 could 5 not 5 not 6 have 6 have 7 done 7 done 10 much 7 done 11 if 9 that 10 much 11 if 12 they 11 if 15 owned 12 they 13 had 13 had 14 not 13 had 15 owned 14 not 15 owned 15 owned 18 cottage 16 their 18 cottage 17 little 18 cottage next year it would be easier [if] [penelope] [got] [through] [her] [examinations] [successfully] [,] [but] [just] now [there] [was] [absolutely] [not] [a] [spare] [penny] [.] 1 next 2 year 2 year 3 it 3 it 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 6 easier 6 easier 17 now ["] [it] [is] [hard] [to] [be] [poor] [.] doris dreamed of pretty dresses [all] that night and thought about them all the next day [.] 1 doris 9 and 2 dreamed 3 of 2 dreamed 8 night 2 dreamed 9 and 3 of 5 dresses 4 pretty 5 dresses 7 that 8 night 9 and 10 thought 9 and 11 about 9 and 16 day 11 about 12 them 13 all 14 the 14 the 15 next 14 the 16 day so , it must be confessed , [did] [penelope] , though [she] [would] [not] [have] [admitted] [it] [for] [the] [world] [.] 1 so 2 , 1 so 3 it 1 so 7 , 3 it 4 must 4 must 5 be 5 be 6 confessed 7 , 11 though 10 , 11 though when [doris] [reached] [home] the next evening , [she] [found] [penelope] [hovering] [over] [a] [bulky] [parcel] [on] [the] [sitting-room] [table] [.] 1 when 8 , 5 the 6 next 5 the 7 evening 7 evening 8 , " [i] ['m] [so] [glad] you ['ve] [come] , ["] she said with an exaggerated gasp of relief [.] 1 " 12 said 6 you 11 she 9 , 11 she 11 she 12 said 12 said 13 with 13 with 16 gasp 14 an 16 gasp 15 exaggerated 16 gasp 16 gasp 17 of 17 of 18 relief ["] [i] [really] [don't] [think] [my] [curiosity] [could] [have] [borne] [the] [strain] [for] [another] [five] [minutes] [.] hurry up and find out [.] 1 hurry 2 up 1 hurry 3 and 3 and 5 out 4 find 5 out dorrie , [darling] , [what] [if] [it] [should] [be] [a] [a] [present] [of] [some] [sort] [or] [other] [!] " 1 dorrie 2 , 1 dorrie 4 , 4 , 19 " " [i] [suppose] [it] [can't] [be] [anything] [else] [,] " [smiled] [doris] [.] 1 " 10 " she [knew] [that] [penelope] [had] started out to say ["] [a] [new] [dress] [.] ["] 1 she 6 started 6 started 7 out 6 started 8 to 8 to 9 say she cut the strings and removed the wrappings [.] 1 she 5 and 2 cut 4 strings 2 cut 5 and 3 the 4 strings 5 and 6 removed 6 removed 8 wrappings 7 the 8 wrappings both girls stared [.] 1 both 2 girls 2 girls 3 stared ["] [is] [it] [it] [isn't] [yes] [,] [it] [is] [!] doris [hunter] , [i] [believe] [it] ['s] [an] [old] [quilt] [!] ["] 1 doris 3 , doris unfolded the odd present with a queer feeling of disappointment [.] 1 doris 2 unfolded 2 unfolded 5 present 2 unfolded 6 with 3 the 5 present 4 odd 5 present 5 present 6 with 6 with 9 feeling 7 a 8 queer 7 a 9 feeling 8 queer 9 feeling 9 feeling 10 of 10 of 11 disappointment she did not know just what she had expected the package to contain , but [certainly] not this [.] 1 she 14 , 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 know 2 did 14 , 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 just 4 know 6 what 6 what 7 she 6 what 13 contain 7 she 8 had 8 had 9 expected 9 expected 11 package 9 expected 12 to 9 expected 13 contain 10 the 11 package 12 to 13 contain 14 , 17 not 15 but 17 not 17 not 18 this she laughed a little shakily [.] 1 she 2 laughed 2 laughed 5 shakily 3 a 4 little 4 little 5 shakily " [listen] [,] [penelope] [.] " 1 " 6 " [my] [dear] [doris] [:] i have decided to give up housekeeping and go out [west] to live [with] [robert] [.] 1 i 8 and 2 have 3 decided 2 have 8 and 3 decided 4 to 3 decided 5 give 4 to 5 give 5 give 6 up 5 give 7 housekeeping 8 and 9 go 9 go 10 out 9 go 12 to 12 to 13 live so [i] [am] [disposing] [of] [such] [of] [the] [family] [heirlooms] as [i] [do] [not] [wish] to take with me [.] 1 so 11 as 11 as 16 to 16 to 17 take 17 take 18 with 18 with 19 me i am [sending] [you] [by] [express] [your] [grandmother] [hunter] ['s] [silk] [quilt] [.] 1 i 2 am it is [a] handsome [article] [still] and [i] hope you will [prize] [it] [as] [you] [should] [.] 1 it 7 and 2 is 4 handsome 2 is 7 and 7 and 11 will 9 hope 10 you 10 you 11 will it took your grandmother five years to make it [.] 1 it 2 took 2 took 4 grandmother 2 took 6 years 2 took 7 to 2 took 8 make 3 your 4 grandmother 5 five 6 years 7 to 8 make 8 make 9 it there is a bit of the wedding dress of every member of the family in it [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 bit 2 is 15 in 3 a 4 bit 4 bit 5 of 4 bit 9 of 5 of 8 dress 6 the 8 dress 7 wedding 8 dress 9 of 11 member 10 every 11 member 11 member 12 of 12 of 14 family 13 the 14 family 15 in 16 it love to [penelope] [and] yourself [.] 1 love 2 to 1 love 5 yourself your affectionate aunt [,] [adella] [hunter] [.] 1 your 3 aunt 2 affectionate 3 aunt " [i] [don't] [see] [its] [beauty] [,] " [said] [penelope] [with] [a] [grimace] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] [may] [have] [been] [pretty] [once] [,] [but] [it] [is] [all] [faded] [now] [.] it is a monument of patience , though [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 monument 2 is 8 though 3 a 4 monument 4 monument 5 of 5 of 6 patience 7 , 8 though the pattern is what they call ['] [little] [thousands] [,] ['] [isn't] it [?] 1 the 2 pattern 2 pattern 3 is 3 is 4 what 4 what 5 they 4 what 6 call 5 they 6 call 6 call 13 it " it was very kind [of] [aunt] [adella] to [send] [it] , " said [doris] dutifully [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 14 said 2 it 3 was 3 was 5 kind 4 very 5 kind 5 kind 9 to 9 to 12 , 12 , 13 " 14 said 16 dutifully " [oh] [,] [very] [,] " [agreed] [penelope] [drolly] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [only] [don't] [ever] [ask] [me] [to] [sleep] [under] [it] [.] it would give me the nightmare [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 give 3 give 4 me 3 give 6 nightmare 5 the 6 nightmare [o-o-h] [!] ["] this [last] was a little [squeal] [of] [admiration] [as] [doris] [turned] [the] [quilt] [over] and [brought] [to] [view] the shimmering lining [.] 1 this 3 was 3 was 21 lining 4 a 5 little 4 a 21 lining 5 little 15 and 15 and 20 shimmering 19 the 20 shimmering " [why] [,] [the] [wrong] [side] [is] [ever] so [much] [prettier] [than] [the] [right] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [penelope] [.] 1 " 9 so ["] [what] [lovely] [,] [old-timey] [stuff] [!] and not a bit faded [.] ["] 1 and 2 not 2 not 4 bit 2 not 5 faded 3 a 4 bit the lining was certainly very pretty [.] 1 the 2 lining 2 lining 3 was 3 was 4 certainly 3 was 6 pretty 5 very 6 pretty it was a soft , creamy yellow silk , with a design of brocaded pink rosebuds all over it [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 silk 3 a 4 soft 3 a 8 silk 4 soft 5 , 4 soft 8 silk 6 creamy 8 silk 7 yellow 8 silk 8 silk 10 with 9 , 10 with 10 with 12 design 11 a 12 design 12 design 13 of 13 of 16 rosebuds 14 brocaded 16 rosebuds 15 pink 16 rosebuds 16 rosebuds 18 over 17 all 18 over 18 over 19 it " [that] [was] [a] [dress] [grandmother] [hunter] [had] when she [was] [a] [girl] [,] ["] said [doris] absently [.] 1 " 16 said 9 when 10 she 10 she 16 said 16 said 18 absently ["] [i] [remember] [hearing] [aunt] [adella] [speak] [of] [it] [.] when [it] [became] [old-fashioned] , [grandmother] [used] [it] [to] [line] [her] [quilt] [.] 1 when 5 , i declare [,] it is as good as new [.] ["] 1 i 2 declare 2 declare 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 7 good 6 as 7 good 7 good 8 as 8 as 9 new " [well] [,] [let] [us] [go] [and] [have] [tea] [,] " [said] [penelope] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [i] ['m] [decidedly] [hungry] [.] besides , [i] [see] [the] [poverty] [pucker] [coming] [.] 1 besides 2 , put the quilt in the spare room [.] 1 put 3 quilt 1 put 4 in 2 the 3 quilt 4 in 7 room 5 the 7 room 6 spare 7 room it is something to possess [an] [heirloom] , after all [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 something 3 something 4 to 3 something 5 possess 4 to 5 possess 5 possess 9 after 8 , 9 after 9 after 10 all it gives one a nice , [important-family] feeling [.] ["] 1 it 2 gives 2 gives 3 one 2 gives 8 feeling 4 a 5 nice 4 a 8 feeling 5 nice 6 , 5 nice 8 feeling " [it] [would] [make] [the] [loveliest] [party] [waist] [,] " she said under her breath [.] 1 " 12 said 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 said 12 said 13 under 13 under 15 breath 14 her 15 breath i [wonder] [if] [grandmother] [hunter] ['s] [reproachful] [spirit] will [forever] [haunt] [me] [if] [i] do it [.] ["] 1 i 9 will 9 will 15 do 15 do 16 it that [night] [,] [after] [penelope] had gone to [bed] , [doris] [ripped] [the] [lining] [out] [of] [grandmother] [hunter] ['s] [silk] [quilt] [.] 1 that 6 had 6 had 7 gone 7 gone 8 to 8 to 10 , " [if] [aunt] [adella] [saw] [me] [now] [!] " [she] [laughed] [softly] [to] [herself] [as] [she] [worked] [.] 1 " 9 " in [the] [three] [following] [evenings] [doris] [made] the waist [.] 1 in 9 waist 8 the 9 waist " [it] [will] [be] [such] [a] [nice] [surprise] [for] [her] [,] ["] the sister mused jubilantly [.] 1 " 15 mused 13 the 14 sister 14 sister 15 mused 15 mused 16 jubilantly " [doris] [hunter] [,] you are a [veritable] little [witch] [!] 1 " 5 you 5 you 6 are 6 are 9 little 7 a 9 little do you mean to tell me that you conjured that perfectly lovely thing for me out of the lining of [grandmother] [hunter] ['s] quilt [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 tell 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 6 me 5 tell 7 that 7 that 8 you 7 that 9 conjured 8 you 9 conjured 9 conjured 13 thing 9 conjured 17 of 10 that 13 thing 11 perfectly 12 lovely 12 lovely 13 thing 13 thing 14 for 13 thing 17 of 14 for 15 me 16 out 17 of 17 of 19 lining 18 the 19 lining 19 lining 20 of 20 of 24 quilt so [penelope] [went] [to] [blanche] ['s] [party] [and] [her] [dress] [was] [the] [admiration] [of] [every] [girl] there [.] 1 so 17 there [mrs] [fairweather] [,] [who] [was] [visiting] [mrs] [anderson] [,] [looked] [closely] [at] [it] [also] [.] penelope thought her altogether charming [.] 1 penelope 2 thought 2 thought 3 her 2 thought 5 charming 4 altogether 5 charming " [she] [looks] [as] if she had just stepped out of the frame of some lovely old picture , " she said to herself [.] 1 " 22 said 5 if 6 she 5 if 9 stepped 5 if 19 , 5 if 21 she 6 she 7 had 7 had 9 stepped 8 just 9 stepped 9 stepped 11 of 10 out 11 of 11 of 13 frame 12 the 13 frame 13 frame 14 of 14 of 18 picture 15 some 18 picture 16 lovely 18 picture 17 old 18 picture 19 , 20 " 21 she 22 said 22 said 23 to 23 to 24 herself ["] [i] [wish] [she] [belonged] [to] [me] [.] i 'd just love to have a grandmother like her [.] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 4 love 3 just 4 love 4 love 5 to 4 love 6 have 5 to 6 have 6 have 8 grandmother 6 have 9 like 7 a 8 grandmother 8 grandmother 9 like 9 like 10 her and [i] [do] [wonder] who it is [i] ['ve] [seen] [who] [looks] [so] [much] [like] [her] [.] ["] 1 and 5 who 5 who 7 is 6 it 7 is will you tell me where you got the silk of which your waist is made [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 tell 3 tell 4 me 3 tell 5 where 5 where 6 you 5 where 7 got 6 you 7 got 7 got 9 silk 8 the 9 silk 9 silk 10 of 9 silk 15 made 10 of 11 which 10 of 14 is 11 which 13 waist 11 which 14 is 12 your 13 waist 13 waist 14 is [poor] [penelope] ['s] [pretty] [young] [face] [turned] [crimson] [.] " [my] [aunt] [adella] [gave] [me] [gave] [us] [the] [material] [,] " she stammered [.] 1 " 14 stammered 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 stammered ["] [and] [my] [elder] [sister] [doris] [made] [the] [waist] [for] [me] [.] i think [the] [silk] [once] [belonged] [to] [my] [grandmother] [hunter] [.] ["] 1 i 2 think " [what] was your grandmother 's maiden name [?] ["] [asked] [mrs] [fairweather] [eagerly] [.] 1 " 3 was 3 was 8 name 4 your 5 grandmother 5 grandmother 6 's 6 's 8 name 7 maiden 8 name ["] [penelope] [saverne] [.] i am named after her [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 named 3 named 4 after 4 after 5 her [mrs] [fairweather] [suddenly] [put] [her] [arm] [about] [penelope] [and] [drew] [the] [young] [girl] [to] [her] [,] [her] [lovely] [old] [face] [aglow] [with] [delight] [and] [tenderness] [.] " then [you] [are] [my] [grandniece] , " she said [.] 1 " 10 said 2 then 7 , 2 then 9 she 7 , 8 " 9 she 10 said ["] [your] [grandmother] [was] [my] [half-sister] [.] when [i] [saw] [your] [dress] [,] [i] [felt] [sure] you were related to her [.] 1 when 10 you 10 you 11 were 11 were 12 related 12 related 13 to 13 to 14 her i [should] [recognize] [that] [rosebud] [silk] [if] [i] came across it [in] [thibet] [.] 1 i 9 came 9 came 10 across 10 across 11 it [penelope] [saverne] [was] [the] [daughter] [of] [my] [mother] [by] [her] [first] [husband] [.] penelope [was] [four] [years] [older] [than] [i] [was] , but we were devoted to each other [.] 1 penelope 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 we 10 but 13 devoted 11 we 12 were 12 were 13 devoted 13 devoted 14 to 14 to 16 other 15 each 16 other i have mine yet [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 mine 2 have 4 yet ["] [soon] [after] [this] [our] [mother] [died] [and] [our] [household] [was] [broken] [up] [.] penelope went to live with her aunt [and] [i] [went] [west] [with] [father] [.] 1 penelope 2 went 2 went 3 to 3 to 4 live 4 live 5 with 5 with 7 aunt 6 her 7 aunt this was long ago [,] [you] [know] [,] [when] [travelling] [and] [correspondence] [were] [not] [the] [easy] [,] [matter-of-course] [things] [they] [are] [now] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 4 ago 3 long 4 ago [after] [a] [few] [years] [i] [lost] [touch] [with] [my] [half-sister] [.] i married [out] [west] and have lived [there] all my life [.] 1 i 5 and 2 married 5 and 5 and 6 have 6 have 7 lived 7 lived 9 all 9 all 10 my 9 all 11 life 10 my 11 life i never knew what had [become] [of] [penelope] [.] 1 i 3 knew 2 never 3 knew 3 knew 4 what 4 what 5 had my [dear] [,] [i] [am] [a] [very] [lonely] old [woman] , [with] [nobody] [belonging] [to] [me] [.] 1 my 9 old 9 old 11 , you don't know [how] [delighted] [i] [am] [to] [find] that [i] [have] [two] [grandnieces] [.] " 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 10 that 10 that 16 " penelope had listened silently [,] [like] [a] [girl] [in] [a] [dream] [.] 1 penelope 2 had 2 had 3 listened 3 listened 4 silently now she [patted] [mrs] [fairweather] 's [soft] old [hand] [affectionately] [.] 1 now 2 she 2 she 6 's 6 's 8 old " [it] [sounds] [like] [a] [storybook] [,] " she said gaily [.] 1 " 10 said 8 " 9 she 9 she 10 said 10 said 11 gaily ["] [you] [must] [come] [and] [see] [doris] [.] she is such a darling sister [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 6 sister 3 such 4 a 4 a 6 sister 5 darling 6 sister i wouldn't have had this waist if it hadn't been for her [.] 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 had 4 had 6 waist 4 had 7 if 5 this 6 waist 7 if 8 it 7 if 10 been 8 it 9 hadn't 9 hadn't 10 been 10 been 11 for 11 for 12 her i will tell you the whole truth [i] don't mind it now [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 7 truth 3 tell 12 now 5 the 7 truth 6 whole 7 truth 9 don't 10 mind 10 mind 11 it 11 it 12 now doris made my party waist for me out of [the] lining of an old silk quilt of [grandmother] [hunter] ['s] that [aunt] [adella] [sent] [us] [.] ["] 1 doris 2 made 2 made 5 waist 2 made 6 for 2 made 9 of 3 my 5 waist 4 party 5 waist 5 waist 6 for 6 for 7 me 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 lining 11 lining 12 of 11 lining 17 of 12 of 16 quilt 13 an 14 old 13 an 16 quilt 14 old 15 silk 15 silk 16 quilt 17 of 21 that [mrs] [fairweather] [did] [go] [to] [see] [doris] [the] [very] [next] [day] [,] [and] [quite] [wonderful] [things] [came] [to] [pass] [from] [that] [interview] [.] [doris] [and] [penelope] [found] [their] [lives] [and] [plans] [changed] [in] [the] [twinkling] [of] [an] [eye] [.] they were both to go and live with [aunt] [esther] [as] [mrs] [fairweather] [had] [said] [they] [must] [call] her [.] 1 they 6 and 2 were 3 both 2 were 4 to 2 were 6 and 4 to 5 go 6 and 7 live 7 live 8 with 8 with 19 her penelope was to have , at last , [her] longed-for [musical] education [and] [doris] [was] to be the home girl [.] 1 penelope 2 was 2 was 3 to 3 to 4 have 4 have 6 at 4 have 12 education 5 , 6 at 6 at 7 last 6 at 8 , 8 , 10 longed-for 12 education 16 to 16 to 17 be 17 be 20 girl 18 the 20 girl 19 home 20 girl " [you] [must] [take] [the] [place] [of] [my] [own] [dear] [little] [granddaughter] [,] " [said] [aunt] [esther] [.] 1 " 14 " " she [died] [six] [years] [ago] , [and] [i] [have] [been] [so] [lonely] [since] [.] ["] 1 " 2 she 2 she 7 , when [mrs] [fairweather] [had] [gone] , [doris] and [penelope] [looked] [at] [each] [other] [.] 1 when 6 , 6 , 8 and " [pinch] [me] [,] [please] [,] " [said] [penelope] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] ['m] [half] [afraid] [i] ['ll] [wake] [up] [and] [find] [i] [have] [been] [dreaming] [.] isn't it [all] wonderful [,] [doris] [hunter] [?] ["] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 4 wonderful doris nodded radiantly [.] 1 doris 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 radiantly ["] [oh] [,] [penelope] [,] [think] [of] [it] [!] music for [you] somebody to pet and fuss over for me and such a dear , sweet aunty for us [both] [!] ["] 1 music 2 for 1 music 7 and 2 for 4 somebody 4 somebody 5 to 4 somebody 6 pet 5 to 6 pet 7 and 8 fuss 7 and 9 over 9 over 10 for 10 for 12 and 11 me 12 and 12 and 18 aunty 12 and 19 for 13 such 14 a 14 a 15 dear 14 a 18 aunty 15 dear 16 , 15 dear 18 aunty 17 sweet 18 aunty 19 for 20 us " [and] [no] [more] [contriving] [party] [waists] [out] [of] [old] [silk] [linings] [,] " [laughed] [penelope] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [but] [it] [was] [very] [fortunate] [that] [you] [did] [it] [for] [once] [,] [sister] [mine] [.] and no more poverty puckers [,] ["] [she] [concluded] [.] 1 and 4 poverty 1 and 5 puckers 2 no 3 more 3 more 4 poverty 4 poverty 5 puckers [the] [girl] [and] [the] [wild] [race] " [if] [judith] [would] [only] [get] [married] [,] " [mrs] [theodora] [whitney] [was] [wont] [to] [sigh] [dolorously] [.] 1 " 9 " now , there was [no] [valid] [reason] [why] [judith] [ought] to get married [unless] [she] [wanted] [to] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 11 to 11 to 12 get 12 get 13 married but [judith] [was] [twenty-seven] [and] [mrs] [theodora] thought it was [a] [terrible] [disgrace] to be an old maid [.] 1 but 8 thought 1 but 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 14 to 14 to 15 be 15 be 18 maid 16 an 18 maid 17 old 18 maid " [there] [has] [never] [been] [an] [old] [maid] in [our] [family] [so] [far] [back] as we know of , ["] she lamented [.] 1 " 22 lamented 9 in 19 , 9 in 21 she 15 as 16 we 16 we 17 know 17 know 18 of 18 of 19 , 21 she 22 lamented ["] [and] [to] [think] [that] [there] [should] [be] [one] [now] [!] it just drags us down to the level [of] [the] [mcgregors] [.] 1 it 3 drags 2 just 3 drags 3 drags 4 us 3 drags 5 down 3 drags 6 to 6 to 8 level 7 the 8 level they have always been noted for their old maids [.] ["] 1 they 2 have 2 have 4 been 3 always 4 been 4 been 5 noted 5 noted 6 for 6 for 9 maids 7 their 9 maids 8 old 9 maids judith took all her aunt 's lamentations good-naturedly [.] 1 judith 2 took 2 took 3 all 2 took 8 good-naturedly 3 all 4 her 3 all 7 lamentations 4 her 5 aunt 5 aunt 6 's 6 's 7 lamentations sometimes she argued [the] [subject] placidly [.] 1 sometimes 2 she 2 she 3 argued 3 argued 6 placidly ["] [why] [are] [you] [in] [such] [a] [hurry] [to] [be] [rid] [of] [me] [,] [aunt] [theo] [?] i 'm sure we 're very comfortable here together [and] [you] [know] [you] [would] [miss] [me] [terribly] [if] [i] [went] [away] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 we 3 sure 5 're 4 we 5 're 5 're 7 comfortable 6 very 7 comfortable 7 comfortable 8 here 7 comfortable 9 together " [if] [you] [took] [the] [right] [one] [you] [wouldn't] [go] so [very] [far] [,] ["] [said] [mrs] [theodora] [,] [darkly] [significant] [.] 1 " 11 so " [and] [,] [anyhow] [,] [i] ['d] put [up] [with] [any] [amount] [of] [lonesomeness] [rather] [than] [have] [an] [old] [maid] in [the] [family] [.] 1 " 8 put 8 put 21 in it 's all very fine now , when you 're still young enough and good looking , with lots of beaus at your beck and call [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 all 3 all 5 fine 4 very 5 fine 5 fine 6 now 5 fine 8 when 5 fine 18 with 7 , 8 when 8 when 9 you 8 when 10 're 8 when 17 , 9 you 10 're 10 're 11 still 10 're 14 and 12 young 13 enough 12 young 14 and 14 and 16 looking 15 good 16 looking 18 with 19 lots 19 lots 20 of 20 of 21 beaus 21 beaus 22 at 22 at 25 and 23 your 24 beck 24 beck 25 and 25 and 26 call your mother used to be dreadful proud of your good looks [when] [you] was a baby [.] 1 your 2 mother 2 mother 3 used 2 mother 7 proud 2 mother 14 was 3 used 4 to 3 used 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 dreadful 7 proud 8 of 8 of 11 looks 9 your 11 looks 10 good 11 looks 14 was 16 baby 15 a 16 baby i told her she needn't be [.] 1 i 2 told 2 told 3 her 2 told 4 she 2 told 6 be 4 she 5 needn't 5 needn't 6 be nine times out of [ten] a beauty don't marry as well as an ordinary girl [.] ["] 1 nine 2 times 2 times 4 of 2 times 8 don't 3 out 4 of 4 of 7 beauty 6 a 7 beauty 8 don't 9 marry 9 marry 12 as 10 as 11 well 11 well 12 as 12 as 15 girl 13 an 15 girl 14 ordinary 15 girl " [i] ['m] [not] [much] [set] [on] [marrying] [at] [all] [,] " [declared] [judith] [sharply] [.] 1 " 12 " any reference to the " right one " always disturbed her placidity [.] 1 any 2 reference 2 reference 3 to 2 reference 10 disturbed 3 to 7 one 4 the 5 " 4 the 7 one 6 right 7 one 7 one 8 " 9 always 10 disturbed 10 disturbed 12 placidity 11 her 12 placidity the real root of the trouble was that [mrs] [theodora] 's ["] right one " [and] [judith] ['s] ["] [right] [one] ["] [were] [two] [different] [people] [.] 1 the 3 root 2 real 3 root 3 root 4 of 3 root 7 was 4 of 6 trouble 5 the 6 trouble 7 was 14 one 8 that 11 's 11 's 14 one 13 right 14 one 14 one 15 " the [ramble] [valley] [young] men were very fond of dancing [attendance] [on] [judith] , even if she were verging [on] [old] [maidenhood] [.] 1 the 5 men 5 men 14 , 6 were 8 fond 6 were 14 , 7 very 8 fond 8 fond 9 of 9 of 10 dancing 14 , 15 even 15 even 16 if 16 if 17 she 16 if 18 were 17 she 18 were 18 were 19 verging besides , she was ["] jolly , " and [jollity] went a long way [in] [ramble] [valley] [popularity] [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 3 she 3 she 9 and 4 was 6 jolly 4 was 9 and 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 and 9 and 11 went 11 went 14 way 12 a 13 long 12 a 14 way 13 long 14 way of all [judith] ['s] [admirers] [eben] [king] [alone] [found] [favor] [in] [mrs] [theodora] ['s] [eyes] [.] 1 of 2 all he [owned] [the] [adjoining] [farm] [,] was [well] [off] and [homely] [so] [homely] that [judith] [declared] [it] made [her] [eyes] ache to look at him [.] 1 he 7 was 7 was 24 at 10 and 14 that 14 that 18 made 18 made 21 ache 21 ache 22 to 22 to 23 look 23 look 24 at 24 at 25 him bruce [marshall] , [judith] ['s] " [right] [one] " [was] [handsome] [,] [but] [mrs] [theodora] [looked] [upon] [him] [with] [sour] [disapproval] [.] 1 bruce 3 , 3 , 6 " 6 " 9 " he owned a stony little farm at the [remote] end [of] [ramble] [valley] and was reputed to be [fonder] of many things [than] of work [.] 1 he 14 and 2 owned 6 farm 2 owned 7 at 2 owned 14 and 3 a 6 farm 4 stony 6 farm 5 little 6 farm 6 farm 7 at 7 at 10 end 8 the 10 end 14 and 15 was 14 and 17 to 15 was 16 reputed 17 to 18 be 18 be 20 of 20 of 22 things 21 many 22 things 22 things 24 of 24 of 25 work to be sure , [judith] [had] [enough] [capability] [and] [energy] [for] [two] [;] [but] [mrs] [theodora] [detested] a lazy man [.] 1 to 4 , 2 be 3 sure 2 be 4 , 4 , 20 man 18 a 19 lazy 18 a 20 man 19 lazy 20 man she [ordered] [judith] [not] [to] [encourage] [him] [and] [judith] obeyed [.] 1 she 10 obeyed the [afternoon] [that] [mrs] [tony] [mack] [came] [in] [mrs] [theodora] [felt] [more] aggrieved [than] [ever] [.] 1 the 13 aggrieved ellie [mcgregor] had been married the previous week [ellie] [,] [who] [was] [the] [same] [age] [as] [judith] [and] [not] [half] [so] [good] [looking] [.] 1 ellie 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 5 married 5 married 8 week 6 the 7 previous 7 previous 8 week [mrs] [theodora] [had] [been] [nagging] [judith] [ever] [since] [.] " but [i] [might] as [well] [talk] [to] [the] [trees] [down] [there] in [that] [hollow] , " she complained [to] [mrs] [tony] [.] 1 " 19 complained 2 but 5 as 2 but 18 she 5 as 13 in 13 in 16 , 16 , 17 " 18 she 19 complained " [that] [girl] [is] so [set] [and] [contrary] [minded] [.] 1 " 5 so she doesn't care a bit for my feelings [.] ["] 1 she 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 care 3 care 5 bit 3 care 6 for 4 a 5 bit 6 for 8 feelings 7 my 8 feelings this was not said [behind] [judith] ['s] [back] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 not 3 not 4 said the girl herself was standing at the open door , drinking in all the delicate , evasive beauty of the spring afternoon [.] 1 the 2 girl 2 girl 4 was 3 herself 4 was 4 was 5 standing 4 was 6 at 4 was 12 in 5 standing 6 at 6 at 10 , 7 the 9 door 8 open 9 door 9 door 10 , 10 , 11 drinking 12 in 13 all 13 all 14 the 13 all 18 beauty 14 the 18 beauty 15 delicate 16 , 15 delicate 18 beauty 17 evasive 18 beauty 18 beauty 19 of 19 of 22 afternoon 20 the 22 afternoon 21 spring 22 afternoon the fields were bare and smoking , although the lanes and shadowy places were full of moist snow [.] 1 the 2 fields 2 fields 3 were 3 were 5 and 3 were 8 although 4 bare 5 and 5 and 6 smoking 7 , 8 although 8 although 11 and 9 the 10 lanes 10 lanes 11 and 11 and 13 places 11 and 14 were 12 shadowy 13 places 14 were 15 full 15 full 16 of 16 of 18 snow 17 moist 18 snow at her aunt 's words the glow went out of her face [.] 1 at 5 words 1 at 7 glow 2 her 3 aunt 3 aunt 4 's 4 's 5 words 6 the 7 glow 7 glow 8 went 8 went 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 12 face 11 her 12 face she listened with her eyes brooding on the hollow and a glowing flame of temper smouldering in them [.] 1 she 2 listened 2 listened 3 with 2 listened 17 in 3 with 5 eyes 4 her 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 brooding 5 eyes 14 of 6 brooding 7 on 7 on 10 and 8 the 9 hollow 9 hollow 10 and 10 and 13 flame 11 a 13 flame 12 glowing 13 flame 14 of 16 smouldering 15 temper 16 smouldering 16 smouldering 17 in 17 in 18 them judith 's long patience was giving way [.] 1 judith 2 's 2 's 4 patience 3 long 4 patience 4 patience 5 was 5 was 7 way 6 giving 7 way she had been flicked on the raw too often of late [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 flicked 4 flicked 5 on 4 flicked 9 often 4 flicked 11 late 5 on 7 raw 6 the 7 raw 8 too 9 often 10 of 11 late and now her aunt was confiding her grievances to [mrs] [tony] [mack] [the] [most] [notorious] gossip [in] [ramble] [valley] [or] [out] [of] [it] [!] 1 and 4 aunt 1 and 5 was 2 now 4 aunt 3 her 4 aunt 4 aunt 5 was 5 was 6 confiding 6 confiding 8 grievances 6 confiding 9 to 7 her 8 grievances 8 grievances 9 to 9 to 16 gossip " [i] [can't] [sleep] [at] [nights] [for] [worrying] [over] [what] [will] [become] [of] [her] [when] [i] ['m] [gone] [,] " [went] [on] [mrs] [theodora] [dismally] [.] 1 " 20 " " she ['ll] [just] [have] [to] [live] [on] [alone] [here] [a] [lonesome] , [withered-up] [old] [maid] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 13 , and [her] that might have had her [pick] , [mrs] [tony] , [though] [i] do say it [as] [shouldn't] [.] 1 and 3 that 1 and 9 , 3 that 4 might 4 might 5 have 5 have 6 had 6 had 7 her 9 , 16 say 12 , 15 do 15 do 16 say 16 say 17 it you must feel real thankful to have all your girls married off especially when none of them was extry good-looking [.] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 feel 3 feel 5 thankful 4 real 5 thankful 5 thankful 6 to 6 to 7 have 7 have 8 all 7 have 11 married 8 all 9 your 8 all 10 girls 9 your 10 girls 11 married 12 off 11 married 13 especially 11 married 20 good-looking 13 especially 14 when 14 when 15 none 14 when 18 was 15 none 16 of 15 none 18 was 16 of 17 them 18 was 19 extry some people have all the luck [.] 1 some 2 people 2 people 3 have 3 have 4 all 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 luck 5 the 6 luck i 'm tired of talking [to] [judith] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 tired 3 tired 4 of 4 of 5 talking folks 'll be saying soon that nobody ever really wanted her , for all her flirting [.] 1 folks 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 saying 4 saying 5 soon 4 saying 6 that 6 that 7 nobody 6 that 10 wanted 7 nobody 10 wanted 8 ever 10 wanted 9 really 10 wanted 10 wanted 11 her 10 wanted 13 for 12 , 13 for 13 for 14 all 14 all 15 her 14 all 16 flirting 15 her 16 flirting but she just won't marry [.] ["] 1 but 2 she 1 but 5 marry 2 she 4 won't 3 just 4 won't 4 won't 5 marry " [i] [will] [!] " 1 " 5 " judith whirled about on the sun warm door step and came in [.] 1 judith 10 and 2 whirled 3 about 2 whirled 10 and 3 about 4 on 4 on 9 step 5 the 9 step 6 sun 9 step 7 warm 8 door 8 door 9 step 10 and 11 came 11 came 12 in her black eyes were flashing [and] [her] [round] [cheeks] [were] [crimson] [.] 1 her 3 eyes 2 black 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 were 4 were 5 flashing " [such] [a] [temper] [you] [never] [saw] [!] " [reported] [mrs] [tony] [afterwards] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [though] ['] [tweren't] [to] [be] [wondered] [at] [.] theodora was most awful aggravating [.] ["] 1 theodora 2 was 2 was 5 aggravating 3 most 4 awful 4 awful 5 aggravating " [i] [will] [,] " [repeated] [judith] [stormily] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] ['m] [tired] [of] [being] [nagged] [day] [in] [and] [day] [out] [.] how does that suit you [,] [aunt] [theodora] [?] ["] 1 how 2 does 2 does 3 that 2 does 4 suit 4 suit 5 you [mrs] [theodora] ['s] [mental] [processes] [were] [never] [slow] [.] she dropped her knitting ball and stooped for it [.] 1 she 6 and 2 dropped 5 ball 2 dropped 6 and 3 her 5 ball 4 knitting 5 ball 6 and 7 stooped 6 and 8 for 8 for 9 it in that time she had decided what to do [.] 1 in 3 time 1 in 4 she 2 that 3 time 4 she 5 had 5 had 6 decided 6 decided 7 what 7 what 8 to 7 what 9 do 8 to 9 do she knew that [judith] [would] [stick] to [her] [word] , [stewart-like] , and she must [trim] [her] [sails] [to] [catch] [this] [new] [wind] [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 15 must 7 to 10 , 10 , 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 she 14 she 15 must the color went out of [judith] ['s] [face] [,] [leaving] it [pale] [as] [ashes] [.] 1 the 2 color 2 color 3 went 3 went 5 of 4 out 5 of 5 of 11 it her hasty assertion had [no] [sooner] been uttered than it was repented [of] [,] but she must stand by it now [.] 1 her 3 assertion 2 hasty 3 assertion 3 assertion 4 had 4 had 7 been 7 been 8 uttered 8 uttered 9 than 9 than 10 it 9 than 15 but 10 it 11 was 11 was 15 but 12 repented 15 but 15 but 18 stand 16 she 17 must 17 must 18 stand 18 stand 19 by 18 stand 21 now 19 by 20 it judith sat down in her little rocker and dropped her pointed chin in her hands [.] 1 judith 8 and 2 sat 3 down 2 sat 8 and 3 down 4 in 4 in 7 rocker 5 her 7 rocker 6 little 7 rocker 8 and 9 dropped 9 dropped 12 chin 9 dropped 13 in 10 her 12 chin 11 pointed 12 chin 12 chin 13 in 13 in 15 hands 14 her 15 hands she had not seen [bruce] [since] before [christmas] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 seen 4 seen 7 before he had been angry at her then because she had refused to let him drive her home from prayer meeting [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 angry 4 angry 5 at 4 angry 7 then 4 angry 8 because 4 angry 12 to 4 angry 15 drive 5 at 6 her 8 because 9 she 8 because 11 refused 9 she 10 had 10 had 11 refused 12 to 13 let 13 let 14 him 13 let 15 drive 15 drive 17 home 15 drive 18 from 16 her 17 home 17 home 18 from 18 from 19 prayer 19 prayer 20 meeting since then she had heard a rumor that he was going to see [kitty] [leigh] [at] [the] [upper] [valley] [.] 1 since 2 then 1 since 3 she 3 she 4 had 4 had 5 heard 5 heard 7 rumor 6 a 7 rumor 7 rumor 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 10 was 10 was 11 going 11 going 12 to 12 to 13 see judith looked sombrely down at the [marshall] homestead [.] 1 judith 2 looked 2 looked 3 sombrely 2 looked 4 down 2 looked 5 at 5 at 8 homestead 6 the 8 homestead judith thought contrastingly of [eben] [king] ['s] [staring] , [primrose-colored] [house] in all its bare , intrusive grandeur [.] 1 judith 2 thought 2 thought 3 contrastingly 2 thought 4 of 2 thought 12 in 4 of 9 , 12 in 13 all 13 all 14 its 13 all 18 grandeur 14 its 18 grandeur 15 bare 16 , 15 bare 18 grandeur 17 intrusive 18 grandeur she gave a little shrug of distaste [.] 1 she 2 gave 2 gave 5 shrug 3 a 4 little 3 a 5 shrug 5 shrug 6 of 6 of 7 distaste " [i] [wish] [bruce] [knew] [of] [this] [,] " she thought , flushing even in her solitude at the idea [.] 1 " 11 thought 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 thought 11 thought 13 flushing 12 , 13 flushing 13 flushing 14 even 13 flushing 18 at 14 even 15 in 15 in 17 solitude 16 her 17 solitude 18 at 20 idea 19 the 20 idea " [although] [if] [it] [is] [true] [that] he is going to see [kitty] [leigh] [i] [don't] [suppose] [he] ['d] [care] [.] 1 " 8 he 8 he 9 is 9 is 10 going 10 going 11 to 11 to 12 see and [aunt] [theo] will be sure to send [word] [to] [eben] [by] [hook] [or] [crook] [.] 1 and 4 will 4 will 5 be 5 be 6 sure 6 sure 7 to 7 to 8 send [whatever] [possessed] [me] [to] [say] [such] [a] [mad] [thing] [?] there [goes] [mrs] [tony] [now] , [all] [agog] to [spread] [such] [a] [delectable] [bit] [of] [gossip] [.] ["] 1 there 6 , 6 , 9 to [mrs] [tony] [had] [indeed] [gone] [,] [refusing] [mrs] [theodora] ['s] [invitation] [to] [stay] [to] [tea] [,] [so] [eager] [was] [she] [to] [tell] [her] [story] [.] tell him [i] [want] [to] [see] [him] [about] [something] [of] [the] [greatest] [importance] [.] " 1 tell 2 him 2 him 15 " [mrs] [theodora] [thought] [that] [this] [was] [a] [master] [stroke] [.] " [that] [match] [is] [as] [good] as made , " she thought triumphantly [as] [she] [picked] [up] [chips] [to] [start] [the] [tea] [fire] [.] 1 " 12 thought 7 as 8 made 7 as 9 , 7 as 11 she 9 , 10 " 11 she 12 thought 12 thought 13 triumphantly ["] [if] [judith] [suspects] [that] [eben] [is] [here] [she] [is] [quite] [likely] [to] [stay] [in] [her] [room] [and] [refuse] [to] [come] [down] [.] but if she [does] [i] 'll march him upstairs to her door and make him ask her through the keyhole [.] 1 but 13 and 2 if 3 she 3 she 6 'll 6 'll 13 and 7 march 8 him 7 march 9 upstairs 7 march 10 to 7 march 13 and 10 to 12 door 11 her 12 door 13 and 14 make 14 make 15 him 14 make 16 ask 16 ask 17 her 16 ask 18 through 18 through 20 keyhole 19 the 20 keyhole you can't [stump] [theodora] [whitney] [.] ["] 1 you 2 can't [alas] [!] ten minutes later [potter] [returned] [with] [the] [unwelcome] [news] [that] [eben] [was] [away] [from] [home] [.] 1 ten 2 minutes 2 minutes 3 later " he went [to] [wexbridge] about half an hour ago , [his] ma said [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 14 said 2 he 3 went 3 went 6 about 6 about 10 ago 7 half 9 hour 8 an 9 hour 9 hour 10 ago 11 , 13 ma 13 ma 14 said she said she 'd tell him to come right over as soon as he kem home [.] ["] 1 she 2 said 2 said 3 she 2 said 8 come 3 she 4 'd 4 'd 5 tell 5 tell 6 him 5 tell 7 to 7 to 8 come 8 come 9 right 8 come 12 soon 8 come 13 as 9 right 10 over 11 as 12 soon 13 as 14 he 13 as 15 kem 15 kem 16 home [mrs] [theodora] [had] [to] [content] [herself] [with] [this] [,] [but] [she] [felt] [troubled] [.] she [knew] [mrs] [tony] [mack] 's capabilities [for] [spreading] [news] [.] 1 she 6 's 6 's 7 capabilities what [if] [bruce] [marshall] should [hear] [it] [before] [eben] [?] 1 what 5 should [eben] [king] [had] [a] [keg] [in] [the] [corner] [.] he was in no hurry to go home for he loved gossip dearly [and] [the] [wexbridge] [stores] [abounded] [with] [it] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 in 2 was 6 to 3 in 5 hurry 4 no 5 hurry 6 to 7 go 7 go 8 home 7 go 9 for 9 for 10 he 10 he 11 loved 11 loved 12 gossip 11 loved 13 dearly he had [exhausted] [the] [news] [of] [peter] [stanley] ['s] [store] [across] [the] [bridge] [and] [now] [he] meant to hear what was saying [at] [plowden] ['s] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 17 meant 17 meant 18 to 18 to 19 hear 19 hear 20 what 20 what 21 was 21 was 22 saying " [what] [are] [the] [valley] [roads] [like] [,] [marshall] [?] ["] asked a [wexbridge] man [,] [between] [two] [squirts] [of] [tobacco] [juice] [.] 1 " 12 asked 12 asked 15 man 13 a 15 man " [bad] [,] " [said] [bruce] [briefly] [.] 1 " 4 " " [another] [warm] [day] [will] [finish] [the] [sleighing] [.] " 1 " 10 " " [are] they [crossing] [at] [malley] ['s] [creek] [yet] [?] ["] asked [plowden] [.] 1 " 12 asked 3 they 12 asked ["] [no] [,] [jack] [carr] [got] [in] [there] [day] [before] [yesterday] [.] nearly lost [his] mare [.] 1 nearly 2 lost 2 lost 4 mare i came round by the main road [,] ["] [responded] [bruce] [.] 1 i 2 came 2 came 3 round 3 round 4 by 4 by 7 road 5 the 6 main 5 the 7 road the door opened [at] [this] [point] [and] [tony] [mack] came in [.] 1 the 2 door 2 door 3 opened 2 door 10 came 10 came 11 in as [soon] [as] he [closed] [the] [door] he doubled [up] in a fit of chuckles , [which] [lasted] [until] he was purple in the face [.] 1 as 4 he 1 as 9 doubled 1 as 16 , 1 as 20 he 8 he 9 doubled 9 doubled 11 in 11 in 13 fit 12 a 13 fit 13 fit 14 of 14 of 15 chuckles 20 he 21 was 21 was 22 purple 22 purple 23 in 23 in 25 face 24 the 25 face " [is] [the] [man] [crazy] [?] " [demanded] [plowden] [,] [who] [had] [never] [seen] [lean] [little] [tony] [visited] [like] [this] [before] [.] 1 " 7 " " [crazy] [nothin] ['] [,] " [retorted] [tony] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [you] ['ll] [laugh] [too] [,] [when] [you] [hear] [it] [.] such a joke [!] 1 such 2 a 2 a 3 joke [hee-tee-tee-hee-e] [.] [hee-tee-tee-hee-e-e-e] [!] my old woman was there and heard her [.] 1 my 3 woman 2 old 3 woman 3 woman 6 and 4 was 5 there 4 was 6 and 6 and 7 heard 6 and 8 her she 'll keep her word , too [.] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 keep 3 keep 5 word 3 keep 7 too 4 her 5 word 6 , 7 too she ain't [old] [joshua] [stewart] ['s] [daughter] [for] [nothin] ['] [.] 1 she 2 ain't if he said he 'd do a thing [he] did it [if] [it] tuck the hair off [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 said 1 if 10 did 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 he 3 said 6 do 4 he 5 'd 5 'd 6 do 6 do 8 thing 7 a 8 thing 10 did 11 it 10 did 14 tuck 14 tuck 16 hair 14 tuck 17 off 15 the 16 hair [if] [i] [was] [a] [young] [feller] [now] [!] [hee-tee-tee-hee-e-e-e] [!] ["] [bruce] [marshall] [swung] [round] [on] [one] [foot] [.] his face was crimson [and] [if] [looks] [could] [kill] [,] [tony] [mack] [would] [have] [fallen] [dead] in [the] [middle] [of] his [sniggers] [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 3 was 3 was 4 crimson 4 crimson 17 in 17 in 21 his " [you] [needn't] [mind] [doing] [up] [that] [parcel] for [me] , " he said [to] [nora] [.] 1 " 14 said 9 for 11 , 9 for 13 he 11 , 12 " 13 he 14 said " [i] ['ll] [not] [wait] [for] [it] [.] " 1 " 9 " on [his] [way] to [the] [door] [eben] [king] [brushed] [past] him [.] 1 on 4 to 4 to 11 him a shout of laughter from the assembled men followed them [.] 1 a 2 shout 2 shout 3 of 2 shout 9 followed 3 of 4 laughter 4 laughter 5 from 5 from 8 men 6 the 8 men 7 assembled 8 men 9 followed 10 them the others streamed out in their wake , realizing that a race was afoot [.] 1 the 2 others 2 others 3 streamed 3 streamed 4 out 3 streamed 5 in 5 in 7 wake 6 their 7 wake 7 wake 9 realizing 8 , 9 realizing 9 realizing 10 that 10 that 12 race 10 that 13 was 11 a 12 race 12 race 13 was 13 was 14 afoot tony alone remained inside , helpless with chuckling [.] 1 tony 3 remained 2 alone 3 remained 3 remained 4 inside 3 remained 6 helpless 5 , 6 helpless 6 helpless 7 with 7 with 8 chuckling eben [king] 's horse was tied at the door [.] 1 eben 3 's 3 's 4 horse 4 horse 5 was 5 was 6 tied 6 tied 7 at 7 at 9 door 8 the 9 door he had nothing to do but step in and drive off [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 to 4 to 6 but 5 do 6 but 6 but 9 and 7 step 8 in 7 step 9 and 9 and 10 drive 10 drive 11 off bruce had put his mare in at [billy] [bender] ['s] [across] [the] [bridge] , [intending] to [spend] [the] [evening] there [.] 1 bruce 2 had 2 had 3 put 3 put 5 mare 3 put 6 in 3 put 7 at 3 put 20 there 4 his 5 mare 7 at 14 , 14 , 16 to he knew that this would handicap him seriously [,] [but] [he] [strode] [down] [the] [road] [with] [a] [determined] [expression] [on] [his] [handsome] [face] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 this 3 that 6 handicap 4 this 5 would 5 would 6 handicap 6 handicap 7 him 6 handicap 8 seriously fifteen minutes later he drove past the store , his gray mare going at a sharp gait [.] 1 fifteen 2 minutes 2 minutes 3 later 3 later 4 he 4 he 5 drove 5 drove 6 past 5 drove 14 at 6 past 9 , 7 the 8 store 8 store 9 , 9 , 13 going 10 his 13 going 11 gray 12 mare 12 mare 13 going 14 at 17 gait 15 a 16 sharp 15 a 17 gait 16 sharp 17 gait the [crowd] [in] [front] of [plowden] ['s] [cheered] [him] , [their] [sympathies] [were] [with] [him] [for] [king] [was] [not] [popular] [.] 1 the 5 of 5 of 10 , tony had come out and shouted , " [here] 's luck to you , brother , " after [which] he doubled up with renewed laughter [.] 1 tony 7 , 2 had 5 and 2 had 7 , 3 come 4 out 3 come 5 and 5 and 6 shouted 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 's 7 , 18 after 10 's 11 luck 10 's 12 to 12 to 14 , 13 you 14 , 14 , 15 brother 16 , 17 " 16 , 18 after 18 after 20 he 18 after 21 doubled 20 he 21 doubled 21 doubled 22 up 21 doubled 23 with 23 with 25 laughter 24 renewed 25 laughter such a lark [!] 1 such 2 a 2 a 3 lark and he , [tony] , had set it [afoot] [!] 1 and 2 he 1 and 7 set 3 , 5 , 5 , 6 had 6 had 7 set 7 set 8 it it would be a story to tell for years [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 5 story 3 be 6 to 3 be 8 for 4 a 5 story 6 to 7 tell 8 for 9 years from its top it was five miles [to] [ramble] [valley] [by] [the] [main] [road] [.] 1 from 3 top 1 from 4 it 2 its 3 top 4 it 5 was 5 was 7 miles 6 five 7 miles as a rule [eben] [was] [exceedingly] [careful] [of] [his] [horses] [,] [but] [now] he was [sending] [bay] [billy] [along] for all that was in him [.] 1 as 3 rule 1 as 14 he 2 a 3 rule 14 he 15 was 15 was 20 for 20 for 21 all 21 all 22 that 21 all 23 was 22 that 23 was 23 was 24 in 24 in 25 him for a second [bruce] [hesitated] [.] 1 for 3 second 2 a 3 second then he turned [his] [mare] [down] [the] [field] [cut] [to] [malley] ['s] [creek] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 turned it [was] [taking] [lady] [jane] 's [life] [and] [possibly] [his] [own] in his hand , but it was his only chance [.] 1 it 6 's 6 's 12 in 12 in 15 , 13 his 14 hand 14 hand 15 , 15 , 17 it 16 but 17 it 17 it 18 was 18 was 21 chance 19 his 20 only 19 his 21 chance he could never have overtaken [bay] [billy] [on] [the] [main] [road] [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 4 have 3 never 4 have 4 have 5 overtaken beyond the field was a ravine full of firs [,] [through] [which] [malley] ['s] [creek] [ran] [.] 1 beyond 3 field 1 beyond 4 was 2 the 3 field 4 was 6 ravine 5 a 6 ravine 6 ravine 7 full 7 full 8 of 8 of 9 firs to cross [it] [meant] [a] [four-mile] [cut] [to] [ramble] [valley] [.] 1 to 2 cross the ice looked black and rotten [.] 1 the 2 ice 2 ice 3 looked 3 looked 5 and 4 black 5 and 5 and 6 rotten to the left was the [ragged] hole [where] [jack] [carr] ['s] [mare] [had] [struggled] [for] [her] [life] [.] 1 to 3 left 1 to 4 was 2 the 3 left 4 was 7 hole 5 the 7 hole bruce headed [lady] [jane] [higher] [up] [.] 1 bruce 2 headed if a crossing could be made at all it was only between [malley] ['s] spring-hole and the old ice road [.] 1 if 3 crossing 1 if 6 made 1 if 9 it 2 a 3 crossing 3 crossing 4 could 4 could 5 be 5 be 6 made 6 made 7 at 7 at 8 all 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 only 10 was 12 between 12 between 16 and 15 spring-hole 16 and 16 and 20 road 17 the 20 road 18 old 19 ice 19 ice 20 road [lady] [jane] [swerved] [at] [the] [bank] [and] [whickered] [.] " [on] [,] [old] [girl] [,] ["] said [bruce] [,] [in] a tense voice [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 14 voice 12 a 14 voice 13 tense 14 voice unwillingly she advanced , picking her steps with cat-like sagacity [.] 1 unwillingly 2 she 2 she 3 advanced 3 advanced 5 picking 4 , 5 picking 5 picking 7 steps 5 picking 8 with 6 her 7 steps 7 steps 8 with 8 with 10 sagacity 9 cat-like 10 sagacity [once] [her] [foot] [went] [through] [,] [bruce] [pulled] [her] [up] [with] [hands] [that] [did] [not] [tremble] [.] the next moment she was scrambling up the opposite bank [.] 1 the 3 moment 2 next 3 moment 3 moment 4 she 3 moment 5 was 3 moment 7 up 4 she 5 was 5 was 6 scrambling 7 up 10 bank 8 the 10 bank 9 opposite 10 bank glancing [back] , [bruce] [saw] [the] [ice] [parting] [in] [her] [footprints] and [the] [black] [water] [gurgling] up [.] 1 glancing 3 , 3 , 12 and 12 and 17 up but the race was not yet decided [.] 1 but 3 race 1 but 7 decided 2 the 3 race 3 race 4 was 4 was 5 not 4 was 7 decided 5 not 7 decided 6 yet 7 decided by crossing the creek he had [won] no more than [an] [equal] [chance] [with] [eben] [king] [.] 1 by 2 crossing 1 by 5 he 2 crossing 4 creek 3 the 4 creek 5 he 6 had 6 had 9 more 6 had 10 than 8 no 9 more and the field road before him was much worse than the main road [.] 1 and 4 road 1 and 7 was 2 the 4 road 3 field 4 road 4 road 5 before 4 road 7 was 5 before 6 him 7 was 9 worse 8 much 9 worse 9 worse 10 than 10 than 13 road 11 the 12 main 11 the 13 road there was little snow on it and some bad [sloughs] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 snow 2 was 9 bad 3 little 4 snow 4 snow 5 on 5 on 7 and 6 it 7 and 7 and 8 some but [lady] [jane] [was] [good] [for] it [.] 1 but 7 it for once she should not be spared [.] 1 for 3 she 2 once 3 she 3 she 4 should 4 should 5 not 4 should 6 be 6 be 7 spared for a moment [mrs] [theodora] [stood] [at] [a] [gaze] [.] 1 for 3 moment 2 a 3 moment then she recognized both drivers [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 recognized 3 recognized 5 drivers 4 both 5 drivers she dropped her milking pail and ran to the house , thinking as she ran [.] 1 she 6 and 2 dropped 5 pail 2 dropped 6 and 3 her 5 pail 4 milking 5 pail 6 and 7 ran 6 and 8 to 6 and 13 as 8 to 11 , 9 the 10 house 10 house 11 , 11 , 12 thinking 13 as 14 she 13 as 15 ran 14 she 15 ran she knew that [judith] was [alone] in the kitchen [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 was 5 was 7 in 7 in 9 kitchen 8 the 9 kitchen if [eben] [king] [got] [there] [first] [,] [well] [and] [good] [,] [but] if [bruce] [marshall] [won] [the] [race] he must encounter her [,] [mrs] [theodora] [.] 1 if 19 he 13 if 19 he 19 he 20 must 20 must 21 encounter 21 encounter 22 her " [he] [won't] [propose] [to] [judith] [as] [long] [as] [i] ['m] [round] [,] " she panted [.] 1 " 16 panted 14 " 15 she 15 she 16 panted ["] [i] [know] [him] [he] ['s] [too] [shy] [.] [but] [eben] [won't] [mind] [i] ['ll] [tip] [him] [the] [wink] [.] ["] [potter] [vane] [was] [chopping] [wood] [before] [the] [door] [.] there was [a] [woeful] cut on [bay] [billy] ['s] [slender] [foreleg] and the reeking [lady] [jane] was trembling like a leaf [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 cut 2 was 6 on 2 was 19 like 12 and 14 reeking 12 and 17 was 13 the 14 reeking 17 was 18 trembling 18 trembling 19 like 19 like 21 leaf 20 a 21 leaf the staunch little mare had brought her master over that stretch [of] sticky field road in [time] , but she was almost exhausted [.] 1 the 4 mare 2 staunch 4 mare 3 little 4 mare 4 mare 5 had 5 had 6 brought 6 brought 8 master 6 brought 9 over 6 brought 16 in 7 her 8 master 8 master 9 over 9 over 15 road 10 that 15 road 11 stretch 15 road 13 sticky 14 field 14 field 15 road 16 in 18 , 18 , 19 but 19 but 20 she 20 she 21 was 21 was 23 exhausted 22 almost 23 exhausted both men sprang from their sleighs and ran to the door [.] 1 both 2 men 2 men 7 and 3 sprang 4 from 3 sprang 7 and 4 from 6 sleighs 5 their 6 sleighs 7 and 8 ran 7 and 9 to 9 to 11 door 10 the 11 door bruce [marshall] [won] [it] [by] foot-room and [burst] [into] [the] [kitchen] [with] his [rival] [hot] [on] [his] [heels] [.] 1 bruce 6 foot-room 6 foot-room 7 and 7 and 13 his [mrs] [theodora] [stood] [defiantly] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [room] [,] [still] [grasping] [the] [dazed] [and] [dismayed] [potter] [.] in [a] [corner] [judith] [turned] [from] the [window] [whence] [she] [had] [been] [watching] [the] [finish] [of] [the] [race] [.] 1 in 7 the she was pale and tense from excitement [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 pale 4 and 4 and 5 tense 5 tense 6 from 6 from 7 excitement " [yes] [,] " [said] [judith] [.] 1 " 4 " she [burst] [into] [hysterical] [tears] [as] [she] [said] [it] [and] sat [limply] down in a chair [.] 1 she 11 sat 11 sat 13 down 13 down 14 in 14 in 16 chair 15 a 16 chair [mrs] [theodora] [loosed] [her] [grip] [on] [potter] [.] " [you] [can] [go] [back] to [your] [work] , " she said dully [.] 1 " 12 said 6 to 9 , 6 to 11 she 9 , 10 " 11 she 12 said 12 said 13 dully she followed him out [and] [eben] [king] [followed] [her] [.] 1 she 2 followed 2 followed 3 him 2 followed 4 out on the step she reached behind him and closed the door [.] 1 on 3 step 1 on 4 she 2 the 3 step 4 she 8 and 5 reached 6 behind 5 reached 8 and 6 behind 7 him 8 and 9 closed 9 closed 11 door 10 the 11 door " [trust] [a] [king] [for] [being] [too] [late] [!] " she said bitterly and unjustly [.] 1 " 12 said 10 " 11 she 11 she 12 said 12 said 14 and 13 bitterly 14 and 14 and 15 unjustly [eben] [went] [home] [with] [bay] [billy] [.] [potter] [gazed] [after] [him] [until] [mrs] [theodora] [ordered] [him] [to] [put] [marshall] ['s] [mare] [in] [the] [stable] [and] [rub] [her] [down] [.] " [anyway] [,] [judith] [won't] [be] [an] [old] [maid] , ["] she comforted [herself] [.] 1 " 13 comforted 10 , 12 she 12 she 13 comforted [the] [promise] [of] [lucy] [ellen] cecily [foster] [came] [down] [the] [sloping] , [fir-fringed] [road] [from] [the] [village] [at] [a] [leisurely] [pace] [.] 1 cecily 7 , without being actively conscious of it , she was satisfied with the existing circumstances of her life [.] 1 without 2 being 1 without 7 , 1 without 8 she 2 being 4 conscious 3 actively 4 conscious 4 conscious 5 of 5 of 6 it 8 she 9 was 9 was 10 satisfied 10 satisfied 11 with 11 with 14 circumstances 12 the 14 circumstances 13 existing 14 circumstances 14 circumstances 15 of 15 of 17 life 16 her 17 life it was half over now [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 half 2 was 4 over 3 half 4 over 4 over 5 now on the crest of the little hill to her right [was] [her] [home] [hers] [and] [lucy] [ellen] ['s] [.] 1 on 3 crest 1 on 10 right 2 the 3 crest 3 crest 4 of 4 of 7 hill 5 the 7 hill 6 little 7 hill 7 hill 8 to 8 to 9 her on the fourth side a trim white paling shut in the flower garden before the front door [.] 1 on 4 side 1 on 7 white 2 the 4 side 3 fourth 4 side 5 a 6 trim 5 a 7 white 6 trim 7 white 7 white 8 paling 7 white 9 shut 9 shut 10 in 9 shut 14 before 10 in 13 garden 11 the 13 garden 12 flower 13 garden 13 garden 14 before 14 before 17 door 15 the 17 door 16 front 17 door cecily could see the beds of purple and scarlet asters , making rich [whorls] of color under the parlor and sitting-room windows [.] 1 cecily 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 8 and 3 see 12 making 4 the 5 beds 5 beds 6 of 5 beds 8 and 6 of 7 purple 8 and 10 asters 8 and 11 , 9 scarlet 10 asters 12 making 20 and 13 rich 15 of 13 rich 20 and 15 of 16 color 16 color 17 under 17 under 19 parlor 18 the 19 parlor 20 and 22 windows 21 sitting-room 22 windows lucy [ellen] 's bed was gayer and larger than [cecily] ['s] [.] 1 lucy 3 's 3 's 4 bed 4 bed 5 was 5 was 7 and 6 gayer 7 and 7 and 8 larger 8 larger 9 than lucy [ellen] had always had better luck with flowers [.] 1 lucy 3 had 3 had 5 had 4 always 5 had 5 had 7 luck 5 had 8 with 6 better 7 luck 7 luck 8 with 8 with 9 flowers she could see [old] [boxer] [asleep] [on] [the] [front] [porch] [step] [and] [lucy] [ellen] ['s] [white] [cat] [stretched] [out] [on] [the] [parlor] [window-sill] [.] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 see there was no other sign of life about the place [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 sign 2 was 8 about 3 no 4 other 4 other 5 sign 5 sign 6 of 6 of 7 life 8 about 10 place 9 the 10 place cecily drew a long , leisurely breath of satisfaction [.] 1 cecily 2 drew 2 drew 7 breath 3 a 4 long 3 a 7 breath 4 long 5 , 4 long 7 breath 6 leisurely 7 breath 7 breath 8 of 8 of 9 satisfaction " after [tea] [i] ['ll] [dig] [up] [those] [dahlia] [roots] , " she said aloud [.] 1 " 14 said 2 after 11 , 2 after 13 she 11 , 12 " 13 she 14 said 14 said 15 aloud ["] [they] ['d] [ought] [to] [be] [up] [.] my , [how] [blue] [and] [soft] [that] [sea] [is] [!] 1 my 2 , i never saw such a lovely day [.] 1 i 3 saw 2 never 3 saw 3 saw 7 day 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 lovely 5 a 7 day 6 lovely 7 day i 've been [gone] longer than [i] [expected] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 5 longer 5 longer 6 than i wonder [if] [lucy] [ellen] ['s] [been] [lonesome] [?] " 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 10 " she looked at him perplexedly [.] 1 she 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 5 perplexedly 3 at 4 him he [must] [be] [a] [stranger] [,] [for] [she] was [sure] no man in [oriental] [walked] [like] that [.] 1 he 9 was 9 was 12 man 9 was 13 in 11 no 12 man 13 in 17 that " [some] [agent] [has] [been] [pestering] [lucy] [ellen] [,] [i] [suppose] [,] " she muttered [vexedly] [.] 1 " 15 muttered 13 " 14 she 14 she 15 muttered the stranger came on with an [airy] briskness [utterly] [foreign] [to] [orientalites] [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 came 3 came 4 on 3 came 5 with 5 with 8 briskness 6 an 8 briskness cecily opened the gate and went through [.] 1 cecily 5 and 2 opened 4 gate 2 opened 5 and 3 the 4 gate 5 and 6 went 6 went 7 through they met under the amber-tinted sugar maple in the heart of the hollow [.] 1 they 2 met 2 met 3 under 2 met 8 in 3 under 7 maple 4 the 7 maple 5 amber-tinted 6 sugar 6 sugar 7 maple 7 maple 8 in 8 in 10 heart 9 the 10 heart 10 heart 11 of 11 of 13 hollow 12 the 13 hollow as he passed , the man lifted his hat and bowed with an ingratiating smile [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 passed 1 as 4 , 1 as 6 man 2 he 3 passed 5 the 6 man 6 man 10 and 7 lifted 9 hat 7 lifted 10 and 8 his 9 hat 10 and 11 bowed 10 and 12 with 12 with 15 smile 13 an 15 smile 14 ingratiating 15 smile he was about forty-five , well , [although] somewhat loudly dressed , and with an air of self-satisfied prosperity pervading his whole personality [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 13 and 3 about 4 forty-five 3 about 13 and 4 forty-five 6 well 4 forty-five 11 dressed 5 , 6 well 6 well 7 , 7 , 11 dressed 9 somewhat 11 dressed 10 loudly 11 dressed 11 dressed 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 with 14 with 16 air 15 an 16 air 16 air 17 of 17 of 19 prosperity 18 self-satisfied 19 prosperity 19 prosperity 20 pervading 20 pervading 23 personality 21 his 23 personality 22 whole 23 personality he had a heavy gold watch chain and a large seal ring on the hand that lifted his hat [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 12 ring 2 had 13 on 3 a 4 heavy 3 a 12 ring 4 heavy 5 gold 5 gold 7 chain 6 watch 7 chain 7 chain 8 and 8 and 11 seal 8 and 12 ring 9 a 11 seal 10 large 11 seal 12 ring 13 on 13 on 15 hand 14 the 15 hand 15 hand 16 that 15 hand 17 lifted 16 that 17 lifted 17 lifted 19 hat 18 his 19 hat he was bald , with a high , [shaksperian] forehead and a halo of sandy curls [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 bald 3 bald 5 with 4 , 5 with 5 with 11 and 6 a 7 high 7 high 8 , 8 , 10 forehead 8 , 11 and 11 and 13 halo 11 and 14 of 12 a 13 halo 14 of 16 curls 15 sandy 16 curls cecily did not recognize him , yet there was something vaguely familiar about him [.] 1 cecily 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 recognize 3 not 4 recognize 4 recognize 5 him 4 recognize 7 yet 6 , 7 yet 7 yet 8 there 8 there 9 was 9 was 10 something 10 something 12 familiar 11 vaguely 12 familiar 12 familiar 13 about 13 about 14 him she walked rapidly up to the house [.] 1 she 2 walked 2 walked 3 rapidly 2 walked 4 up 2 walked 5 to 5 to 7 house 6 the 7 house in the sitting-room [she] [found] [lucy] [ellen] [peering] [out] [between] [the] [muslin] [window] [curtains] [.] 1 in 3 sitting-room 2 the 3 sitting-room when the latter turned there was an air of repressed excitement about her [.] 1 when 3 latter 1 when 4 turned 1 when 6 was 2 the 3 latter 3 latter 4 turned 4 turned 5 there 6 was 8 air 6 was 12 about 7 an 8 air 8 air 9 of 9 of 11 excitement 10 repressed 11 excitement 11 excitement 12 about 12 about 13 her " [who] [was] [that] [man] [,] [lucy] [ellen] [?] " 1 " 10 " cecily asked [.] 1 cecily 2 asked ["] [didn't] [you] [know] [him] [?] that was [cromwell] [biron] , ["] [she] [simpered] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 5 , [although] [lucy] [ellen] [was] [forty] [and] [,] [in] [most] [respects] [,] [sensible] [,] [she] [could] [not] [help] [simpering] [upon] [occasion] [.] " [cromwell] [biron] [,] " [repeated] [cecily] [,] [in] [an] [emotionless] [voice] [.] 1 " 5 " she [felt] [as] if she had [had] [a] [severe] [shock] , and she dared not ask anything more just then [.] 1 she 11 , 4 if 5 she 5 she 6 had 6 had 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 she 13 she 14 dared 14 dared 15 not 14 dared 16 ask 15 not 16 ask 16 ask 17 anything 16 ask 20 then 17 anything 19 just 17 anything 20 then 18 more 19 just lucy [ellen] 's blush had frightened her [.] 1 lucy 3 's 3 's 4 blush 4 blush 5 had 5 had 6 frightened 6 frightened 7 her it seemed to open up dizzying possibilities of change [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 open 3 to 4 open 4 open 5 up 4 open 7 possibilities 6 dizzying 7 possibilities 7 possibilities 8 of 8 of 9 change " but she [promised] [she] [promised] [,] ["] said [cecily] [fiercely] , under her breath [.] 1 " 9 said 2 but 3 she 3 she 9 said 9 said 13 under 12 , 13 under 13 under 15 breath 14 her 15 breath [while] [cecily] [was] [changing] [her] [dress] [,] [lucy] [ellen] [was] [getting] [the] [tea] [ready] [in] [the] [little] [kitchen] [.] now [and] then she broke out into singing , but always checked herself guiltily [.] 1 now 4 she 3 then 4 she 4 she 10 but 5 broke 6 out 5 broke 7 into 5 broke 10 but 7 into 8 singing 9 , 10 but 10 but 12 checked 11 always 12 checked 12 checked 13 herself 12 checked 14 guiltily cecily heard her and set her firm mouth a little [firmer] [.] 1 cecily 4 and 2 heard 3 her 2 heard 4 and 4 and 5 set 5 set 8 mouth 5 set 10 little 6 her 8 mouth 7 firm 8 mouth 9 a 10 little cecily , in spite of her serious expression and intense way of looking at life , had an irrepressible sense of humor [.] 1 cecily 3 in 1 cecily 17 had 2 , 3 in 3 in 4 spite 3 in 16 , 4 spite 5 of 4 spite 12 of 5 of 9 and 6 her 8 expression 7 serious 8 expression 8 expression 9 and 9 and 11 way 10 intense 11 way 12 of 13 looking 13 looking 14 at 14 at 15 life 17 had 20 sense 18 an 19 irrepressible 18 an 20 sense 19 irrepressible 20 sense 20 sense 21 of 21 of 22 humor tea that evening was not the pleasant meal it usually was [.] 1 tea 3 evening 1 tea 4 was 2 that 3 evening 4 was 5 not 4 was 8 meal 6 the 8 meal 7 pleasant 8 meal 8 meal 9 it 8 meal 11 was 9 it 11 was 10 usually 11 was the two women were wont to talk animatedly to each other [,] [and] [cecily] [had] [many] [things] [to] [tell] [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 the 2 two 2 two 3 women 3 women 4 were 4 were 5 wont 5 wont 6 to 5 wont 7 talk 6 to 7 talk 7 talk 8 animatedly 7 talk 9 to 9 to 11 other 10 each 11 other she did not tell them [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 tell 3 not 4 tell 4 tell 5 them neither did [lucy] [ellen] [ask] [any] [questions] [,] [her] [ill-concealed] [excitement] [hanging] [around] [her] [like] [a] [festal] [garment] [.] 1 neither 2 did cecily 's heart was on fire with alarm and jealousy [.] 1 cecily 2 's 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 was 4 was 5 on 4 was 7 with 5 on 6 fire 6 fire 7 with 7 with 9 and 8 alarm 9 and 9 and 10 jealousy she smiled a little cruelly as [she] buttered and ate her toast [.] 1 she 9 and 2 smiled 8 buttered 2 smiled 9 and 3 a 4 little 4 little 5 cruelly 5 cruelly 8 buttered 6 as 8 buttered 9 and 10 ate 10 ate 12 toast 11 her 12 toast " and [so] [that] [was] [cromwell] [biron] , " she said with studied carelessness [.] 1 " 11 said 2 and 8 , 2 and 10 she 8 , 9 " 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 with 12 with 14 carelessness 13 studied 14 carelessness ["] [i] [thought] [there] [was] [something] [familiar] [about] [him] [.] when did he come home [?] ["] 1 when 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 come 4 come 5 home " he [got] [to] [oriental] [yesterday] [,] ["] fluttered [back] [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 9 fluttered ["] [he] ['s] [going] [to] [be] [home] [for] [two] [months] [.] we [we] had such an interesting talk this afternoon [.] 1 we 3 had 3 had 7 talk 3 had 9 afternoon 4 such 5 an 5 an 6 interesting 5 an 7 talk 6 interesting 7 talk 8 this 9 afternoon he he 's as full of jokes [as] ever [.] 1 he 2 he 1 he 6 of 1 he 7 jokes 2 he 3 's 3 's 5 full 4 as 5 full 5 full 6 of 7 jokes 9 ever i wished you 'd been here [.] ["] 1 i 2 wished 2 wished 3 you 2 wished 5 been 3 you 4 'd 4 'd 5 been 5 been 6 here this was a fib [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 4 fib 3 a 4 fib cecily knew it [.] 1 cecily 2 knew 2 knew 3 it " [i] [don't] , then , " she said contemptuously [.] 1 " 9 said 4 , 5 then 5 then 6 , 5 then 8 she 6 , 7 " 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 contemptuously ["] [you] [know] [i] [never] [had] [much] [use] [for] [cromwell] [biron] [.] i think he had a face of his own to come down here to see you uninvited , after the way he treated you [.] ["] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 he 2 think 4 had 3 he 4 had 4 had 6 face 5 a 6 face 6 face 7 of 7 of 9 own 8 his 9 own 9 own 10 to 9 own 11 come 10 to 11 come 11 come 12 down 11 come 13 here 11 come 14 to 11 come 17 uninvited 14 to 15 see 15 see 16 you 17 uninvited 19 after 18 , 19 after 19 after 21 way 20 the 21 way 21 way 22 he 21 way 23 treated 22 he 23 treated 23 treated 24 you lucy [ellen] [blushed] [scorchingly] [and] was miserably silent [.] 1 lucy 6 was 6 was 8 silent 7 miserably 8 silent " he 's [changed] terrible in his looks , " went on [cecily] relentlessly [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 9 , 3 's 5 terrible 3 's 9 , 5 terrible 6 in 6 in 8 looks 7 his 8 looks 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 went 11 went 12 on 12 on 14 relentlessly ["] [how] [bald] [he] ['s] [got] [and] [fat] [!] to think of the spruce [cromwell] [biron] [got] to be bald and fat [!] 1 to 2 think 2 think 3 of 2 think 9 to 3 of 5 spruce 4 the 5 spruce 9 to 10 be 10 be 12 and 11 bald 12 and 12 and 13 fat to be sure , he [still] has [the] [same] [sheepish] [expression] [.] 1 to 2 be 1 to 4 , 1 to 5 he 2 be 3 sure 5 he 7 has will you pass me [the] [currant] [jell] [,] [lucy] [ellen] [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 pass 3 pass 4 me " [i] [don't] [think] he 's so [very] [fat] , " she said resentfully , when [cecily] [had] [left] [the] [table] [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 10 , 6 's 7 so 6 's 10 , 10 , 13 said 11 " 12 she 12 she 13 said 13 said 14 resentfully 13 said 15 , 15 , 16 when " [and] [i] [don't] [care] [if] he is [.] ["] 1 " 7 he 7 he 8 is twenty years before [this] , [biron] had jilted [lucy] [ellen] [foster] [.] 1 twenty 2 years 2 years 3 before 2 years 7 had 3 before 5 , 7 had 8 jilted she never had another lover [.] 1 she 3 had 2 never 3 had 3 had 5 lover 4 another 5 lover she told herself that she would always be faithful to the one love of her life [.] 1 she 2 told 2 told 3 herself 2 told 4 that 4 that 5 she 4 that 8 be 5 she 6 would 6 would 8 be 7 always 8 be 8 be 9 faithful 9 faithful 10 to 10 to 13 love 11 the 12 one 12 one 13 love 13 love 14 of 14 of 16 life 15 her 16 life this sounded romantic [,] [and] [she] [found] [a] [certain] [comfort] [in] [it] [.] 1 this 2 sounded 2 sounded 3 romantic she had been brought up by her uncle and aunt [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 brought 4 brought 5 up 4 brought 6 by 6 by 9 and 7 her 8 uncle 8 uncle 9 and 9 and 10 aunt when they [died] [she] [and] [her] [cousin] [,] [cecily] [foster] [,] found themselves [,] [except] [for] [each] [other] [,] [alone] in the world [.] 1 when 2 they 2 they 12 found 12 found 13 themselves 12 found 21 in 21 in 22 the 22 the 23 world [cecily] [loved] [lucy] [ellen] [as] [a] [sister] [.] it was [lucy] [ellen] that had [first] [proposed] [their] [mutual] [promise] , [but] [cecily] had [grasped] [at] [it] [eagerly] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 that 5 that 6 had 6 had 12 , 12 , 15 had the [two] [women] , verging [on] decisive [old] [maidenhood] [,] [solemnly] [promised] [each] [other] [that] [they] [would] [never] [marry] [,] [and] [would] [always] [live] [together] [.] 1 the 7 decisive 4 , 5 verging 5 verging 7 decisive from that [time] [cecily] ['s] [mind] [had] [been] [at] [ease] [.] 1 from 2 that in her eyes a promise was a sacred thing [.] 1 in 3 eyes 1 in 5 promise 2 her 3 eyes 4 a 5 promise 5 promise 6 was 6 was 9 thing 7 a 8 sacred 7 a 9 thing 8 sacred 9 thing the next evening [at] [prayer-meeting] [cromwell] [biron] received quite an ovation from old friends and neighbors [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 evening 2 next 8 received 8 received 11 ovation 8 received 12 from 9 quite 10 an 10 an 11 ovation 11 ovation 12 from 12 from 15 and 13 old 14 friends 14 friends 15 and 15 and 16 neighbors cromwell had been a favorite in his boyhood [.] 1 cromwell 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 favorite 3 been 6 in 4 a 5 favorite 5 favorite 6 in 6 in 8 boyhood 7 his 8 boyhood he had now the additional glamour of novelty and reputed wealth [.] 1 he 9 and 2 had 3 now 2 had 6 glamour 2 had 9 and 4 the 6 glamour 5 additional 6 glamour 6 glamour 7 of 7 of 8 novelty 9 and 10 reputed 10 reputed 11 wealth he was beaming and expansive [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 beaming 4 and 4 and 5 expansive he went into the choir to help sing [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 into 2 went 6 to 3 into 5 choir 4 the 5 choir 6 to 7 help 7 help 8 sing lucy [ellen] [sat] [beside] [him] , and they [sang] [from] [the] [same] [book] [.] 1 lucy 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 they two red spots burned on her thin cheeks [,] [and] [she] [had] [a] [cluster] [of] [lavender] [chrysanthemums] [pinned] [on] [her] [jacket] [.] 1 two 3 spots 2 red 3 spots 3 spots 4 burned 3 spots 5 on 3 spots 7 thin 5 on 6 her 7 thin 8 cheeks she looked [almost] [girlish] , and [cromwell] [biron] [gazed] [at] her [with] sidelong [admiration] [,] [while] [cecily] [watched] [them] [both] [fiercely] [from] [her] [pew] [.] 1 she 5 , 2 looked 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 13 sidelong 11 her 13 sidelong she [knew] [that] [cromwell] [biron] had come home [,] [wooing] [his] [old] [love] [.] 1 she 6 had 6 had 7 come 7 come 8 home " [but] he [sha'n't] [get] [her] [,] ["] [cecily] whispered [into] [her] [hymnbook] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 10 whispered somehow it was a comfort to articulate the words [,] ["] [she] [promised] [.] ["] 1 somehow 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 5 comfort 3 was 6 to 4 a 5 comfort 6 to 7 articulate 7 articulate 9 words 8 the 9 words [on] [the] [church] [steps] [cromwell] [offered] [his] [arm] [to] [lucy] [ellen] [with] [a] [flourish] [.] she took it [shyly] , and they started down the road in the [crisp] [autumn] moonlight [.] 1 she 5 , 2 took 3 it 2 took 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 they 7 they 8 started 8 started 12 in 9 down 11 road 10 the 11 road 11 road 12 in 12 in 16 moonlight 13 the 16 moonlight for the first time in ten years [cecily] [walked] [home] [from] [prayer-meeting] [alone] [.] 1 for 4 time 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 time 4 time 5 in 5 in 7 years 6 ten 7 years she went up-stairs and flung herself on her bed , reckless [for] once [,] of her second best hat and gown [.] 1 she 2 went 2 went 4 and 2 went 7 on 2 went 13 once 3 up-stairs 4 and 4 and 5 flung 5 flung 6 herself 7 on 10 , 8 her 9 bed 9 bed 10 , 10 , 11 reckless 13 once 15 of 15 of 20 and 16 her 18 best 16 her 19 hat 17 second 18 best 19 hat 20 and 20 and 21 gown lucy [ellen] did not [venture] [to] [ask] [cromwell] [in] [.] 1 lucy 3 did 3 did 4 not she was too much in awe [of] [cecily] for that [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 much 2 was 5 in 2 was 9 for 3 too 4 much 5 in 6 awe 9 for 10 that but she loitered with him at the gate until the grandfather 's clock in the hall struck eleven [.] 1 but 14 in 1 but 17 struck 2 she 3 loitered 3 loitered 4 with 3 loitered 6 at 3 loitered 9 until 4 with 5 him 6 at 8 gate 7 the 8 gate 9 until 13 clock 10 the 11 grandfather 11 grandfather 12 's 12 's 13 clock 13 clock 14 in 14 in 16 hall 15 the 16 hall 17 struck 18 eleven but [cecily] did not [cry] [.] 1 but 3 did 3 did 4 not she lay savagely awake until morning [.] 1 she 2 lay 2 lay 3 savagely 2 lay 4 awake 2 lay 5 until 5 until 6 morning " [cromwell] [biron] [is] [courting] you [again] , ["] she said [bluntly] [to] [lucy] [ellen] at the breakfast table [.] 1 " 11 said 6 you 10 she 8 , 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 16 at 16 at 19 table 17 the 19 table 18 breakfast 19 table [lucy] [ellen] [blushed] [nervously] [.] " [oh] [,] [nonsense] [,] [cecily] [,] " [she] [protested] [with] [a] [simper] [.] 1 " 8 " " it [isn't] [nonsense] [,] ["] said [cecily] [calmly] [.] 1 " 7 said 2 it 7 said " he is [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is there is no fool like [an] [old] [fool] , and [cromwell] [biron] never had [much] [sense] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 fool 2 is 5 like 3 no 4 fool 5 like 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 never 10 and 14 had the presumption of him [!] ["] 1 the 2 presumption 2 presumption 3 of 3 of 4 him lucy [ellen] 's hands trembled as she put her teacup down [.] 1 lucy 3 's 3 's 4 hands 4 hands 5 trembled 5 trembled 6 as 6 as 7 she 6 as 8 put 7 she 8 put 8 put 10 teacup 8 put 11 down 9 her 10 teacup " [he] ['s] [not] [so] [very] [old] [,] " she said faintly , " and everybody but you likes him and he 's well-to-do [.] 1 " 11 said 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 faintly 11 said 13 , 11 said 15 and 11 said 23 's 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 everybody 15 and 23 's 16 everybody 17 but 16 everybody 19 likes 17 but 18 you 19 likes 20 him 21 and 22 he 22 he 23 's 23 's 24 well-to-do i don't see that there 's any presumption [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 see 3 see 4 that 4 that 5 there 4 that 6 's 5 there 6 's 6 's 8 presumption 7 any 8 presumption " [maybe] [not] [if] [you] [look] [at] [it] so [.] 1 " 9 so you 're very forgiving [,] [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 you 2 're 2 're 4 forgiving 3 very 4 forgiving you 've forgotten how he treated you once [.] ["] 1 you 2 've 2 've 3 forgotten 3 forgotten 4 how 4 how 5 he 4 how 6 treated 5 he 6 treated 6 treated 7 you 6 treated 8 once " [no] [o] [o] [,] [i] [haven't] [,] " [faltered] [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 " 9 " you promised [.] ["] 1 you 2 promised all the [fitful] color [went] [out] [of] [lucy] [ellen] ['s] [face] [.] 1 all 2 the 2 the 4 color [under] [cecily] ['s] [pitiless] [eyes] [she] [wilted] [and] [drooped] [.] " [i] [know] [,] " she said deprecatingly [,] ["] [i] [haven't] [forgotten] [.] 1 " 7 said 5 " 6 she 6 she 7 said 7 said 8 deprecatingly you are talking nonsense [,] [cecily] [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 talking 3 talking 4 nonsense i like to see [cromwell] , and he likes to see [me] [because] [i] ['m] [almost] [the] [only] one of his old set [that] [is] [left] [.] 1 i 2 like 2 like 3 to 3 to 6 , 4 see 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 7 and 9 likes 8 he 9 likes 9 likes 10 to 10 to 11 see 11 see 19 one 19 one 20 of 20 of 22 old 21 his 22 old 22 old 23 set [he] [feels] [lonesome] [in] [oriental] [now] [.] ["] lucy [ellen] [lifted] [her] fawn-colored [little] [head] [more] [erectly] [at] [the] [last] [of] [her] [protest] [.] 1 lucy 5 fawn-colored she had saved her self-respect [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 saved 3 saved 5 self-respect 4 her 5 self-respect in [the] [month] that followed [cromwell] [biron] [pressed] [his] [suit] [persistently] [,] [unintimidated] [by] [cecily] ['s] [antagonism] [.] 1 in 4 that 4 that 5 followed october drifted into [november] [and] [the] [chill] , [drear] [days] [came] [.] 1 october 2 drifted 2 drifted 3 into 3 into 8 , to [cecily] the whole outer world seemed the dismal reflex of her pain-bitten heart [.] 1 to 6 world 1 to 7 seemed 3 the 6 world 4 whole 6 world 5 outer 6 world 7 seemed 10 reflex 8 the 10 reflex 9 dismal 10 reflex 10 reflex 11 of 11 of 14 heart 12 her 14 heart 13 pain-bitten 14 heart yet she constantly laughed at herself , too , and her laughter was real [if] bitter [.] 1 yet 2 she 2 she 4 laughed 3 constantly 4 laughed 4 laughed 5 at 4 laughed 8 too 5 at 6 herself 7 , 8 too 8 too 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 laughter 10 and 13 was 11 her 12 laughter 12 laughter 13 was 13 was 16 bitter 14 real 16 bitter one evening she came home late from a neighbor 's [.] 1 one 2 evening 2 evening 3 she 3 she 4 came 4 came 5 home 4 came 6 late 6 late 7 from 7 from 10 's 8 a 9 neighbor 9 neighbor 10 's [cromwell] [biron] [passed] [her] [in] [the] [hollow] [under] [the] [bare] [boughs] [of] [the] [maple] [that] [were] [outlined] [against] [the] [silvery] [moonlit] [sky] [.] when [cecily] [went] [into] [the] [house] , [lucy] [ellen] [opened] [the] [parlor] [door] [.] 1 when 7 , she was [very] [pale] [,] [but] [her] [eyes] burned in her face and her hands [were] [clasped] [before] [her] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 9 burned 9 burned 10 in 10 in 13 and 11 her 12 face 12 face 13 and 13 and 15 hands 14 her 15 hands " [i] [wish] [you] ['d] [come] in [here] [for] a few minutes [,] [cecily] [,] ["] she said feverishly [.] 1 " 18 said 7 in 12 minutes 7 in 17 she 10 a 11 few 11 few 12 minutes 17 she 18 said 18 said 19 feverishly cecily followed silently into the room [.] 1 cecily 2 followed 2 followed 3 silently 2 followed 4 into 4 into 6 room 5 the 6 room " [cecily] [,] ["] she said faintly , " [cromwell] was [here] [to-night] [.] 1 " 5 she 5 she 6 said 6 said 7 faintly 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 11 was he asked me to marry him [.] 1 he 2 asked 2 asked 3 me 2 asked 4 to 2 asked 5 marry 4 to 5 marry 5 marry 6 him i told him to come to-morrow night for his answer [.] ["] 1 i 2 told 2 told 3 him 2 told 4 to 2 told 8 for 4 to 5 come 5 come 7 night 6 to-morrow 7 night 7 night 8 for 8 for 10 answer 9 his 10 answer she paused [and] [looked] imploringly [at] [cecily] [.] 1 she 2 paused 2 paused 5 imploringly cecily did not speak [.] 1 cecily 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 speak she stood tall and unrelenting by the table [.] 1 she 2 stood 2 stood 4 and 3 tall 4 and 4 and 5 unrelenting 5 unrelenting 6 by 6 by 8 table 7 the 8 table the rigidity [of] [her] [face] [and] [figure] [smote] [lucy] [ellen] [like] [a] [blow] [.] 1 the 2 rigidity she threw out her bleached little hands and spoke with a sudden passion utterly foreign to her [.] 1 she 8 and 2 threw 3 out 2 threw 7 hands 2 threw 8 and 4 her 7 hands 5 bleached 7 hands 6 little 7 hands 8 and 9 spoke 8 and 10 with 10 with 13 passion 11 a 13 passion 12 sudden 13 passion 13 passion 15 foreign 14 utterly 15 foreign 15 foreign 16 to 16 to 17 her ["] [cecily] [,] [i] [want] [to] [marry] [him] [.] i [i] love him [.] 1 i 3 love 3 love 4 him i always have [.] 1 i 3 have 2 always 3 have i never thought of this [when] [i] [promised] [.] 1 i 3 thought 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 4 of 4 of 5 this oh , [cecily] , [you] ['ll] [let] [me] [off] my [promise] , won't [you] [?] ["] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 , 4 , 10 my 4 , 12 , 12 , 13 won't " [no] [,] " [said] [cecily] [.] 1 " 4 " it was all she said [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 she 3 all 5 said 4 she 5 said lucy [ellen] 's hands fell to her sides , and the light went out of her face [.] 1 lucy 3 's 3 's 4 hands 4 hands 5 fell 5 fell 6 to 6 to 17 face 7 her 8 sides 8 sides 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 light 10 and 13 went 11 the 12 light 12 light 13 went 13 went 15 of 14 out 15 of 15 of 17 face 16 her 17 face " [you] [won't] ? " she said hopelessly [.] 1 " 7 said 4 ? 5 " 4 ? 6 she 6 she 7 said 7 said 8 hopelessly cecily went out [.] 1 cecily 2 went 2 went 3 out at the door she turned [.] 1 at 3 door 1 at 4 she 2 the 3 door 4 she 5 turned ["] [when] [john] [edwards] [asked] [me] [to] [marry] [him] [six] [years] [ago] [,] [i] [said] [no] [for] [your] [sake] [.] to my mind a promise is a promise [.] 1 to 3 mind 1 to 5 promise 2 my 3 mind 4 a 5 promise 5 promise 6 is 6 is 8 promise 7 a 8 promise but you were [always] weak and romantic , [lucy] [ellen] [.] " 1 but 2 you 1 but 8 , 2 you 3 were 3 were 6 and 5 weak 6 and 6 and 7 romantic 8 , 12 " [lucy] [ellen] [made] [no] [response] [.] she stood limply on the hearth-rug like a faded blossom bitten by frost [.] 1 she 2 stood 2 stood 3 limply 2 stood 4 on 2 stood 7 like 2 stood 12 by 4 on 6 hearth-rug 5 the 6 hearth-rug 6 hearth-rug 7 like 7 like 10 blossom 8 a 10 blossom 9 faded 10 blossom 10 blossom 11 bitten 10 blossom 12 by 12 by 13 frost she stood for a moment in the narrow doorway , with the lamplight striking upward with a gruesome effect on her wan face [.] 1 she 2 stood 2 stood 3 for 2 stood 6 in 2 stood 11 with 3 for 5 moment 4 a 5 moment 5 moment 6 in 6 in 9 doorway 7 the 9 doorway 8 narrow 9 doorway 10 , 11 with 11 with 13 lamplight 12 the 13 lamplight 13 lamplight 14 striking 14 striking 15 upward 14 striking 16 with 14 striking 20 on 16 with 19 effect 17 a 18 gruesome 17 a 19 effect 18 gruesome 19 effect 19 effect 20 on 20 on 23 face 21 her 23 face 22 wan 23 face " [i] ['ve] [sent] [him] [away] [,] " she said lifelessly [.] 1 " 10 said 8 " 9 she 9 she 10 said 10 said 11 lifelessly " [i] ['ve] [kept] [my] [promise] [,] [cecily] [.] " 1 " 10 " there was silence for a moment [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 silence 2 was 4 for 3 silence 4 for 4 for 6 moment 5 a 6 moment cecily did not know what to say [.] 1 cecily 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 know 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 what 5 what 6 to 5 what 7 say 6 to 7 say suddenly [lucy] [ellen] burst [out] bitterly [.] 1 suddenly 4 burst 4 burst 6 bitterly " [i] [wish] [i] [was] [dead] [!] " 1 " 8 " then she turned swiftly and ran across the hall to her own room [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 5 and 3 turned 4 swiftly 3 turned 5 and 5 and 6 ran 5 and 7 across 5 and 10 to 7 across 9 hall 8 the 9 hall 10 to 13 room 11 her 12 own 11 her 13 room cecily gave a little moan of pain [.] 1 cecily 2 gave 2 gave 5 moan 3 a 4 little 3 a 5 moan 5 moan 6 of 6 of 7 pain this was her reward for all the love she had lavished on [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 4 reward 2 was 5 for 3 her 4 reward 4 reward 5 for 5 for 6 all 6 all 7 the 6 all 8 love 7 the 8 love 8 love 9 she 8 love 11 lavished 9 she 10 had 10 had 11 lavished 11 lavished 12 on when [cromwell] [is] [gone] she 'll forget all about him [.] 1 when 5 she 5 she 6 'll 6 'll 7 forget 7 forget 8 all 8 all 9 about 9 about 10 him i 'm not going to fret [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 3 not 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 fret she promised [,] [and] [she] [wanted] [the] [promise] [first] [.] ["] 1 she 2 promised lucy [ellen] [did] [her] [mornings] ['] [work] listlessly [and] [drooped] [through] [the] [afternoons] [.] 1 lucy 8 listlessly one evening [cecily] made a [neighborly] call in the village [.] 1 one 2 evening 1 one 4 made 4 made 7 call 4 made 8 in 5 a 7 call 7 call 8 in 8 in 10 village 9 the 10 village cromwell [biron] [happened] [to] be [there] [and] [gallantly] [insisted] [upon] [seeing] [her] [home] [.] 1 cromwell 5 be she [understood] [from] [cromwell] ['s] [unaltered] [manner] [that] [lucy] [ellen] had not told him [why] [she] [had] [refused] [him] [.] 1 she 11 had 11 had 12 not 11 had 13 told 13 told 14 him she felt [a] sudden admiration for her cousin [.] 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 5 admiration 2 felt 6 for 4 sudden 5 admiration 5 admiration 6 for 6 for 8 cousin 7 her 8 cousin when they reached the house [cromwell] [halted] [suddenly] [in] [the] [banner] [of] [light] that streamed from the sitting-room window [.] 1 when 2 they 1 when 3 reached 1 when 14 that 2 they 3 reached 3 reached 5 house 4 the 5 house 14 that 15 streamed 15 streamed 16 from 16 from 19 window 17 the 19 window 18 sitting-room 19 window they saw [lucy] [ellen] sitting alone [before] [the] [fire] , [her] [arms] [folded] on [the] [table] , and her head bowed on them [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 18 and 2 saw 21 bowed 5 sitting 18 and 6 alone 10 , 10 , 14 on 14 on 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 20 head 18 and 21 bowed 19 her 20 head 21 bowed 22 on 22 on 23 them her white cat sat unnoticed at the table beside her [.] 1 her 3 cat 2 white 3 cat 3 cat 4 sat 4 sat 5 unnoticed 5 unnoticed 6 at 5 unnoticed 9 beside 6 at 8 table 7 the 8 table 8 table 9 beside 9 beside 10 her cecily gave a gasp [of] surrender [.] 1 cecily 2 gave 2 gave 6 surrender 3 a 6 surrender 4 gasp 6 surrender " [you] ['d] [better] [come] in , " she said , harshly [.] 1 " 10 said 6 in 7 , 6 in 9 she 7 , 8 " 9 she 10 said 10 said 12 harshly 11 , 12 harshly " [lucy] [ellen] [looks] [lonesome] [.] " 1 " 7 " cromwell muttered sheepishly [,] ["] [i] ['m] [afraid] [i] [wouldn't] [be] [company] [for] [her] [.] 1 cromwell 2 muttered 2 muttered 3 sheepishly lucy [ellen] [doesn't] [like] [me] [much] " 1 lucy 7 " " [oh] , [doesn't] she [!] ["] said [cecily] , bitterly [.] 1 " 8 said 3 , 5 she 5 she 8 said 8 said 11 bitterly 10 , 11 bitterly " [she] [likes] [you] [better] [than] [she] [likes] [me] [for] [all] [i've] but it 's no matter [.] 1 " 13 but 13 but 14 it 13 but 15 's 14 it 15 's 15 's 17 matter 16 no 17 matter it 's been [all] my fault she 'll explain [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 been 3 been 6 fault 5 my 6 fault 6 fault 7 she 6 fault 9 explain 7 she 8 'll 8 'll 9 explain [tell] [her] [i] [said] [she] [could] [.] come in , [i] [say] [.] " 1 come 2 in 2 in 3 , 3 , 7 " she caught [the] [still] [reluctant] [cromwell] [by] [the] [arm] and fairly dragged him over the geranium beds and through the front door [.] 1 she 10 and 2 caught 10 and 10 and 12 dragged 11 fairly 12 dragged 12 dragged 13 him 12 dragged 18 and 14 over 17 beds 14 over 18 and 15 the 17 beds 16 geranium 17 beds 18 and 19 through 19 through 22 door 20 the 22 door 21 front 22 door she opened the sitting-room door and pushed him in [.] 1 she 6 and 2 opened 5 door 2 opened 6 and 3 the 5 door 4 sitting-room 5 door 6 and 7 pushed 7 pushed 8 him 7 pushed 9 in [lucy] [ellen] [rose] [in] [amazement] [.] [over] [cromwell] ['s] [bald] [head] [loomed] [cecily] ['s] [dark] [face] [,] [tragic] [and] [determined] [.] " [here] ['s] [your] [beau] [,] [lucy] [ellen] [,] ["] she said , " and [i] [give] you [back] [your] [promise] [.] ["] 1 " 11 she 11 she 12 said 12 said 13 , 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 and 15 and 18 you she shut the door [upon] [the] [sudden] [illumination] [of] [lucy] [ellen] ['s] [face] [and] [went] [up-stairs] with the tears rolling down her cheeks [.] 1 she 2 shut 2 shut 4 door 2 shut 17 with 3 the 4 door 17 with 19 tears 18 the 19 tears 19 tears 20 rolling 20 rolling 21 down 20 rolling 23 cheeks 22 her 23 cheeks " [it] ['s] [my] [turn] [to] [wish] [i] [was] [dead] [,] " she muttered [.] 1 " 14 muttered 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 muttered then she laughed hysterically [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 laughed 3 laughed 4 hysterically ["] [that] [goose] [of] [a] [cromwell] [!] how [queer] he did look standing there , frightened to death [of] [lucy] [ellen] [.] 1 how 3 he 3 he 8 , 4 did 5 look 4 did 8 , 5 look 6 standing 5 look 7 there 6 standing 7 there 8 , 9 frightened 8 , 10 to 10 to 11 death [poor] [little] [lucy] [ellen] [!] well , [i] [hope] he 'll be good to her [.] " 1 well 2 , 1 well 5 he 5 he 6 'll 6 'll 7 be 7 be 8 good 8 good 9 to 9 to 10 her 10 her 12 " [the] [pursuit] [of] [the] [ideal] [roger] [st] [clair] [stretched] [himself] [out] [luxuriously] [in] [an] [easy-chair] [with] [a] [sigh] [of] [pleasure] [.] ["] [freda] [,] [your] [armchairs] [are] [the] [most] [comfy] [in] [the] [world] [.] how do you get them to fit into a fellow 's kinks so splendidly [?] ["] 1 how 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 get 4 get 5 them 4 get 6 to 6 to 7 fit 7 fit 8 into 7 fit 14 splendidly 8 into 12 kinks 9 a 10 fellow 10 fellow 11 's 11 's 12 kinks 13 so 14 splendidly " [any] [armchair] [will] [fit] [a] [lazy] [fellow] ['s] [kinks] [,] " she said [.] 1 " 14 said 12 " 13 she 13 she 14 said " [i] ['m] [not] [lazy] [,] " [protested] [roger] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [like] [lazy] [people] [,] ["] said [freda] [softly] , tilting her spoon on a cup of chocolate with a slender brown hand [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 12 tilting 11 , 12 tilting 12 tilting 14 spoon 12 tilting 15 on 12 tilting 20 with 13 her 14 spoon 14 spoon 15 on 15 on 19 chocolate 16 a 17 cup 17 cup 18 of 17 cup 19 chocolate 18 of 19 chocolate 19 chocolate 20 with 20 with 24 hand 21 a 24 hand 22 slender 24 hand 23 brown 24 hand roger smiled at her chummily [.] 1 roger 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 at 2 smiled 5 chummily 3 at 4 her " you are such a comfortable girl [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 7 girl 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 comfortable 5 a 7 girl 6 comfortable 7 girl " [i] [like] [to] [talk] [to] [you] [and] [tell] [you] [things] [.] " 1 " 13 " ["] [you] [have] [something] [to] [tell] [me] [today] [.] it has been fairly sticking out of your eyes ever since you came [.] 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 been 3 been 5 sticking 4 fairly 5 sticking 5 sticking 7 of 5 sticking 11 since 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 eyes 8 your 9 eyes 10 ever 11 since 11 since 12 you 11 since 13 came 12 you 13 came now , ['] [fess] [.] " 1 now 2 , 2 , 6 " she laid her head down on its curve [and] [looked] [expectantly] [at] [roger] [.] 1 she 2 laid 2 laid 4 head 3 her 4 head 4 head 5 down 5 down 6 on 6 on 8 curve 7 its 8 curve " [i] [have] [seen] [my] [ideal] [,] [freda] [,] " [said] [roger] [gravely] [.] 1 " 10 " freda lifted her head and then laid it down again [.] 1 freda 5 and 2 lifted 4 head 2 lifted 5 and 3 her 4 head 5 and 7 laid 6 then 7 laid 7 laid 8 it 7 laid 9 down 7 laid 10 again she did not speak [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 speak roger was [glad] of it [.] 1 roger 2 was 2 was 4 of 4 of 5 it even at the moment he found [himself] [thinking] that [freda] [had] [a] [genius] [for] [silence] [.] 1 even 2 at 1 even 5 he 2 at 4 moment 3 the 4 moment 5 he 6 found 6 found 9 that any other girl he knew would have broken in at once with surprised exclamations and questions and spoiled his story [.] 1 any 2 other 2 other 3 girl 3 girl 4 he 3 girl 5 knew 3 girl 6 would 4 he 5 knew 6 would 7 have 7 have 8 broken 8 broken 9 in 8 broken 11 once 8 broken 12 with 10 at 11 once 12 with 15 and 13 surprised 14 exclamations 13 surprised 15 and 15 and 17 and 16 questions 17 and 17 and 18 spoiled 17 and 20 story 18 spoiled 19 his " [you] [have] [not] [forgotten] [what] [my] [ideal] [woman] [is] [like] [?] " he said [.] 1 " 15 said 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 said freda shook her head [.] 1 freda 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 her 4 head she was not likely to forget [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 likely 4 likely 5 to 5 to 6 forget she remembered only too keenly the afternoon he had told her [.] 1 she 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 only 2 remembered 5 keenly 2 remembered 7 afternoon 2 remembered 10 told 4 too 5 keenly 6 the 7 afternoon 7 afternoon 8 he 7 afternoon 9 had 7 afternoon 10 told 8 he 9 had 10 told 11 her " ['] [what] [must] [my] [lady] [be] [that] [i] [must] [love] [her] [?] ['] " he [had] quoted [.] 1 " 18 quoted 15 " 16 he 16 he 18 quoted ["] [well] [,] [i] [will] [paint] [my] [dream-love] [for] [you] [,] [freda] [.] she must be tall and slender [,] [with] [chestnut] [hair] [of] [wonderful] [gloss] [,] [with] [just] [the] [suggestion] [of] [a] [ripple] in [it] [.] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 5 and 4 tall 5 and 5 and 6 slender 6 slender 22 in freda , looking at herself along her arm in the mirror , recalled this description and smiled faintly [.] 1 freda 3 looking 1 freda 16 and 2 , 3 looking 3 looking 4 at 3 looking 6 along 3 looking 9 in 3 looking 12 , 4 at 5 herself 6 along 8 arm 7 her 8 arm 8 arm 9 in 9 in 11 mirror 10 the 11 mirror 13 recalled 15 description 13 recalled 16 and 14 this 15 description 16 and 17 smiled 16 and 18 faintly certainly , she was not his ideal [.] 1 certainly 2 , 1 certainly 3 she 3 she 4 was 4 was 5 not 4 was 7 ideal 6 his 7 ideal " [when] [and] [where] [did] [you] [meet] [your] [lady] [of] [the] [madonna] [face] [and] [twilight] [eyes] ? " she asked [.] 1 " 20 asked 17 ? 18 " 17 ? 19 she 19 she 20 asked roger frowned [.] 1 roger 2 frowned freda 's face was solemn enough but her eyes looked as if she might be laughing at him [.] 1 freda 2 's 2 's 3 face 3 face 4 was 4 was 5 solemn 5 solemn 6 enough 5 solemn 7 but 7 but 17 at 8 her 9 eyes 9 eyes 10 looked 10 looked 12 if 10 looked 15 be 11 as 12 if 12 if 13 she 12 if 14 might 13 she 14 might 15 be 16 laughing 16 laughing 17 at 17 at 18 him ["] [i] [haven't] [met] [her] [yet] [.] i have only seen her [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 4 seen 3 only 4 seen 4 seen 5 her it was in the park yesterday [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 in 2 was 6 yesterday 3 in 5 park 4 the 5 park she was in a carriage [with] [the] [mandersons] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 in 3 in 5 carriage 4 a 5 carriage so [beautiful] , [freda] [!] 1 so 3 , [our] [eyes] [met] [as] [she] [drove] [past] [and] [i] [realized] [that] [i] [had] [found] [my] [long-sought] [ideal] [.] i rushed back to town and hunted [up] [pete] [manderson] [at] [the] [club] [.] 1 i 6 and 2 rushed 3 back 2 rushed 5 town 2 rushed 6 and 3 back 4 to 4 to 5 town 6 and 7 hunted pete is a donkey [but] [he] [has] [his] [ways] [of] [being] [useful] [.] 1 pete 2 is 2 is 4 donkey 3 a 4 donkey he told me who she was [.] 1 he 2 told 2 told 3 me 2 told 4 who 4 who 6 was 5 she 6 was her [name] [is] [stephanie] [gardiner] [;] [she] [is] [his] cousin [from] [the] [south] [and] [is] [visiting] [his] [mother] [.] 1 her 10 cousin and , [freda] [,] [i] [am] to dine [at] [the] [mandersons] ['] [tonight] [.] 1 and 2 , 2 , 7 to 7 to 8 dine i shall meet her [.] ["] 1 i 2 shall 2 shall 3 meet 3 meet 4 her " [do] [goddesses] [and] [ideals] [and] [madonnas] [eat] [?] " [said] [freda] [in] [an] [awed] [whisper] [.] 1 " 10 " her eyes were certainly laughing now [.] 1 her 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 were 3 were 4 certainly 3 were 5 laughing 3 were 6 now roger got up stiffly [.] 1 roger 2 got 2 got 3 up 3 up 4 stiffly " [i] [must] [confess] [i] [did] not [expect] that [you] would [ridicule] [my] [confidence] [,] [freda] [,] ["] he said frigidly [.] 1 " 20 said 7 not 9 that 7 not 19 he 9 that 11 would 19 he 20 said 20 said 21 frigidly ["] [it] [is] [very] [unlike] [you] [.] but if you [are] [not] [interested] [i] will not [bore] you [with] [any] [further] [details] [.] 1 but 3 you 1 but 11 you 2 if 3 you 3 you 8 will 8 will 9 not and it is time [i] was [getting] back to town [anyhow] [.] ["] 1 and 2 it 1 and 6 was 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 time 6 was 8 back 8 back 9 to 9 to 10 town when he had [gone] [freda] [ran] [to] [the] [west] [window] [and] [flung] it [open] [.] 1 when 3 had 2 he 3 had 3 had 13 it she leaned out and waved both hands at him over the spruce hedge [.] 1 she 4 and 2 leaned 3 out 2 leaned 4 and 4 and 5 waved 4 and 8 at 4 and 10 over 5 waved 6 both 5 waved 7 hands 8 at 9 him 10 over 13 hedge 11 the 13 hedge 12 spruce 13 hedge ["] [roger] [,] [roger] [,] [i] [was] [a] [horrid] [little] [beast] [.] forget it immediately , please [.] 1 forget 2 it 1 forget 3 immediately 1 forget 4 , 4 , 5 please and come out tomorrow and tell me all about her [.] ["] 1 and 5 and 2 come 3 out 2 come 5 and 3 out 4 tomorrow 5 and 6 tell 6 tell 7 me 6 tell 8 all 6 tell 9 about 9 about 10 her roger came [.] 1 roger 2 came he bored [freda] [terribly] with his raptures [but] [she] [never] [betrayed] [it] [.] 1 he 2 bored 2 bored 5 with 5 with 7 raptures 6 his 7 raptures roger came out to [lowlands] oftener [than] [ever] [after] [that] [.] 1 roger 2 came 2 came 3 out 3 out 4 to 4 to 6 oftener he had to talk to somebody about [stephanie] [gardiner] and [freda] was the safest [vent] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 2 had 10 and 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 to 4 talk 7 about 5 to 6 somebody 10 and 12 was 12 was 14 safest 13 the 14 safest the " pursuit of the [ideal] , " as she called it , went on with vim and fervour [.] 1 the 2 " 1 the 3 pursuit 3 pursuit 4 of 3 pursuit 14 went 4 of 5 the 7 , 8 " 7 , 11 called 9 as 10 she 9 as 11 called 10 she 11 called 11 called 12 it 11 called 13 , 11 called 14 went 14 went 15 on 14 went 16 with 16 with 18 and 17 vim 18 and 18 and 19 fervour sometimes [roger] [would] [be] [on] [the] [heights] [of] [hope] [and] [elation] [;] [the] [next] [visit] he would be in the depths of despair and humility [.] 1 sometimes 16 he 16 he 17 would 17 would 18 be 18 be 19 in 19 in 21 depths 20 the 21 depths 21 depths 22 of 22 of 24 and 23 despair 24 and 24 and 25 humility freda had learned to tell which it was by the way he opened the snuggery door [.] 1 freda 2 had 2 had 3 learned 3 learned 4 to 3 learned 7 it 3 learned 8 was 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 6 which 7 it 8 was 8 was 9 by 9 by 11 way 10 the 11 way 11 way 12 he 11 way 13 opened 12 he 13 opened 13 opened 16 door 14 the 16 door 15 snuggery 16 door one day [when] [roger] came [he] [found] [six] [feet] [of] [young] [man] [reposing] [at] [ease] [in] [his] [particular] [chair] [.] 1 one 2 day 2 day 5 came she had on a new dark red gown and looked vivid and rose-hued [.] 1 she 9 and 2 had 3 on 2 had 9 and 3 on 8 gown 4 a 5 new 4 a 8 gown 5 new 8 gown 6 dark 8 gown 7 red 8 gown 9 and 12 and 10 looked 11 vivid 10 looked 12 and 12 and 13 rose-hued she introduced [the] [stranger] [as] [mr] [grayson] and called him [tim] [.] 1 she 8 and 2 introduced 8 and 8 and 9 called 9 called 10 him they seemed to be excellent friends [.] 1 they 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 6 friends 5 excellent 6 friends " [you] ['ll] [be] [over] [tomorrow] [?] " [said] [freda] [.] 1 " 8 " " [can't] [i] [come] [this] [evening] [?] " he pleaded [.] 1 " 10 pleaded 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 pleaded freda nodded [.] 1 freda 2 nodded ["] [yes] [and] [we] ['ll] [make] [taffy] [.] you used to make such delicious stuff [,] [tim] [.] ["] 1 you 2 used 2 used 3 to 2 used 4 make 3 to 4 make 4 make 7 stuff 5 such 7 stuff 6 delicious 7 stuff " [who] [is] [that] [fellow] [,] [freda] [?] " 1 " 9 " roger inquired crossly , as soon as the door closed [.] 1 roger 2 inquired 2 inquired 3 crossly 2 inquired 7 as 4 , 6 soon 4 , 7 as 5 as 6 soon 7 as 9 door 8 the 9 door 9 door 10 closed freda began to make a fresh pot of chocolate [.] 1 freda 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 make 3 to 4 make 4 make 7 pot 5 a 6 fresh 5 a 7 pot 6 fresh 7 pot 7 pot 8 of 8 of 9 chocolate she smiled dreamily as if thinking of something pleasant [.] 1 she 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 dreamily 2 smiled 5 if 4 as 5 if 5 if 6 thinking 6 thinking 7 of 7 of 8 something 8 something 9 pleasant ["] [why] [,] [that] [was] [tim] [grayson] [dear] [old] [tim] [.] he used to live next door to us when we were children [.] 1 he 2 used 2 used 3 to 2 used 4 live 3 to 4 live 4 live 6 door 4 live 7 to 4 live 9 when 5 next 6 door 7 to 8 us 9 when 10 we 9 when 11 were 10 we 11 were 11 were 12 children and we were such chums always together [,] making mud pies , and getting into scrapes [.] 1 and 2 we 2 we 3 were 3 were 5 chums 4 such 5 chums 5 chums 9 making 6 always 9 making 7 together 9 making 9 making 10 mud 9 making 11 pies 9 making 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 getting 14 getting 15 into 15 into 16 scrapes he is just the same old [tim] , and is home from the west for a long visit [.] 1 he 9 and 2 is 3 just 2 is 9 and 4 the 5 same 4 the 6 old 6 old 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 is 10 is 11 home 10 is 12 from 10 is 15 for 11 home 12 from 12 from 14 west 13 the 14 west 15 for 18 visit 16 a 17 long 16 a 18 visit 17 long 18 visit i was so glad to see him again [.] ["] 1 i 2 was 2 was 4 glad 3 so 4 glad 4 glad 5 to 4 glad 6 see 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 him 6 see 8 again " [so] it [would] [appear] [,] ["] said [roger] grumpily [.] 1 " 8 said 3 it 8 said 8 said 10 grumpily ["] [well] [,] [now] [that] ['] [dear] [old] [tim] ['] [is] [gone] [,] [i] [suppose] [i] [can] [have] [my] [own] [chair] [,] [can] [i] [?] and do [give] [me] [some] [chocolate] [.] 1 and 2 do i didn't know you made taffy [.] ["] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 you 3 know 5 made 4 you 5 made 5 made 6 taffy ["] [oh] [,] [i] [don't] [.] [it] ['s] [tim] [.] he can do everything [.] 1 he 2 can 2 can 3 do 3 do 4 everything he used to make it long ago [,] [and] [i] [washed] [up] [after] [him] [and] [helped] [him] [eat] [it] [.] 1 he 2 used 2 used 3 to 2 used 4 make 3 to 4 make 4 make 5 it 4 make 7 ago 6 long 7 ago how is the pursuit of [the] [ideal] [coming] [on] , [roger-boy] [?] " 1 how 2 is 2 is 4 pursuit 3 the 4 pursuit 4 pursuit 5 of 5 of 10 , 10 , 13 " roger did not feel as if he wanted to talk about [the] [ideal] [.] 1 roger 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 feel 3 not 4 feel 4 feel 6 if 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 he 6 if 8 wanted 7 he 8 wanted 8 wanted 9 to 9 to 10 talk 10 talk 11 about he [noticed] [how] [vivid] [freda] ['s] [smile] was [and] [how] [lovable] [were] the curves of her neck where the dusky curls were caught up from it [.] 1 he 8 was 8 was 14 curves 13 the 14 curves 14 curves 15 of 15 of 17 neck 16 her 17 neck 17 neck 18 where 17 neck 23 caught 17 neck 25 from 18 where 21 curls 18 where 22 were 19 the 21 curls 20 dusky 21 curls 21 curls 22 were 23 caught 24 up 25 from 26 it he [had] [also] [an] [inner] [vision] [of] [freda] [making] [taffy] [with] [tim] [and] [he] did not approve of it [.] 1 he 15 did 15 did 16 not 15 did 17 approve 16 not 17 approve 17 approve 18 of 18 of 19 it he refused to talk about [the] [ideal] [.] 1 he 2 refused 2 refused 3 to 2 refused 4 talk 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 about on his way back to town he found [himself] [thinking] that [freda] [had] [the] [most] [charming] [,] [glad] [little] [laugh] [of] [any] [girl] [he] [knew] [.] 1 on 4 back 1 on 7 he 2 his 4 back 3 way 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 6 town 7 he 8 found 8 found 11 that he suddenly remembered that he had [never] [heard] [the] [ideal] [laugh] [.] 1 he 3 remembered 2 suddenly 3 remembered 3 remembered 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 had 5 he 6 had she [smiled] [placidly] [he] [had] raved [to] [freda] about that smile [but] [she] [did] [not] [laugh] [.] 1 she 6 raved 6 raved 9 about 9 about 11 smile 10 that 11 smile roger began to wonder what an ideal without any sense of humour would be like when translated into the real [.] 1 roger 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 wonder 3 to 4 wonder 4 wonder 5 what 5 what 7 ideal 5 what 15 like 6 an 7 ideal 7 ideal 8 without 7 ideal 11 of 7 ideal 13 would 8 without 10 sense 9 any 10 sense 11 of 12 humour 13 would 14 be 14 be 15 like 15 like 16 when 16 when 17 translated 17 translated 18 into 18 into 20 real 19 the 20 real he went [to] [lowlands] [the] [next] [afternoon] and found [tim] [there] in his chair [again] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 went 8 and 8 and 9 found 8 and 12 in 12 in 14 chair 13 his 14 chair he [detested] [the] [fellow] but he could not deny that he was [good-looking] and had [charming] [manners] [.] 1 he 14 and 5 but 6 he 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 not 7 could 9 deny 8 not 9 deny 9 deny 10 that 10 that 11 he 10 that 12 was 12 was 14 and 14 and 15 had freda was very nice [to] [tim] [.] 1 freda 2 was 2 was 4 nice 3 very 4 nice [on] [his] [way] [back] [to] [town] [roger] [decided] [that] [tim] [was] [in] [love] [with] [freda] [.] he was furious at the idea [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 furious 3 furious 4 at 4 at 6 idea 5 the 6 idea the presumption [of] [the] man [!] 1 the 5 man 2 presumption 5 man he also remembered that he had not said [a] [word] [to] [freda] about [the] [ideal] [.] 1 he 3 remembered 2 also 3 remembered 3 remembered 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 8 said 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 not 6 had 8 said 8 said 13 about and he never did say much more perhaps because he could not get the chance [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 5 say 2 he 4 did 3 never 4 did 4 did 5 say 5 say 7 more 5 say 9 because 5 say 13 get 6 much 7 more 8 perhaps 9 because 9 because 10 he 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 not 11 could 13 get 12 not 13 get 13 get 15 chance 14 the 15 chance tim was always there before him and generally outstayed him [.] 1 tim 7 and 2 was 3 always 2 was 4 there 2 was 5 before 2 was 7 and 5 before 6 him 7 and 9 outstayed 7 and 10 him 8 generally 9 outstayed one day when he went out he did not [find] [freda] [at] [home] [.] 1 one 2 day 2 day 7 he 3 when 4 he 3 when 5 went 3 when 7 he 4 he 5 went 5 went 6 out 7 he 8 did 8 did 9 not her aunt told him that she was out [riding] [with] [mr] [grayson] [.] 1 her 2 aunt 2 aunt 3 told 3 told 4 him 3 told 5 that 5 that 6 she 5 that 7 was 7 was 8 out on his way back he met them [.] 1 on 4 back 1 on 5 he 2 his 4 back 3 way 4 back 5 he 6 met 6 met 7 them as they [cantered] [by] [,] [freda] [waved] [her] [riding] [whip] [at] [him] [.] 1 as 2 they roger turned and watched them out of sight behind the firs [that] [cupped] [lowlands] [.] 1 roger 3 and 2 turned 3 and 3 and 4 watched 4 watched 5 them 4 watched 7 of 4 watched 9 behind 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 sight 8 sight 9 behind 9 behind 11 firs 10 the 11 firs that [night] [at] [mrs] [crandall] ['s] [dinner] [table] [somebody] began to talk about [freda] [.] 1 that 10 began 10 began 11 to 11 to 12 talk 12 talk 13 about roger strained his ears to listen [.] 1 roger 2 strained 2 strained 4 ears 2 strained 5 to 3 his 4 ears 5 to 6 listen [mrs] [kitty] [carr] [was] [speaking] [mrs] [kitty] [knew] [everything] [and] [everybody] [.] " she [is] [so] [vivid] [and] [unconventional] [and] [lovable] ['] [spirit] [and] [fire] [and] [dew] , ['] [you] [know] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 16 , [tim] [grayson] [is] [a] [very] [lucky] [fellow] [.] ["] " [are] [they] [engaged] [?] ["] someone asked [.] 1 " 8 asked 7 someone 8 asked ["] [not] [yet] [,] [i] [fancy] [.] but of course it is only a question of time [.] 1 but 5 is 2 of 3 course 3 course 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 only 5 is 8 question 7 a 8 question 8 question 9 of 9 of 10 time tim simply adores her [.] 1 tim 3 adores 2 simply 3 adores 3 adores 4 her he is a good soul and has lots of money , so he 'll do [.] 1 he 6 and 2 is 5 soul 2 is 6 and 3 a 4 good 3 a 5 soul 4 good 5 soul 6 and 7 has 6 and 12 so 7 has 8 lots 8 lots 9 of 9 of 10 money 11 , 12 so 12 so 13 he 12 so 15 do 13 he 14 'll 14 'll 15 do but really , you [know] [,] [i] [think] [a] [prince] wouldn't be [good] [enough] [for] [freda] [.] ["] 1 but 2 really 1 but 3 , 1 but 4 you 4 you 11 wouldn't 11 wouldn't 12 be roger suddenly became conscious [that] [the] [ideal] [was] [asking] [him] [a] [question] [of] [which] [he] [had] [not] [heard] [a] [word] [.] 1 roger 3 became 2 suddenly 3 became 3 became 4 conscious he apologized and was forgiven [.] 1 he 3 and 2 apologized 3 and 3 and 4 was 4 was 5 forgiven but he went home a very miserable man [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 home 4 home 8 man 5 a 8 man 6 very 7 miserable 7 miserable 8 man he did [not] [go] [to] [lowlands] for two weeks [.] 1 he 2 did 2 did 7 for 7 for 9 weeks 8 two 9 weeks they were the longest , most wretched two weeks he had ever lived through [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 9 weeks 3 the 4 longest 3 the 9 weeks 4 longest 5 , 6 most 7 wretched 7 wretched 9 weeks 8 two 9 weeks 9 weeks 10 he 9 weeks 13 lived 10 he 11 had 11 had 13 lived 12 ever 13 lived 13 lived 14 through one afternoon he [heard] [that] [tim] [grayson] had gone back west [.] 1 one 2 afternoon 2 afternoon 3 he 3 he 8 had 8 had 9 gone 9 gone 10 back 10 back 11 west [mrs] [kitty] [told] [it] [mournfully] [.] " of [course] , [this] [means] [that] [freda] [has] [refused] [him] , " she said [.] 1 " 15 said 2 of 4 , 2 of 12 , 2 of 14 she 12 , 13 " 14 she 15 said " [she] [is] [such] [an] [odd] [girl] [.] " 1 " 9 " [roger] [went] [straight] [out] [to] [lowlands] [.] he found [freda] [in] [the] [snuggery] and held out his hands to her [.] 1 he 7 and 2 found 7 and 7 and 8 held 8 held 9 out 8 held 11 hands 8 held 12 to 10 his 11 hands 11 hands 12 to 12 to 13 her ["] [freda] [,] [will] [you] [marry] [me] [?] it will take a lifetime to tell you how [much] [i] [love] [you] [.] ["] 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 take 3 take 5 lifetime 3 take 6 to 4 a 5 lifetime 6 to 7 tell 7 tell 8 you 7 tell 9 how " [but] [the] [ideal] [?] " [questioned] [freda] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [have] [just] [discovered] [what] [my] [ideal] [is] [,] " [said] [roger] [.] 1 " 11 " " she [is] [a] [dear] [,] [loyal] , [companionable] little girl , [with] [the] [jolliest] [laugh] and the warmest , truest heart [in] [the] [world] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 8 , 8 , 11 girl 8 , 12 , 10 little 11 girl 12 , 17 and 17 and 22 heart 18 the 19 warmest 18 the 21 truest 18 the 22 heart 19 warmest 20 , she has [starry] [grey] [eyes] , two dimples , and a mouth [i] [must] and will [kiss] [there] [there] [there] [!] 1 she 15 and 2 has 15 and 6 , 8 dimples 6 , 9 , 7 two 8 dimples 9 , 10 and 9 , 15 and 10 and 12 mouth 11 a 12 mouth 15 and 16 will freda , [tell] [me] [you] [love] [me] [a] [little] [bit] [,] [although] [i] ['ve] [been] [such] [a] [besotted] [idiot] [.] " 1 freda 2 , 2 , 21 " " [i] [will] [not] [let] [you] [call] [my] [husband-that-is-to-be] [names] [,] ["] said [freda] , snuggling [down] [into] [the] [curve] [of] [his] [shoulder] [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 16 snuggling 15 , 16 snuggling ["] [but] [indeed] [,] [roger-boy] [,] [you] [will] [have] [to] [make] [me] [very] [,] [very] [happy] [to] [square] [matters] [up] [.] you have made me so unutterably unhappy for two months [.] ["] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 made 3 made 4 me 3 made 6 unutterably 3 made 7 unhappy 5 so 6 unutterably 7 unhappy 8 for 8 for 10 months 9 two 10 months " [the] [pursuit] [of] [the] [ideal] [is] [ended] [,] " [declared] [roger] [.] 1 " 10 " [the] [softening] [of] [miss] [cynthia] ["] [i] [wonder] [if] [i] ['d] [better] [flavour] [this] [cake] [with] [lemon] [or] [vanilla] [.] it 's the [most] perplexing thing [i] [ever] [heard] [of] in my life [.] ["] 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 thing 2 's 11 in 3 the 5 perplexing 3 the 6 thing 11 in 13 life 12 my 13 life [her] [daughter] [kitty] [was] [with] [her] [;] [they] [both] [sat] [close] [together] [on] [the] [kitchen] [sofa] [.] " it [is] [too] [bad] [,] ["] said [mrs] [john] [joe] [sympathetically] [.] 1 " 8 said 2 it 8 said " [i] [don't] [wonder] you are [mixed] up [.] 1 " 5 you 5 you 6 are 6 are 8 up so [unexpected] , too [!] 1 so 3 , 3 , 4 too when did he come [?] ["] 1 when 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 4 come " [tuesday] [night] [,] " [said] [miss] [cynthia] [.] 1 " 5 " she had decided on the vanilla and was whipping it briskly [in] [.] 1 she 7 and 2 had 3 decided 2 had 7 and 3 decided 4 on 4 on 6 vanilla 5 the 6 vanilla 7 and 8 was 8 was 9 whipping 9 whipping 10 it 9 whipping 11 briskly ['] [are] [you] [my] [aunt] [cynthia] [?] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [who] [in] [the] [world] [are] [you] [?] ['] i asked [.] 1 i 2 asked and he says , ['] [i] ['m] [wilbur] [merrivale] [,] and my father was [john] [merrivale] [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 4 , 2 he 3 says 4 , 11 and 11 and 13 father 12 my 13 father 13 father 14 was he [died] [three] [weeks] [ago] [and] [he] said [i] [was] to come to [you] , [because] you were [his] [sister] [.] ['] 1 he 8 said 8 said 17 you 8 said 18 were 11 to 15 , 11 to 17 you 12 come 13 to 13 to 15 , 17 you 18 were well , [you] could just have knocked me down with a feather [!] ["] 1 well 2 , 2 , 4 could 4 could 6 have 5 just 6 have 6 have 7 knocked 7 knocked 8 me 7 knocked 9 down 7 knocked 10 with 10 with 12 feather 11 a 12 feather " [i] ['m] [sure] [,] " [said] [mrs] [john] [joe] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [but] [i] [didn't] [know] [you] [had] [a] [brother] [.] and his name [merrivale] [?] ["] 1 and 2 his 2 his 3 name ["] [well] [,] [he] [wasn't] [any] [relation] [really] [.] i was about six years old when my father married his mother [,] [the] [widow] [merrivale] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 about 2 was 6 old 3 about 5 years 4 six 5 years 6 old 7 when 7 when 9 father 7 when 10 married 8 my 9 father 9 father 10 married 10 married 12 mother 11 his 12 mother john was just my age [,] [and] [we] [were] [brought] [up] [together] [just] [like] [brother] [and] [sister] [.] 1 john 2 was 2 was 3 just 2 was 5 age 4 my 5 age he was a real nice fellow [,] [i] [must] [say] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 fellow 3 a 4 real 3 a 6 fellow 4 real 6 fellow 5 nice 6 fellow and the child came all the way from [californy] , and here he is [.] 1 and 3 child 1 and 4 came 2 the 3 child 3 child 4 came 4 came 7 way 4 came 8 from 5 all 6 the 6 the 7 way 8 from 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 he 12 here 13 he 13 he 14 is i 've been just distracted ever since [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 just 3 been 5 distracted 5 distracted 6 ever 5 distracted 7 since i 've never been used to [children] , and to have the house kept in perpetual uproar is more than [i] can [stand] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 been 3 never 4 been 4 been 5 used 5 used 6 to 6 to 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 to 9 and 18 is 10 to 11 have 10 to 18 is 11 have 13 house 11 have 15 in 12 the 13 house 13 house 14 kept 13 house 15 in 15 in 17 uproar 16 perpetual 17 uproar 18 is 19 more 18 is 20 than 20 than 22 can he 's about twelve [and] [a] born mischief [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 about 3 about 8 mischief 4 twelve 8 mischief 7 born 8 mischief i 've got [him] [out] [on] the verandah [shelling] [peas] [now] [,] to keep [him] quiet for a little spell [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 8 verandah 3 got 13 to 7 the 8 verandah 13 to 14 keep 14 keep 16 quiet 16 quiet 17 for 17 for 20 spell 18 a 19 little 18 a 20 spell " [i] ['m] [really] [sorry] [for] [you] [,] " [said] [mrs] [john] [joe] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [but] [,] [poor] [child] [,] [i] [suppose] [he] ['s] [never] [had] [anyone] [to] [look] [after] [him] [.] and [come] all the way [from] [californy] [alone] , [too] he must be [real] [smart] [.] ["] 1 and 3 all 1 and 13 be 3 all 4 the 4 the 5 way 9 , 11 he 11 he 12 must 12 must 13 be ["] [too] [smart] [,] [i] [guess] [.] he must take after his mother , whoever she was , [for] [there] [ain't] [a] [bit] [of] [merrivale] [in] [him] [.] 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 take 3 take 4 after 3 take 8 whoever 4 after 6 mother 5 his 6 mother 7 , 8 whoever 8 whoever 10 was 8 whoever 11 , 9 she 10 was and he 's been [brought] up pretty rough [.] ["] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 's 3 's 4 been 4 been 6 up 4 been 8 rough 7 pretty 8 rough ["] [well] [,] [it] ['ll] [be] [a] [great] [responsibility] [for] [you] [,] [cynthia] [,] [of] [course] [.] but he 'll be company , too , and he 'll be real handy to run errands [and] ["] 1 but 4 be 2 he 3 'll 3 'll 4 be 4 be 5 company 4 be 7 too 6 , 7 too 7 too 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 'll 11 'll 12 be 12 be 13 real 13 real 14 handy 13 real 15 to 13 real 16 run 15 to 16 run 16 run 17 errands " [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [keep] [him] [,] " [said] [miss] [cynthia] [determinedly] [.] 1 " 10 " her thin lips set themselves firmly and her voice had a hard ring [.] 1 her 3 lips 2 thin 3 lips 3 lips 4 set 3 lips 7 and 4 set 5 themselves 4 set 6 firmly 7 and 9 voice 7 and 10 had 8 her 9 voice 10 had 13 ring 11 a 12 hard 11 a 13 ring 12 hard 13 ring " [not] [going] [to] [keep] [him] [?] " [said] [mrs] [john] [joe] [blankly] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [can't] [send] [him] [back] [to] [californy] [!] " 1 " 10 " ["] [i] [don't] [intend] [to] [.] but as for having him here to worry my life out and keep me in a perpetual stew , [i] [just] [won't] [do] it [.] 1 but 2 as 1 but 19 , 1 but 24 it 2 as 3 for 3 for 4 having 4 having 5 him 4 having 6 here 4 having 7 to 4 having 15 in 7 to 12 and 8 worry 10 life 8 worry 11 out 8 worry 12 and 9 my 10 life 11 out 12 and 12 and 13 keep 12 and 14 me 15 in 18 stew 16 a 17 perpetual 16 a 18 stew 17 perpetual 18 stew [d'ye] [think] [i] ['m] [going] [to] [trouble] [myself] [about] [children] [at] [my] [age] [?] and all [he] 'd cost [for] clothes and schooling , too ! 1 and 2 all 1 and 5 cost 2 all 4 'd 4 'd 5 cost 5 cost 7 clothes 5 cost 8 and 5 cost 11 too 8 and 9 schooling 10 , 11 too 11 too 12 ! i can't afford it [.] 1 i 2 can't 2 can't 3 afford 3 afford 4 it i don't suppose his father expected it either [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 suppose 3 suppose 5 father 3 suppose 6 expected 4 his 5 father 5 father 6 expected 6 expected 7 it 6 expected 8 either i suppose he expected me to look after him a bit [and] [of] [course] [i] [will] [.] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 he 2 suppose 4 expected 3 he 4 expected 4 expected 5 me 4 expected 6 to 4 expected 7 look 6 to 7 look 7 look 8 after 7 look 11 bit 8 after 9 him 10 a 11 bit a boy of his age ought to be able to earn his [keep] , anyway [.] 1 a 2 boy 2 boy 3 of 2 boy 6 ought 3 of 5 age 4 his 5 age 6 ought 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 able 9 able 10 to 9 able 11 earn 10 to 11 earn 11 earn 12 his 11 earn 15 anyway 14 , 15 anyway miss [cynthia] [flung] [the] [last] [sentence] [at] [mrs] [john] [joe] [rather] [defiantly] , [not] [liking] [the] [expression] [on] [that] [lady] ['s] [face] [.] 1 miss 13 , " [i] [suppose] [nobody] [could] [expect] [more] [,] [cynthy] [,] ["] said [mrs] [john] [joe] deprecatingly [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 16 deprecatingly boys are always getting into [mischief] my four just keep me on the dead jump [.] 1 boys 2 are 2 are 3 always 2 are 4 getting 2 are 5 into 4 getting 5 into 5 into 15 jump 7 my 8 four 8 four 10 keep 9 just 10 keep 10 keep 11 me 10 keep 12 on 12 on 15 jump 13 the 15 jump 14 dead 15 jump still , it 's a pity for him , poor little fellow [!] 1 still 2 , 1 still 3 it 3 it 4 's 4 's 6 pity 4 's 7 for 5 a 6 pity 7 for 9 , 8 him 9 , 9 , 12 fellow 10 poor 12 fellow 11 little 12 fellow no mother [or] [father] [it] [seems] [hard] [.] ["] 1 no 2 mother [miss] [cynthia] ['s] [face] [grew] [grimmer] [than] [ever] [as] [she] [went] [to] [the] [door] [with] [her] [callers] [and] [watched] [them] [down] [the] [garden] [path] [.] as [soon] [as] [mrs] [john] [joe] [saw] [that] [the] [door] [was] [shut] , [she] [unburdened] [her] [mind] to her [daughter] [.] 1 as 13 , 13 , 18 to 18 to 19 her ["] [did] [you] [ever] [hear] [tell] [of] [the] [like] [?] i [thought] [i] knew [cynthia] [henderson] well , if anybody [in] [wilmot] did , but this beats me [.] 1 i 4 knew 4 knew 9 if 7 well 8 , 8 , 9 if 9 if 10 anybody 9 if 13 did 9 if 14 , 10 anybody 13 did 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 this 15 but 17 beats 16 this 17 beats 17 beats 18 me she must be a hard woman [.] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 6 woman 4 a 5 hard 4 a 6 woman 5 hard 6 woman but it 's just meanness , pure and simple ; she grudges [him] what he 'd eat and wear [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 's 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 just 3 's 5 meanness 5 meanness 8 and 6 , 8 and 7 pure 8 and 8 and 9 simple 8 and 10 ; 10 ; 11 she 11 she 12 grudges 12 grudges 14 what 14 what 15 he 14 what 19 wear 15 he 16 'd 16 'd 18 and 17 eat 18 and 18 and 19 wear the poor mite doesn't look as if he 'd need much [.] 1 the 3 mite 2 poor 3 mite 3 mite 4 doesn't 4 doesn't 5 look 5 look 7 if 6 as 7 if 7 if 8 he 7 if 10 need 8 he 9 'd 9 'd 10 need 10 need 11 much cynthia [didn't] used to be like that [,] [but] [it] ['s] [growing] [on] [her] [every] [day] [.] 1 cynthia 3 used 3 used 4 to 3 used 6 like 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 like 6 like 7 that she 's got hard as rocks [.] ["] 1 she 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 hard 4 hard 5 as 5 as 6 rocks she returned in an hour 's time and drove into the yard , shutting the gate behind her with a vigorous snap [.] 1 she 2 returned 2 returned 3 in 2 returned 10 into 2 returned 16 gate 2 returned 17 behind 2 returned 19 with 3 in 8 and 4 an 5 hour 5 hour 6 's 6 's 7 time 7 time 8 and 8 and 9 drove 8 and 10 into 10 into 13 , 11 the 12 yard 12 yard 13 , 13 , 14 shutting 15 the 16 gate 16 gate 17 behind 17 behind 18 her 19 with 22 snap 20 a 21 vigorous 20 a 22 snap she found him sitting by the well , his chin in [his] [hands] [;] [he] [was] [pale] and his eyes [were] [red] [.] 1 she 2 found 2 found 3 him 2 found 4 sitting 2 found 5 by 2 found 11 in 4 sitting 5 by 5 by 8 , 6 the 7 well 7 well 8 , 8 , 10 chin 9 his 10 chin 11 in 20 eyes 18 and 19 his 19 his 20 eyes [miss] [cynthia] [hardened] [her] [heart] [and] [took] [him] [into] [the] [house] [.] it 's a real good chance better than you could expect [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 chance 3 a 6 chance 4 real 6 chance 5 good 6 chance 6 chance 7 better 7 better 8 than 8 than 11 expect 9 you 10 could 10 could 11 expect he says he 'll board and clothe you and let you go to school in the winter [.] ["] 1 he 2 says 2 says 3 he 2 says 6 and 3 he 4 'll 4 'll 6 and 5 board 6 and 6 and 9 and 7 clothe 8 you 7 clothe 9 and 9 and 10 let 10 let 11 you 10 let 12 go 12 go 13 to 12 go 15 in 13 to 14 school 14 school 15 in 15 in 17 winter 16 the 17 winter the boy seemed to shrink [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to 3 seemed 5 shrink 4 to 5 shrink " [daddy] [said] [that] [i] [would] [stay] [with] [you] , " he said wistfully [.] 1 " 13 said 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 he 12 he 13 said 13 said 14 wistfully " he said you were so good and kind and would love me for his sake [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 10 and 4 you 10 and 5 were 8 and 5 were 10 and 6 so 7 good 7 good 8 and 8 and 9 kind 10 and 11 would 11 would 12 love 12 love 13 me 12 love 14 for 14 for 16 sake 15 his 16 sake for a moment [miss] [cynthia] [softened] [.] 1 for 3 moment 2 a 3 moment she had been very fond of her stepbrother [;] [it] [seemed] [that] [his] [voice] [appealed] [to] [her] [across] [the] [grave] [in] [behalf] [of] [his] [child] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 fond 4 very 5 fond 5 fond 6 of 6 of 8 stepbrother 7 her 8 stepbrother but the crust of years was not to be so easily broken [.] 1 but 3 crust 1 but 6 was 2 the 3 crust 3 crust 4 of 3 crust 6 was 4 of 5 years 6 was 8 to 7 not 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 12 broken 10 so 11 easily 11 easily 12 broken you 'll [have] [a] [good] [place] [at] [mr] [robins] ['] [,] [if] [you] behave yourself [.] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 14 behave 14 behave 15 yourself don't look so woebegone , for pity 's sake ! 1 don't 2 look 2 look 4 woebegone 3 so 4 woebegone 4 woebegone 6 for 5 , 6 for 6 for 9 sake 6 for 10 ! 7 pity 8 's 8 's 9 sake i 'm not taking you to prison [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 2 'm 4 taking 3 not 4 taking 4 taking 5 you 4 taking 6 to 6 to 7 prison wilbur turned and went silently to the kitchen [.] 1 wilbur 3 and 2 turned 3 and 3 and 4 went 4 went 5 silently 4 went 6 to 6 to 8 kitchen 7 the 8 kitchen [miss] [cynthia] [thought] [she] [heard] [a] [sob] [.] she went with a firm step into the little bedroom off the hall and took a purse out of a drawer [.] 1 she 14 and 2 went 3 with 2 went 7 into 2 went 11 off 2 went 14 and 3 with 6 step 4 a 6 step 5 firm 6 step 7 into 10 bedroom 8 the 10 bedroom 9 little 10 bedroom 10 bedroom 11 off 11 off 13 hall 12 the 13 hall 14 and 15 took 15 took 17 purse 15 took 19 of 16 a 17 purse 17 purse 19 of 18 out 19 of 19 of 21 drawer 20 a 21 drawer " [i] [s'pose] [i] [ought] [,] " she said doubtfully [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 doubtfully " [i] [don't] [s'pose] he has a cent [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 has 6 has 8 cent 7 a 8 cent i [daresay] [he] 'll lose or waste it [.] ["] 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 6 or 5 lose 6 or 6 or 7 waste 7 waste 8 it she counted out seventy-five cents carefully [.] 1 she 2 counted 2 counted 3 out 2 counted 5 cents 2 counted 6 carefully 4 seventy-five 5 cents when she came out [,] [wilbur] [was] at the door [.] 1 when 2 she 2 she 3 came 3 came 4 out 4 out 8 at 8 at 10 door 9 the 10 door she put the money awkwardly into his hand [.] 1 she 2 put 2 put 4 money 2 put 6 into 3 the 4 money 5 awkwardly 6 into 6 into 8 hand 7 his 8 hand " [there] [,] [see] [that] [you] [don't] [spend] [it] [on] [any] [foolishness] [.] " 1 " 14 " [miss] [cynthia] ['s] [action] [made] [a] [good] [deal] [of] [talk] [in] [wilmot] [.] the women [,] headed by [mrs] [john] [joe] who said behind [cynthia] ['s] [back] what she did not dare say to her face condemned her [.] 1 the 2 women 2 women 4 headed 2 women 9 who 2 women 10 said 2 women 24 condemned 4 headed 5 by 9 who 10 said 10 said 11 behind 10 said 15 what 15 what 16 she 15 what 20 say 16 she 17 did 17 did 18 not 17 did 19 dare 18 not 19 dare 19 dare 20 say 20 say 21 to 21 to 23 face 22 her 23 face 24 condemned 25 her the men laughed and said that [cynthia] was a shrewd one [;] [there] [was] [no] [getting] [round] [her] [.] 1 the 2 men 2 men 4 and 3 laughed 4 and 4 and 5 said 5 said 6 that 6 that 8 was 8 was 11 one 9 a 11 one 10 shrewd 11 one [miss] [cynthia] [herself] [was] [far] [from] [easy] [.] she [could] [not] [forget] [wilbur] 's [wistful] eyes [,] and [she] had heard that [robins] [was] [a] [hard] [master] [.] 1 she 6 's 6 's 10 and 8 eyes 10 and 10 and 12 had 12 had 13 heard 13 heard 14 that a week after the boy had gone she saw him one day at the store [.] 1 a 2 week 2 week 3 after 3 after 5 boy 3 after 7 gone 3 after 8 she 4 the 5 boy 5 boy 6 had 6 had 7 gone 8 she 9 saw 9 saw 10 him 9 saw 12 day 9 saw 13 at 11 one 12 day 13 at 15 store 14 the 15 store he was lifting heavy bags from a cart [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 lifting 3 lifting 5 bags 3 lifting 6 from 4 heavy 5 bags 5 bags 6 from 6 from 8 cart 7 a 8 cart the work was beyond his strength [,] [and] [he] [was] [flushed] [and] [panting] [.] 1 the 2 work 2 work 3 was 3 was 4 beyond 4 beyond 6 strength 5 his 6 strength [miss] [cynthia] ['s] [conscience] [gave] [her] [a] [hard] [stab] [.] she bought a roll of peppermints and took them over to him [.] 1 she 7 and 2 bought 4 roll 2 bought 7 and 3 a 4 roll 4 roll 5 of 5 of 6 peppermints 7 and 8 took 8 took 9 them 8 took 10 over 8 took 11 to 11 to 12 him he thanked her timidly and drove quickly away [.] 1 he 5 and 2 thanked 3 her 2 thanked 4 timidly 2 thanked 5 and 5 and 6 drove 5 and 7 quickly 5 and 8 away " [robins] [hasn't] [any] [business] [putting] [such] [work] [on] [a] [child] [,] " she said to herself indignantly [.] 1 " 15 said 13 " 14 she 14 she 15 said 15 said 16 to 15 said 18 indignantly 16 to 17 herself " [i] ['ll] [speak] [to] [him] [about] [it] [.] " 1 " 10 " and she did and got an answer that made her ears tingle [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 9 made 2 she 4 and 3 did 4 and 4 and 5 got 5 got 7 answer 6 an 7 answer 8 that 9 made 9 made 11 ears 9 made 12 tingle 10 her 11 ears mr [robins] [bluntly] [told] [her] [he] [guessed] [he] [knew] [what] [was] [what] [about] [his] hands [.] 1 mr 15 hands he weren't no nigger driver [.] 1 he 2 weren't 2 weren't 5 driver 3 no 5 driver 4 nigger 5 driver if she wasn't satisfied , she might take the boy away as soon [as] [she] [liked] [.] 1 if 2 she 1 if 3 wasn't 1 if 5 , 1 if 6 she 2 she 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 4 satisfied 6 she 7 might 7 might 8 take 8 take 10 boy 8 take 11 away 8 take 13 soon 9 the 10 boy 12 as 13 soon [miss] [cynthia] [did] [not] [get] [much] [comfort] [out] [of] [life] [that] [summer] [.] almost [everywhere] [she] [went] [she] [was] sure to [meet] [wilbur] , [engaged] in some hard task [.] 1 almost 7 sure 7 sure 8 to 8 to 11 , 11 , 13 in 13 in 16 task 14 some 16 task 15 hard 16 task she could not help seeing how [miserably] [pale] and thin he had become [.] 1 she 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 help 3 not 4 help 4 help 5 seeing 5 seeing 9 and 5 seeing 13 become 6 how 9 and 9 and 10 thin 9 and 11 he 9 and 12 had 9 and 13 become 11 he 12 had the worry had its effect on her [.] 1 the 2 worry 2 worry 3 had 3 had 5 effect 3 had 6 on 4 its 5 effect 5 effect 6 on 6 on 7 her the neighbours said that [cynthy] was sharper than ever [.] 1 the 2 neighbours 2 neighbours 3 said 3 said 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 7 sharper 7 sharper 9 ever 8 than 9 ever even her church-going was embittered [.] 1 even 3 church-going 2 her 3 church-going 3 church-going 4 was 4 was 5 embittered the boy 's eyes had grown too large for his thin face [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 's 3 's 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 had 5 had 6 grown 6 grown 7 too 6 grown 8 large 8 large 9 for 9 for 12 face 10 his 12 face 11 thin 12 face [miss] [cynthia] [was] [preserving] [her] [plums] [.] ["] [no] [,] [thank] [you] [,] [i'll] [not] [sit] [down] [i] [only] [run] [in] [i] [suppose] [you] ['ve] [heard] [it] [.] that little [merrivale] boy [has] [took] [awful] [sick] [with] [fever] [,] [they] [say] [.] 1 that 2 little 2 little 4 boy [anyway] [,] [robins] [took] [him] [over] [to] [the] [hospital] [at] [stanford] [last] [night] [good] [gracious] [,] [cynthy] [,] [are] [you] [sick] [?] ["] miss [cynthia] [had] staggered to a seat by the table [;] [her] [face] [was] [pallid] [.] 1 miss 8 by 4 staggered 5 to 5 to 7 seat 6 a 7 seat 7 seat 8 by 8 by 10 table 9 the 10 table " [no] [,] [it's] [only] [your] [news] [gave] [me] [a] [turn] [it] [came] so [suddenly] [i] [didn't] [know] [.] ["] 1 " 14 so ["] [i] [must] [hurry] [back] [and] [see] [to] [the] [men] ['s] [dinners] [.] i thought [i] ['d] [come] and tell you [,] [though] [i] didn't know [as] [you] ['d] [care] [.] ["] 1 i 6 and 2 thought 6 and 6 and 7 tell 7 tell 8 you 8 you 12 didn't 12 didn't 13 know this parting shot was unheeded [by] [miss] [cynthia] [.] 1 this 2 parting 2 parting 3 shot 2 parting 4 was 4 was 5 unheeded she laid her face in her hands [.] 1 she 2 laid 2 laid 4 face 2 laid 5 in 3 her 4 face 4 face 5 in 5 in 7 hands 6 her 7 hands " [it] ['s] [a] [judgement] [on] [me] [,] " she moaned [.] 1 " 11 moaned 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 moaned " he 's going to die , and [i] ['m] [his] [murderess] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 7 , 3 's 4 going 3 's 7 , 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 die 7 , 8 and this is the account [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [give] [john] [merrivale] of his boy [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 4 account 3 the 4 account 4 account 12 of 12 of 14 boy 13 his 14 boy i 've been a wicked , selfish woman [,] [and] [i] ['m] [justly] [punished] [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 8 woman 4 a 5 wicked 4 a 8 woman 5 wicked 6 , 5 wicked 8 woman 7 selfish 8 woman it was [a] [humbled] [miss] [cynthia] [who] [met] [the] [doctor] at [the] [hospital] that [afternoon] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 at 11 at 14 that he shook his head at her eager questions [.] 1 he 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 5 at 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 at 5 at 8 questions 6 her 8 questions 7 eager 8 questions ["] [it] ['s] [a] [pretty] [bad] [case] [.] the boy seems run down every way [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 seems 3 seems 4 run 4 run 5 down 4 run 7 way 6 every 7 way no , it is impossible to think of moving him again [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 impossible 5 impossible 6 to 6 to 7 think 7 think 8 of 8 of 9 moving 9 moving 10 him 9 moving 11 again bringing him here last night did [him] a great deal of harm [.] 1 bringing 2 him 1 bringing 3 here 1 bringing 5 night 1 bringing 6 did 4 last 5 night 6 did 10 deal 8 a 10 deal 9 great 10 deal 10 deal 11 of 11 of 12 harm [miss] [cynthia] [followed] [the] [doctor] [down] [the] [long] [ward] [.] when he paused by a cot , she pushed past him [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 paused 1 when 7 , 1 when 8 she 2 he 3 paused 3 paused 4 by 4 by 6 cot 5 a 6 cot 8 she 9 pushed 9 pushed 10 past 10 past 11 him wilbur lay tossing restlessly on his pillow [.] 1 wilbur 2 lay 2 lay 3 tossing 2 lay 4 restlessly 2 lay 5 on 5 on 7 pillow 6 his 7 pillow he was [thin] to [emaciation] , but his cheeks were crimson and his eyes burning bright [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 9 cheeks 7 but 10 were 8 his 9 cheeks 9 cheeks 10 were 10 were 12 and 11 crimson 12 and 12 and 14 eyes 12 and 15 burning 13 his 14 eyes 15 burning 16 bright miss [cynthia] [stooped] [and] [took] [the] [hot] , [dry] [hands] [in] [hers] [.] 1 miss 8 , " [wilbur] [,] " she sobbed , " don't you know me [aunt] [cynthia] ? " 1 " 6 sobbed 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 sobbed 6 sobbed 7 , 6 sobbed 9 don't 6 sobbed 15 ? 7 , 8 " 9 don't 10 you 9 don't 11 know 11 know 12 me 15 ? 16 " " you are not [my] [aunt] [cynthia] [,] ["] [said] [wilbur] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 not " [daddy] said [aunt] [cynthia] [was] [good] and [kind] you are [a] [cross] [,] bad [woman] [.] 1 " 3 said 3 said 8 and 8 and 10 you 8 and 11 are 11 are 15 bad [i] [want] [daddy] [.] why doesn't he come [?] 1 why 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 he 2 doesn't 4 come why doesn't he come [to] [little] [wilbur] [?] ["] 1 why 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 he 2 doesn't 4 come [miss] [cynthia] [got] [up] [and] [faced] [the] [doctor] [.] " he 's [got] [to] [get] better , " she said stubbornly [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 8 , 3 's 7 better 3 's 8 , 8 , 11 said 9 " 10 she 10 she 11 said 11 said 12 stubbornly ["] [spare] [no] [expense] [or] [trouble] [.] if he [dies] [,] [i] will be a murderess [.] 1 if 2 he 2 he 6 will 6 will 7 be 7 be 9 murderess 8 a 9 murderess he must live and give me a chance to make it up for him [.] ["] 1 he 2 must 2 must 4 and 3 live 4 and 4 and 5 give 4 and 8 chance 5 give 6 me 7 a 8 chance 8 chance 9 to 8 chance 10 make 9 to 10 make 10 make 11 it 10 make 12 up 12 up 13 for 13 for 14 him miss [cynthia] [got] [so] [thin] [and] wan [that] [even] [mrs] [john] [joe] [pitied] [her] [.] 1 miss 7 wan [how] [tranquil] [the] [hills] [looked] [,] [with] [warm] [october] [sunshine] [sleeping] [on] [their] [sides] [and] [faint] [blue] [hazes] [on] [their] [brows] [!] how [gallantly] the [maples] [flaunted] [their] crimson [flags] [!] 1 how 3 the 3 the 7 crimson how kind [and] [friendly] was every face she met [!] 1 how 2 kind 2 kind 5 was 5 was 7 face 6 every 7 face 7 face 8 she 7 face 9 met 8 she 9 met [afterwards] [,] [miss] [cynthia] [said] [she] [began] [to] [live] [that] [day] [.] wilbur 's recovery was slow [.] 1 wilbur 2 's 2 's 3 recovery 3 recovery 4 was 4 was 5 slow every day [miss] [cynthia] [drove] [over] [with] [some] [dainty] , [and] [her] [loving] [gentleness] [sat] [none] [the] [less] [gracefully] [on] [her] [because] [of] [its] [newness] [.] 1 every 2 day 2 day 10 , wilbur grew to look for and welcome her coming [.] 1 wilbur 2 grew 2 grew 3 to 3 to 6 and 4 look 6 and 5 for 6 and 6 and 7 welcome 6 and 9 coming 7 welcome 8 her when it was [thought] [safe] to remove [him] [,] [miss] [cynthia] [went] [to] [the] [hospital] with a phaeton-load of shawls and pillows [.] 1 when 3 was 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 to 6 to 7 remove 7 remove 16 with 16 with 21 and 17 a 18 phaeton-load 18 phaeton-load 19 of 18 phaeton-load 21 and 19 of 20 shawls 21 and 22 pillows " [i] [have] [come] to [take] [you] [away] , " she said [.] 1 " 12 said 5 to 9 , 5 to 11 she 9 , 10 " 11 she 12 said wilbur shrank back [.] 1 wilbur 2 shrank 2 shrank 3 back " [not] to [mr] [robins] , " he said piteously [.] 1 " 9 said 3 to 6 , 3 to 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 piteously " [oh] [,] [not] [there] [,] [aunt] [cynthia] [!] " 1 " 10 " " [of] [course] [not] [,] " [miss] [cynthia] [said] [.] 1 " 6 " [them] [notorious] [pigs] john [harrington] [was] [a] [woman-hater] , [or] [thought] [that] [he] [was] [,] [which] [amounts] to [the] [same] [thing] [.] 1 john 6 , 6 , 15 to he was forty-five and , having been handsome in his youth , was a fine-looking man still [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 forty-five 3 forty-five 6 having 4 and 5 , 5 , 6 having 6 having 7 been 6 having 12 , 7 been 8 handsome 8 handsome 9 in 9 in 11 youth 10 his 11 youth 12 , 13 was 13 was 17 still 14 a 17 still 15 fine-looking 17 still 16 man 17 still he had a remarkably good farm and was a remarkably good farmer [.] 1 he 7 and 2 had 6 farm 2 had 7 and 3 a 6 farm 4 remarkably 5 good 5 good 6 farm 7 and 8 was 8 was 12 farmer 9 a 12 farmer 10 remarkably 11 good 11 good 12 farmer sarah [king] , [harrington] ['s] [aunt] and housekeeper , was [deaf] and crabbed , and very few visitors ever came to the house [.] 1 sarah 3 , 1 sarah 14 , 3 , 7 and 7 and 8 housekeeper 7 and 12 and 9 , 10 was 9 , 12 and 12 and 13 crabbed 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 visitors 15 and 20 came 16 very 17 few 17 few 18 visitors 18 visitors 20 came 19 ever 20 came 20 came 21 to 21 to 23 house 22 the 23 house [this] [suited] [harrington] [.] he was a good citizen and did his duty by the community [,] [but] [his] [bump] of sociability [was] [undeveloped] [.] 1 he 6 and 2 was 5 citizen 2 was 6 and 3 a 5 citizen 4 good 5 citizen 6 and 7 did 7 did 9 duty 7 did 10 by 8 his 9 duty 9 duty 10 by 10 by 12 community 11 the 12 community 12 community 17 of 17 of 18 sociability he was also a contented man , looking after his farm , improving his stock , and experimenting with new bulbs in undisturbed serenity [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 also 2 was 17 and 2 was 19 with 2 was 22 in 4 a 6 man 5 contented 6 man 6 man 7 , 7 , 8 looking 7 , 17 and 8 looking 9 after 9 after 11 farm 10 his 11 farm 11 farm 13 improving 12 , 13 improving 13 improving 15 stock 13 improving 16 , 14 his 15 stock 17 and 18 experimenting 17 and 19 with 19 with 21 bulbs 20 new 21 bulbs 21 bulbs 22 in 22 in 24 serenity 23 undisturbed 24 serenity this [,] [however] [,] was all [too] [good] [to] [last] [.] 1 this 5 was 5 was 6 all her own children , [charles] [and] [theodore] [,] [commonly] [known] [as] [bobbles] [and] [ted] [,] [were] [as] [yet] [little] [more] [than] [babies] [.] 1 her 2 own 1 her 3 children 3 children 4 , the [real] [trouble] [began] [when] [mary] [hayden] ['s] pigs , fourteen in number and [of] half-grown voracity , [got] [into] [harrington] ['s] [garden] [.] 1 the 9 pigs 9 pigs 14 and 10 , 14 and 11 fourteen 12 in 12 in 13 number 13 number 14 and 14 and 17 voracity 14 and 18 , 16 half-grown 17 voracity a railing , a fir grove , and an apple orchard separated the two establishments [,] [but] [these] [failed] [to] [keep] [the] [pigs] [within] [bounds] [.] 1 a 2 railing 2 railing 3 , 3 , 6 grove 3 , 8 and 4 a 6 grove 5 fir 6 grove 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 orchard 8 and 12 separated 9 an 11 orchard 10 apple 11 orchard 12 separated 15 establishments 13 the 14 two 14 two 15 establishments three days later the pigs got in again [.] 1 three 2 days 2 days 3 later 3 later 5 pigs 4 the 5 pigs 5 pigs 6 got 6 got 7 in 6 got 8 again harrington relieved his mind by some scathing reflections on women who tried to run farms [.] 1 harrington 2 relieved 2 relieved 4 mind 2 relieved 5 by 2 relieved 9 on 3 his 4 mind 4 mind 5 by 5 by 8 reflections 6 some 8 reflections 7 scathing 8 reflections 8 reflections 9 on 9 on 10 women 10 women 11 who 10 women 12 tried 11 who 12 tried 12 tried 13 to 12 tried 14 run 13 to 14 run 14 run 15 farms [mrs] [hayden] [sent] [back] [word] [that] [she] [was] [very] [sorry] [and] [would] [not] [let] [it] [occur] [again] [.] nobody [,] [not] [even] [john] [harrington] [,] could doubt that she meant what she said [.] 1 nobody 8 could 8 could 9 doubt 9 doubt 10 that 10 that 11 she 10 that 12 meant 11 she 12 meant 12 meant 13 what 13 what 14 she 13 what 15 said 14 she 15 said but she had reckoned without the pigs [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 reckoned 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 reckoned 4 reckoned 5 without 5 without 7 pigs 6 the 7 pigs they had not forgotten the flavour of [egyptian] fleshpots as represented by the succulent young shoots in the [harrington] domains [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 forgotten 3 not 4 forgotten 4 forgotten 6 flavour 4 forgotten 12 by 4 forgotten 17 in 5 the 6 flavour 6 flavour 7 of 6 flavour 11 represented 7 of 9 fleshpots 10 as 11 represented 12 by 16 shoots 13 the 16 shoots 14 succulent 16 shoots 15 young 16 shoots 16 shoots 17 in 17 in 20 domains 18 the 20 domains a week later [mordecai] [came] [in] [and] [told] [harrington] [that] ["] [them] [notorious] [pigs] ["] [were] [in] [his] [garden] [again] [.] 1 a 2 week 2 week 3 later there is a limit to everyone 's patience [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 limit 2 is 5 to 3 a 4 limit 4 limit 5 to 5 to 8 patience 6 everyone 7 's 7 's 8 patience harrington [left] [mordecai] [to] [drive] [them] [out] , [while] [he] [put] [on] [his] [hat] [and] [stalked] [over] [to] [the] [haydens] ['] [place] [.] 1 harrington 8 , ted [and] [bobbles] [were] [playing] [at] [marbles] [in] [the] [lane] [and] [ran] [when] [they] saw [him] coming [.] 1 ted 15 saw 15 saw 17 coming [mrs] [hayden] [was] [sitting] [on] [her] [doorstep] [,] [paring] [her] [dinner] [potatoes] [,] [and] [stood] [up] [hastily] [when] [she] [saw] [her] [visitor] [.] harrington had never seen his neighbour at close quarters before [.] 1 harrington 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 6 neighbour 4 seen 7 at 4 seen 10 before 5 his 6 neighbour 6 neighbour 7 at 7 at 9 quarters 8 close 9 quarters now [he] [could] [not] [help] [seeing] [that] she was a very pretty little woman , with wistful , dark blue eyes and an appealing expression [.] 1 now 8 she 8 she 9 was 9 was 14 woman 9 was 16 with 10 a 11 very 10 a 14 woman 11 very 12 pretty 12 pretty 13 little 13 little 14 woman 15 , 16 with 16 with 22 and 17 wistful 18 , 17 wistful 21 eyes 19 dark 20 blue 20 blue 21 eyes 21 eyes 22 and 22 and 25 expression 23 an 24 appealing 23 an 25 expression but [john] [harrington] [was] [an] [angry] [man] [and] did not care [whether] [the] [woman] [in] [question] [was] [pretty] [or] [not] [.] 1 but 9 did 9 did 10 not 10 not 11 care her pigs had rooted up his garden that fact filled his mind [.] 1 her 2 pigs 2 pigs 3 had 3 had 4 rooted 4 rooted 5 up 4 rooted 7 garden 6 his 7 garden 7 garden 8 that 7 garden 12 mind 8 that 9 fact 8 that 12 mind 9 fact 10 filled 11 his 12 mind ["] [mrs] [hayden] [,] [those] [pigs] [of] [yours] [have] [been] [in] [my] [garden] [again] [.] i simply can't put up with this any longer [.] 1 i 3 can't 2 simply 3 can't 3 can't 6 with 4 put 5 up 5 up 6 with 6 with 7 this 6 with 9 longer 8 any 9 longer why in the name of reason [don't] you look after your animals better [?] 1 why 8 you 2 in 4 name 2 in 8 you 3 the 4 name 4 name 5 of 5 of 6 reason 8 you 9 look 9 look 10 after 9 look 13 better 10 after 12 animals 11 your 12 animals [if] [i] [find] [them] [in] [again] [i] ['ll] [set] [my] [dog] [on] [them] [,] [i] [give] [you] [fair] [warning] [.] ["] i [suppose] [bobbles] forgot [to] [shut] [the] [gate] [of] [their] [pen] [again] [this] [morning] [.] 1 i 4 forgot he is so forgetful [.] ["] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 forgetful 3 so 4 forgetful " [i] ['d] [lengthen] [his] [memory] [,] [then] [,] [if] [i] [were] [you] [,] " [returned] [harrington] [grimly] [,] [supposing] [that] [bobbles] [was] [the] [hired] [man] [.] 1 " 15 " " [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [have] [my] [garden] [ruined] [just] because he happens [to] [be] [forgetful] [.] 1 " 14 happens 12 because 13 he 13 he 14 happens i am speaking my mind plainly [,] [madam] [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 speaking 3 speaking 5 mind 3 speaking 6 plainly 4 my 5 mind if you can't keep your stock from being a nuisance to other people you ought not [to] try to run a farm at all [.] ["] 1 if 2 you 1 if 4 keep 1 if 14 you 2 you 3 can't 3 can't 4 keep 4 keep 6 stock 4 keep 7 from 4 keep 11 to 5 your 6 stock 6 stock 7 from 7 from 8 being 8 being 10 nuisance 9 a 10 nuisance 10 nuisance 11 to 11 to 13 people 12 other 13 people 14 you 15 ought 15 ought 16 not 15 ought 18 try 16 not 18 try 18 try 19 to 18 try 20 run 19 to 20 run 20 run 22 farm 20 run 23 at 21 a 22 farm 23 at 24 all then [did] [mrs] [hayden] sit down upon the doorstep and burst into tears [.] 1 then 5 sit 5 sit 6 down 6 down 7 upon 7 upon 10 and 8 the 9 doorstep 9 doorstep 10 and 10 and 11 burst 10 and 12 into 12 into 13 tears harrington [felt] , [as] [sarah] [king] [would] [have] [expressed] [it] [,] " [every] [which] [way] [at] [once] [.] " 1 harrington 3 , 3 , 12 " 12 " 19 " here was a nice mess [!] 1 here 2 was 2 was 5 mess 3 a 4 nice 3 a 5 mess 4 nice 5 mess what a nuisance women were worse than the pigs [!] 1 what 3 nuisance 2 a 3 nuisance 3 nuisance 4 women 3 nuisance 5 were 3 nuisance 6 worse 4 women 5 were 6 worse 7 than 7 than 9 pigs 8 the 9 pigs " oh , [don't] [cry] [,] [mrs] [hayden] [,] " he said awkwardly [.] 1 " 12 said 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 11 he 3 , 10 " 11 he 12 said 12 said 13 awkwardly ["] [i] [didn't] [mean] [well] [,] [i] [suppose] [i] [spoke] [too] [strongly] [.] of [course] [i] [know] you didn't mean to let the pigs in [.] 1 of 5 you 5 you 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 mean 7 mean 8 to 7 mean 9 let 8 to 9 let 9 let 11 pigs 9 let 12 in 10 the 11 pigs there , [do] [stop] [crying] [!] 1 there 2 , i [beg] [your] [pardon] [if] [i] 've hurt your feelings [.] ["] 1 i 7 've 7 've 8 hurt 8 hurt 10 feelings 9 your 10 feelings " [oh] [,] [it] [isn't] [that] [,] " [sobbed] [mrs] [hayden] [,] [wiping] [away] [her] [tears] [.] 1 " 8 " " [it] ['s] [only] [i've] [tried] so [hard] [and] [everything] [seems] [to] [go] [wrong] [.] 1 " 7 so i make such mistakes [.] 1 i 2 make 2 make 4 mistakes 3 such 4 mistakes as [for] [your] [garden] , [sir] [.] 1 as 5 , i 'll pay for the damage my pigs have done if you 'll let me know what it comes to [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 pay 3 pay 4 for 3 pay 11 if 4 for 6 damage 5 the 6 damage 6 damage 8 pigs 6 damage 10 done 7 my 8 pigs 8 pigs 9 have 9 have 10 done 11 if 12 you 11 if 14 let 12 you 13 'll 13 'll 14 let 14 let 15 me 14 let 16 know 16 know 17 what 17 what 18 it 17 what 20 to 19 comes 20 to she sobbed again and caught her breath like a grieved child [.] 1 she 4 and 2 sobbed 3 again 2 sobbed 4 and 4 and 5 caught 5 caught 7 breath 5 caught 8 like 6 her 7 breath 7 breath 8 like 8 like 11 child 9 a 11 child 10 grieved 11 child harrington felt like a brute [.] 1 harrington 2 felt 2 felt 3 like 3 like 5 brute 4 a 5 brute but of course he couldn't do that [.] 1 but 4 he 2 of 3 course 3 course 4 he 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 do 6 do 7 that " [g'way] [,] [you] [bad] [man] [!] ["] said [bobbles] vindictively [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 vindictively ["] [g'way] [!] you made [my] [mommer] cry [i] saw you [.] 1 you 2 made 2 made 5 cry 2 made 7 saw 7 saw 8 you harrington smiled grimly [.] 1 harrington 2 smiled 2 smiled 3 grimly " [so] you 're the lad who forgets to shut the pigpen gate [,] [are] [you] [?] 1 " 3 you 3 you 4 're 4 're 6 lad 5 the 6 lad 6 lad 7 who 6 lad 8 forgets 7 who 8 forgets 8 forgets 9 to 8 forgets 10 shut 9 to 10 shut 10 shut 13 gate 11 the 13 gate 12 pigpen 13 gate come out here and let me see you [.] 1 come 2 out 1 come 4 and 2 out 3 here 4 and 5 let 5 let 6 me 5 let 7 see 7 see 8 you who is in there with you [?] ["] 1 who 2 is 2 is 3 in 2 is 5 with 3 in 4 there 5 with 6 you ["] [ted] [is] [.] he 's littler than me [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 littler 3 littler 4 than 4 than 5 me [but] [i] [won't] [come] [out] [.] i don't like you [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 you g'way home [.] ["] 1 g'way 2 home harrington obeyed [.] 1 harrington 2 obeyed he went home and to work in his garden [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 4 and 3 home 4 and 4 and 5 to 4 and 6 work 5 to 6 work 6 work 7 in 7 in 9 garden 8 his 9 garden but work as hard as he would , he could not forget [mary] [hayden] ['s] [grieved] [face] [.] 1 but 2 work 1 but 9 he 3 as 4 hard 4 hard 5 as 4 hard 8 , 4 hard 9 he 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 would 6 he 7 would 9 he 10 could 10 could 11 not 10 could 12 forget " [i] [was] [a] [brute] [!] " he thought [.] 1 " 9 thought 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 thought ["] [why] [couldn't] [i] [have] [mentioned] [the] [matter] [gently] [?] i daresay [she] [has] enough to trouble her [.] 1 i 2 daresay 2 daresay 5 enough 2 daresay 6 to 6 to 7 trouble 7 trouble 8 her confound those pigs [!] ["] 1 confound 3 pigs 2 those 3 pigs after that there was a time of calm [.] 1 after 2 that 2 that 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 6 time 5 a 6 time 6 time 7 of 7 of 8 calm evidently something had been done to [bobbles] ['] [memory] [or] [perhaps] [mrs] [hayden] [attended] [to] [the] [gate] herself [.] 1 evidently 2 something 2 something 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 5 done 5 done 6 to 6 to 18 herself at all events the pigs were not seen [and] [harrington] ['s] [garden] [blossomed] [like] [the] [rose] [.] 1 at 3 events 1 at 5 pigs 2 all 3 events 4 the 5 pigs 5 pigs 6 were 6 were 7 not 6 were 8 seen [but] [harrington] [himself] [was] [in] [a] [bad] [state] [.] the original [he] never saw [,] [which] [only] [made] [matters] [worse] [.] 1 the 2 original 2 original 5 saw 4 never 5 saw he wondered what opinion she had of him [and] decided that she must think him a cross old bear [.] 1 he 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 what 3 what 4 opinion 4 opinion 5 she 4 opinion 6 had 4 opinion 7 of 4 opinion 10 decided 5 she 6 had 7 of 8 him 10 decided 11 that 11 that 12 she 11 that 14 think 12 she 13 must 13 must 14 think 14 think 15 him 14 think 19 bear 16 a 19 bear 17 cross 19 bear 18 old 19 bear this worried him [.] 1 this 2 worried 2 worried 3 him he wished the pigs would break in again so that he might have a chance to show how forbearing he could be [.] 1 he 2 wished 2 wished 4 pigs 2 wished 6 break 3 the 4 pigs 4 pigs 5 would 5 would 6 break 6 break 7 in 6 break 8 again 6 break 10 that 6 break 16 to 6 break 19 forbearing 9 so 10 that 10 that 11 he 10 that 13 have 11 he 12 might 12 might 13 have 13 have 15 chance 14 a 15 chance 16 to 17 show 17 show 18 how 19 forbearing 20 he 19 forbearing 22 be 20 he 21 could 21 could 22 be one day he gathered a nice mess of tender young greens and sent them [over] [to] [mrs] [hayden] [by] [mordecai] [.] 1 one 2 day 2 day 3 he 3 he 12 and 4 gathered 7 mess 4 gathered 12 and 5 a 6 nice 5 a 7 mess 6 nice 7 mess 7 mess 8 of 8 of 11 greens 9 tender 11 greens 10 young 11 greens 12 and 13 sent 13 sent 14 them at first he [had] thought of sending her some flowers , but that seemed silly , and [besides] , [mordecai] and flowers [were] [incongruous] [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 17 and 5 thought 6 of 5 thought 17 and 6 of 7 sending 7 sending 8 her 7 sending 10 flowers 9 some 10 flowers 11 , 12 but 11 , 14 seemed 11 , 16 , 12 but 13 that 12 but 14 seemed 13 that 14 seemed 14 seemed 15 silly 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 and 19 , 21 and 21 and 22 flowers ["] [ef] [the] [little] [widder] [hain't] [caught] [him] [!] [who] ['d] [a-thought] [it] [?] ["] the next day one adventurous pig found its way [alone] [into] [the] [harrington] garden [.] 1 the 3 day 2 next 3 day 3 day 6 pig 3 day 7 found 3 day 14 garden 4 one 6 pig 5 adventurous 6 pig 6 pig 7 found 7 found 9 way 8 its 9 way harrington saw it get in [and] [at] [the] [same] [moment] [he] [saw] [mrs] [hayden] [running] [through] [her] [orchard] [.] 1 harrington 2 saw 2 saw 3 it 2 saw 4 get 4 get 5 in she was in his yard by the time he got out [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 in 2 was 6 by 3 in 5 yard 4 his 5 yard 6 by 8 time 7 the 8 time 8 time 9 he 8 time 10 got 9 he 10 got 10 got 11 out her sunbonnet had fallen back [and] [some] [loose] [tendrils] [of] [her] [auburn] [hair] [were] [curling] [around] [her] [forehead] [.] 1 her 2 sunbonnet 2 sunbonnet 3 had 3 had 4 fallen 4 fallen 5 back her cheeks were so pink and her eyes so bright from running that she looked almost girlish [.] 1 her 2 cheeks 2 cheeks 3 were 3 were 6 and 4 so 5 pink 5 pink 6 and 6 and 8 eyes 6 and 10 bright 7 her 8 eyes 9 so 10 bright 10 bright 11 from 11 from 12 running 12 running 13 that 13 that 14 she 13 that 15 looked 14 she 15 looked 15 looked 17 girlish 16 almost 17 girlish " [oh] [,] [mr] [harrington] [,] ["] she said [breathlessly] [,] ["] that [pet] [pig] [of] [bobbles] ['] is in your garden [again] [.] 1 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 13 that 13 that 19 is 19 is 20 in 20 in 22 garden 21 your 22 garden he only got in this minute [.] 1 he 3 got 2 only 3 got 3 got 4 in 4 in 6 minute 5 this 6 minute i saw him [coming] [and] [i] [ran] [right] [after] [him] [.] ["] 1 i 2 saw 2 saw 3 him " he ['s] [there] [,] [all] [right] [,] ["] said [harrington] cheerfully , " but [i] ['ll] get [him] [out] in a jiffy [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 10 said 2 he 10 said 10 said 12 cheerfully 10 said 15 but 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 but 15 but 23 jiffy 18 get 21 in 21 in 23 jiffy 22 a 23 jiffy don't tire yourself [.] 1 don't 2 tire 2 tire 3 yourself won't you go [into] [the] [house] [and] [rest] [while] [i] [drive] [him] [around] [?] ["] 1 won't 2 you 1 won't 3 go between them they spoiled things about as much as a whole drove of pigs would have done [.] 1 between 2 them 1 between 3 they 3 they 5 things 3 they 16 have 3 they 17 done 4 spoiled 5 things 5 things 6 about 5 things 9 as 5 things 15 would 6 about 8 much 7 as 8 much 9 as 14 pigs 10 a 11 whole 10 a 12 drove 11 whole 12 drove 12 drove 13 of 12 drove 14 pigs 13 of 14 pigs 15 would 16 have [mrs] [hayden] [followed] [slowly] [and] [harrington] [walked] [beside] [her] [.] " [those] [pigs] [are] [all] to be shut up [tomorrow] , " she said [.] 1 " 14 said 6 to 7 be 6 to 11 , 6 to 13 she 7 be 8 shut 8 shut 9 up 11 , 12 " 13 she 14 said " [hiram] [has] [been] [fixing] [up] [a] [place] [for] [them] [in] [his] [spare] [moments] [and] [it] [is] [ready] [at] [last] [.] " 1 " 22 " " [oh] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [,] " [said] [harrington] [hastily] [.] 1 " 7 " " [it] [isn't] [good] [for] [pigs] [to] [be] [shut] [up] so [young] [.] 1 " 11 so you 'd better let them run a while yet [.] ["] 1 you 2 'd 2 'd 4 let 3 better 4 let 4 let 5 them 4 let 6 run 6 run 8 while 6 run 9 yet 7 a 8 while " [no] [,] ["] said [mrs] [hayden] decidedly [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 8 decidedly ["] [they] [have] [almost] [worried] [me] [to] [death] [already] [.] [in] [they] [go] [tomorrow] [.] ["] they were at the lane gate now , and [harrington] had to open it and let her pass through [.] 1 they 9 and 2 were 3 at 2 were 9 and 3 at 6 gate 4 the 6 gate 5 lane 6 gate 7 now 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 18 pass 11 had 15 and 12 to 15 and 13 open 14 it 13 open 15 and 15 and 16 let 16 let 17 her 16 let 18 pass 18 pass 19 through bobbles and [ted] [came] [running] to meet her [and] [the] [three] [,] [hand] [in] [hand] [,] [disappeared] [from] [sight] [.] 1 bobbles 2 and 2 and 7 meet 6 to 7 meet 7 meet 8 her harrington went back to the house , feeling that life was flat , stale , and unprofitable [.] 1 harrington 2 went 2 went 3 back 3 back 4 to 3 back 8 feeling 3 back 16 and 4 to 6 house 5 the 6 house 7 , 8 feeling 8 feeling 9 that 8 feeling 13 , 9 that 10 life 9 that 11 was 10 life 11 was 11 was 12 flat 13 , 16 and 14 stale 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 unprofitable then he found out what was the matter with him [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 found 3 found 4 out 3 found 5 what 5 what 6 was 6 was 7 the 7 the 8 matter 8 matter 9 with 9 with 10 him he was in love , fathoms deep , with the blue-eyed widow ! 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 in 2 was 7 deep 3 in 5 , 4 love 5 , 5 , 6 fathoms 7 deep 9 with 8 , 9 with 9 with 12 widow 9 with 13 ! 10 the 12 widow 11 blue-eyed 12 widow presumably the pigs were shut [up] [the] [next] [day] [,] [for] [harrington] ['s] [garden] [was] [invaded] [no] [more] [.] 1 presumably 3 pigs 2 the 3 pigs 3 pigs 4 were 4 were 5 shut he stood it for a week and then surrendered at discretion [.] 1 he 7 and 2 stood 3 it 2 stood 4 for 2 stood 7 and 3 it 4 for 4 for 6 week 5 a 6 week 7 and 9 surrendered 7 and 10 at 8 then 9 surrendered 10 at 11 discretion the front door stood hospitably open , flanked by rows of defiant red and yellow hollyhocks [.] 1 the 3 door 2 front 3 door 3 door 7 , 4 stood 5 hospitably 4 stood 6 open 4 stood 7 , 7 , 8 flanked 7 , 9 by 9 by 10 rows 10 rows 11 of 11 of 16 hollyhocks 12 defiant 16 hollyhocks 13 red 14 and 14 and 15 yellow 14 and 16 hollyhocks harrington paused on the step , with his hand outstretched to knock [.] 1 harrington 2 paused 2 paused 3 on 3 on 5 step 4 the 5 step 5 step 7 with 6 , 7 with 7 with 9 hand 8 his 9 hand 9 hand 10 outstretched 10 outstretched 11 to 11 to 12 knock somewhere inside he heard a low sobbing [.] 1 somewhere 2 inside 1 somewhere 3 he 3 he 4 heard 4 heard 6 low 5 a 6 low 6 low 7 sobbing forgetting all about knocking , he stepped softly [in] and walked to the door of the little sitting-room [.] 1 forgetting 2 all 1 forgetting 3 about 1 forgetting 5 , 1 forgetting 6 he 2 all 3 about 3 about 4 knocking 6 he 10 and 7 stepped 8 softly 7 stepped 10 and 10 and 11 walked 11 walked 12 to 12 to 14 door 13 the 14 door 14 door 15 of 15 of 18 sitting-room 16 the 18 sitting-room 17 little 18 sitting-room bobbles was standing [behind] [him] in the middle of the kitchen [but] [harrington] [did] [not] [see] [him] [.] 1 bobbles 2 was 2 was 3 standing 3 standing 6 in 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 middle 8 middle 9 of 9 of 11 kitchen 10 the 11 kitchen she was crying softly in a hopeless fashion [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 crying 3 crying 4 softly 3 crying 5 in 5 in 8 fashion 6 a 7 hopeless 6 a 8 fashion 7 hopeless 8 fashion harrington put down his strawberries [.] 1 harrington 2 put 2 put 3 down 2 put 5 strawberries 4 his 5 strawberries " [mary] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 1 " 6 exclaimed 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 exclaimed [mrs] [hayden] [straightened] [herself] [up] [with] [a] [start] [and] [looked] [at] [him] [,] [her] [lips] [quivering] [and] [her] [eyes] [full] [of] [tears] [.] " [what] [is] [the] [matter] [?] " [said] [harrington] [anxiously] [.] 1 " 7 " " [is] [anything] [wrong] [?] " 1 " 6 " " [oh] [,] [nothing] [much] [,] " [said] [mrs] [hayden] [,] [trying] [to] [recover] [herself] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [yes] [,] [there] [is] [too] [.] but it is very foolish [of] [me] to be going on like this [.] 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 5 foolish 4 very 5 foolish 5 foolish 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 going 10 going 11 on 10 going 12 like 12 like 13 this i didn't know anyone was near [.] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 anyone 3 know 5 was 4 anyone 5 was 5 was 6 near and [i] was feeling so discouraged [.] 1 and 3 was 3 was 4 feeling 4 feeling 6 discouraged 5 so 6 discouraged the colt broke his leg in the swamp pasture today [and] [hiram] [had] [to] [shoot] [him] [.] 1 the 2 colt 2 colt 3 broke 3 broke 5 leg 3 broke 6 in 4 his 5 leg 5 leg 6 in 6 in 9 pasture 7 the 9 pasture 8 swamp 9 pasture 9 pasture 10 today it was [ted] ['s] colt [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 colt but there , there is no use in crying over it [.] ["] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 , 3 , 4 there 4 there 5 is 5 is 7 use 5 is 8 in 5 is 10 over 6 no 7 use 7 use 8 in 8 in 9 crying 10 over 11 it and by way of proving [this] , the poor , tired , overburdened little woman began to cry again [.] 1 and 15 woman 1 and 16 began 2 by 3 way 3 way 4 of 4 of 5 proving 4 of 7 , 4 of 15 woman 8 the 15 woman 9 poor 10 , 9 poor 15 woman 11 tired 12 , 11 tired 15 woman 13 overburdened 15 woman 14 little 15 woman 15 woman 16 began 16 began 17 to 17 to 18 cry 18 cry 19 again she was past caring [whether] [harrington] [saw] [her] [or] [not] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 past 3 past 4 caring the woman-hater was so distressed that he forgot to be nervous [.] 1 the 2 woman-hater 2 woman-hater 3 was 3 was 5 distressed 4 so 5 distressed 5 distressed 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 8 forgot 7 he 8 forgot 8 forgot 9 to 8 forgot 10 be 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 nervous he sat down and put his arm around her and spoke out what was in his mind [without] further parley [.] 1 he 4 and 2 sat 3 down 2 sat 4 and 4 and 10 and 5 put 7 arm 5 put 8 around 5 put 10 and 6 his 7 arm 8 around 9 her 10 and 11 spoke 11 spoke 12 out 11 spoke 13 what 13 what 14 was 14 was 15 in 15 in 20 parley 16 his 20 parley 17 mind 20 parley 19 further 20 parley ["] [don't] [cry] [,] [mary] [.] listen to me [.] 1 listen 2 to 2 to 3 me you were never meant to run a farm and be killed with worry [.] 1 you 2 were 2 were 9 and 3 never 4 meant 4 meant 5 to 4 meant 6 run 4 meant 9 and 5 to 6 run 6 run 8 farm 7 a 8 farm 9 and 10 be 10 be 11 killed 11 killed 12 with 12 with 13 worry you ought to be looked [after] and petted [.] 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 and 5 looked 7 and 7 and 8 petted i want you to marry me [and] [then] [everything] [will] [be] [all] [right] [.] 1 i 2 want 2 want 3 you 2 want 4 to 4 to 5 marry 5 marry 6 me i 've loved you [ever] since that day [i] [came] [over] [here] [and] [made] [you] [cry] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 loved 3 loved 4 you 3 loved 6 since 6 since 8 day 7 that 8 day do you think you can like me a little [,] [mary] [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 think 3 think 4 you 3 think 6 like 4 you 5 can 5 can 6 like 6 like 7 me 6 like 9 little 8 a 9 little the little brown house among the apple trees is shut up now [and] [the] [boundary] [fence] [belongs] [to] [ancient] [history] [.] 1 the 4 house 2 little 4 house 3 brown 4 house 4 house 5 among 4 house 9 is 5 among 8 trees 6 the 8 trees 7 apple 8 trees 9 is 10 shut 9 is 11 up 11 up 12 now sarah [king] has gone also [and] [mrs] [john] [harrington] [reigns] [royally] [in] [her] [place] [.] 1 sarah 3 has 3 has 4 gone 4 gone 5 also it is [bobbles] ['] pig and one of the famous [fourteen] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 and 5 pig 6 and 6 and 7 one 6 and 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 famous mordecai still [shambles] [around] and worships [mrs] [harrington] [.] 1 mordecai 5 and 2 still 5 and 5 and 6 worships the garden is the same as [of] [yore] , but the house is a different place [and] [harrington] [is] [a] [different] [man] [.] 1 the 2 garden 2 garden 3 is 3 is 5 same 3 is 6 as 4 the 5 same 6 as 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 12 house 10 but 13 is 11 the 12 house 13 is 16 place 14 a 16 place 15 different 16 place and [mordecai] will tell [you] [with] [a] [chuckle] [,] ["] it was [them] [notorious] [pigs] as [did] it all [.] ["] 1 and 3 will 3 will 4 tell 4 tell 11 it 11 it 12 was 12 was 16 as 16 as 19 all 18 it 19 all [why] [not] [ask] [miss] [price] [?] frances [allen] came [in] [from] [the] [post] [office] [and] [laid] [an] [open] [letter] [on] [the] [table] [beside] [her] [mother] [,] [who] [was] [making] [mincemeat] [.] 1 frances 3 came alma [allen] looked up from the cake she was frosting to ask , " what is the matter ? 1 alma 3 looked 3 looked 4 up 3 looked 5 from 5 from 7 cake 6 the 7 cake 7 cake 8 she 7 cake 12 ask 7 cake 15 what 8 she 9 was 9 was 10 frosting 11 to 12 ask 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 what 15 what 16 is 15 what 19 ? 16 is 18 matter 17 the 18 matter you look as if your letter contained unwelcome news [,] [fan] [.] ["] 1 you 2 look 2 look 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 6 letter 4 if 7 contained 5 your 6 letter 6 letter 7 contained 7 contained 9 news 8 unwelcome 9 news " so [it] [does] [.] 1 " 2 so it is [from] [aunt] [clara] [,] to say [she] [cannot] [come] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 7 to 7 to 8 say she has received a telegram that her sister-in-law is very ill and [she] must go to her at once [.] ["] 1 she 2 has 2 has 3 received 3 received 5 telegram 4 a 5 telegram 5 telegram 6 that 5 telegram 12 and 6 that 8 sister-in-law 6 that 12 and 7 her 8 sister-in-law 8 sister-in-law 12 and 9 is 11 ill 9 is 12 and 10 very 11 ill 12 and 14 must 14 must 15 go 15 go 16 to 15 go 19 once 16 to 17 her 18 at 19 once [mrs] [allen] [looked] [regretful] [,] [and] [alma] [cast] [her] [spoon] [away] [with] [a] [tragic] [air] [.] ["] [that] [is] [too] [bad] [.] i feel as if our celebration were spoiled [.] 1 i 2 feel 2 feel 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 6 celebration 4 if 8 spoiled 5 our 6 celebration 6 celebration 7 were 7 were 8 spoiled but [i] [suppose] it can't be helped [.] ["] 1 but 4 it 4 it 5 can't 5 can't 6 be 6 be 7 helped " [no] [,] " [agreed] [frances] [,] [sitting] [down] [and] [beginning] [to] [peel] [apples] [.] 1 " 4 " " so [there] [is] [no] [use] [in] [lamenting] [,] [or] [i] [would] [certainly] [sit] [down] [and] [cry] [,] [i] [feel] [so] [disappointed] [.] ["] 1 " 2 so " [is] [uncle] [frank] [coming] [?] " 1 " 7 " " [yes] [,] [aunt] [clara] says he will come down [from] [stellarton] [if] [mrs] [king] [does] [not] [get] [worse] [.] 1 " 6 says 6 says 7 he 7 he 8 will 8 will 9 come 9 come 10 down so that will leave just one vacant place [.] 1 so 2 that 1 so 4 leave 2 that 3 will 3 will 4 leave 4 leave 8 place 5 just 6 one 6 one 8 place 7 vacant 8 place we must invite someone to fill it up [.] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 invite 3 invite 4 someone 3 invite 5 to 3 invite 6 fill 5 to 6 fill 6 fill 7 it 6 fill 8 up who shall it be [?] ["] 1 who 2 shall 2 shall 3 it 2 shall 4 be both girls looked rather puzzled [.] 1 both 2 girls 2 girls 3 looked 3 looked 5 puzzled 4 rather 5 puzzled [mrs] [allen] [smiled] [a] [quiet] [little] [smile] [all] [to] [herself] [and] [went] [on] [chopping] [suet] [.] she had [handed] [the] [thanksgiving] [dinner] [over] to [frances] [and] [alma] [this] [year] [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 8 to they were to attend to all the preparations and invite all the guests [.] 1 they 9 and 2 were 3 to 2 were 4 attend 2 were 9 and 3 to 4 attend 4 attend 5 to 5 to 6 all 6 all 7 the 6 all 8 preparations 7 the 8 preparations 9 and 10 invite 10 invite 11 all 11 all 12 the 11 all 13 guests 12 the 13 guests but although they had made or planned several innovations in the dinner itself , they had made no change in the usual list of guests [.] 1 but 15 they 1 but 17 made 2 although 3 they 2 although 6 or 2 although 14 , 2 although 15 they 3 they 4 had 4 had 6 or 5 made 6 or 6 or 7 planned 6 or 13 itself 7 planned 9 innovations 7 planned 10 in 8 several 9 innovations 9 innovations 10 in 10 in 12 dinner 11 the 12 dinner 15 they 16 had 16 had 17 made 17 made 19 change 17 made 20 in 18 no 19 change 19 change 20 in 20 in 23 list 21 the 23 list 22 usual 23 list 23 list 24 of 24 of 25 guests " [it] [must] [just] [be] [the] [time-honoured] [family] [affair] [,] " [frances] [had] [declared] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [if] [we] [begin] [inviting] [other] [folks] [,] [there] [is] [no] [knowing] [when] [to] [draw] [the] [line] [.] we [can't] [have] [more] [than] [fourteen] [,] [and] [some] [of] [our] [friends] would be sure to feel slighted [.] ["] 1 we 13 would 13 would 14 be 14 be 15 sure 15 sure 16 to 15 sure 17 feel 16 to 17 feel 17 feel 18 slighted so the same old list [it] was [.] 1 so 7 was 2 the 3 same 3 same 5 list 4 old 5 list 5 list 7 was " we [can't] [invite] [the] [new] [minister] [,] [because] [we] [would] have to have his sister [,] [too] [,] ["] [said] [frances] [.] 1 " 2 we 2 we 12 have 12 have 13 to 13 to 14 have 14 have 16 sister 15 his 16 sister " [and] [there] [is] [no] [reason] [for] [asking] [any] [one] [of] [our] [girl] [chums] [more] [than] [another] [.] " 1 " 19 " " [mother] [,] [you] [will] [have] [to] [help] [us] [out] [,] " [said] [alma] [.] 1 " 12 " " [can't] [you] [suggest] [a] [substitute] [guest] [?] " 1 " 9 " why not [ask] [miss] [price] [?] ["] 1 why 2 not [miss] [price] [!] they had never thought of her [!] 1 they 2 had 2 had 4 thought 3 never 4 thought 4 thought 5 of 5 of 6 her she was the pale , timid-looking little teacher in the primary department of the [hazelwood] school [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 8 teacher 2 was 9 in 3 the 8 teacher 4 pale 5 , 4 pale 8 teacher 6 timid-looking 8 teacher 7 little 8 teacher 8 teacher 9 in 9 in 12 department 10 the 12 department 11 primary 12 department 12 department 13 of 13 of 16 school 14 the 16 school " [miss] [price] [?] " [repeated] [frances] [slowly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [why] [,] [mother] [,] [we] [hardly] [know] [her] [.] she is dreadfully dull and quiet [,] [i] [think] [.] ["] 1 she 2 is 2 is 3 dreadfully 2 is 5 and 4 dull 5 and 5 and 6 quiet " [and] so [shy] [,] ["] [said] [alma] [.] 1 " 3 so ["] [why] [,] [at] [the] [wards] ['] [party] [the] [other] [night] [she] [looked] [startled] [to] [death] [if] [anyone] [spoke] [to] [her] [.] i believe she would be frightened [to] [come] [here] [for] [thanksgiving] [.] ["] 1 i 2 believe 2 believe 3 she 2 believe 5 be 3 she 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 6 frightened " she is a very lonely little creature , " said [mrs] [allen] [gently] , " and [doesn't] seem to have anyone belonging to her [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 9 , 3 is 8 creature 3 is 9 , 4 a 8 creature 5 very 6 lonely 6 lonely 8 creature 7 little 8 creature 9 , 10 " 9 , 17 and 11 said 17 and 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 and 17 and 19 seem 19 seem 20 to 19 seem 21 have 20 to 21 have 21 have 22 anyone 21 have 24 to 22 anyone 23 belonging 22 anyone 24 to 24 to 25 her i think she would be very glad to get an invitation to [spend] [thanksgiving] [elsewhere] [than] [in] that [cheerless] [little] [boarding-house] [where] [she] [lives] [.] ["] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 she 2 think 5 be 3 she 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 7 glad 6 very 7 glad 7 glad 8 to 7 glad 9 get 8 to 9 get 9 get 11 invitation 9 get 12 to 10 an 11 invitation 12 to 18 that " [of] [course] [,] [if] [you] [would] [like] [to] [have] [her] [,] [mother] [,] [we] [will] [ask] [her] [,] " [said] [frances] [.] 1 " 20 " " [no] [,] [girls] [,] " [said] [mrs] [allen] [seriously] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [you] [must] [not] [ask] [miss] [price] [on] [my] [account] [,] [if] [you] [do] [not] [feel] [prepared] [to] [make] [her] [welcome] [for] [her] [own] [sake] [.] but there , [i] [shall] [not] preach [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 , 3 , 7 preach this is your dinner [,] [and] [you] [must] [please] [yourselves] [as] [to] [your] [guests] [.] ["] 1 this 2 is 2 is 4 dinner 3 your 4 dinner frances [and] [alma] [had] [both] [flushed] , and they now remained silent for a few minutes [.] 1 frances 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 they 8 and 11 remained 9 they 11 remained 10 now 11 remained 11 remained 12 silent 12 silent 13 for 13 for 16 minutes 14 a 15 few 15 few 16 minutes then [frances] [sprang] [up] [and] [threw] [her] [arms] [around] her mother [.] 1 then 11 mother 10 her 11 mother " you 're right [,] [mother] [dear] [,] as [you] [always] [are] , and we are very selfish girls [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 4 right 3 're 9 as 9 as 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 we 14 and 16 are 15 we 16 are 16 are 19 girls 17 very 18 selfish 18 selfish 19 girls we will [ask] [miss] [price] and try to give her a nice time [.] 1 we 6 and 2 will 6 and 6 and 7 try 6 and 13 time 7 try 8 to 8 to 9 give 9 give 10 her 11 a 13 time 12 nice 13 time i 'll go down this [very] evening and see her [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 go 3 go 8 and 4 down 7 evening 4 down 8 and 5 this 7 evening 8 and 9 see 9 see 10 her only [two] [days] [until] [thanksgiving] [but] there [would] [be] [no] [real] [thanksgiving] [for] [her] [.] 1 only 7 there why [,] she [asked] [herself] [rebelliously] [,] [when] [there] [seemed] [so] [much] [love] [in] [the] [world] [,] was [she] denied her share [?] 1 why 3 she 3 she 18 was 18 was 20 denied 20 denied 22 share 21 her 22 share her landlady met her in the hall [.] 1 her 2 landlady 2 landlady 3 met 3 met 4 her 3 met 5 in 5 in 7 hall 6 the 7 hall ["] [miss] [allen] [is] [in] [the] [parlour] [,] [miss] [price] [.] she wants to see you [.] " 1 she 2 wants 2 wants 3 to 2 wants 4 see 3 to 4 see 4 see 5 you 5 you 7 " bertha went into the parlour somewhat reluctantly [.] 1 bertha 2 went 2 went 3 into 2 went 6 somewhat 2 went 7 reluctantly 3 into 5 parlour 4 the 5 parlour " [i] [am] [sorry] [you] [have] [had] to [wait] , [miss] [allen] [,] " she said shyly [.] 1 " 16 said 8 to 10 , 8 to 15 she 10 , 14 " 15 she 16 said 16 said 17 shyly " [i] [went] [to] [see] [a] [pupil] [of] [mine] [who] [is] [ill] [and] [i] [was] [kept] [later] [than] [i] [expected] [.] " 1 " 22 " " [my] [errand] [won't] [take] [very] [long] [,] " [said] [frances] [brightly] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [mother] [wants] [you] [to] [spend] [thanksgiving] [day] [with] [us] [,] [miss] [price] [,] [if] [you] [have] [no] [other] [engagement] [.] you 'll come [,] [won't] [you] [?] ["] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 come " [oh] [,] [thank] [you] [,] [yes] [,] " [said] [bertha] [,] [in] [pleased] [surprise] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [i] [shall] [be] [very] [glad] [to] [go] [.] why , it is so nice to think of it [.] 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 6 nice 5 so 6 nice 6 nice 7 to 6 nice 8 think 7 to 8 think 8 think 9 of 9 of 10 it i [expected] [my] [thanksgiving] [day] [to] be [lonely] [and] [sad] [not] [a] [bit] [thanksgivingy] [.] ["] 1 i 7 be " [we] [shall] [expect] [you] [then] [,] " [said] [frances] [,] [with] [a] [cordial] [little] [hand-squeeze] [.] 1 " 8 " " [come] [early] [in] [the] [morning] [,] [and] we [will] have [a] [real] [friendly] [,] [pleasant] [day] [.] ["] 1 " 9 we 9 we 11 have she looked positively pretty such [a] lovely pink came out on her cheeks and her eyes shone like stars [.] 1 she 2 looked 2 looked 3 positively 2 looked 4 pretty 4 pretty 18 like 5 such 8 pink 7 lovely 8 pink 8 pink 9 came 9 came 10 out 10 out 11 on 11 on 14 and 12 her 13 cheeks 13 cheeks 14 and 14 and 16 eyes 14 and 17 shone 14 and 18 like 15 her 16 eyes 18 like 19 stars she reminded me so much of [somebody] [i] ['ve] [seen] , [but] [i] [can't] [think] who it is [.] 1 she 2 reminded 2 reminded 3 me 2 reminded 5 much 2 reminded 6 of 4 so 5 much 6 of 11 , 11 , 16 who 16 who 18 is 17 it 18 is i 'm so glad [we] ['ve] [asked] [her] [here] [for] [thanksgiving] [!] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 4 glad 3 so 4 glad thanksgiving [came] , as bright and beautiful as a day could be , and [the] [allens] ['] [guests] [came] [with] it [.] 1 thanksgiving 6 and 3 , 6 and 4 as 5 bright 5 bright 6 and 6 and 7 beautiful 6 and 13 , 7 beautiful 8 as 8 as 10 day 8 as 12 be 9 a 10 day 10 day 11 could 11 could 12 be 13 , 14 and 14 and 21 it bertha [price] was [among] [them] [,] paler and shyer than ever [.] 1 bertha 3 was 3 was 8 and 7 paler 8 and 8 and 9 shyer 9 shyer 11 ever 10 than 11 ever ernest [allen] [and] [his] [friend] [,] [maxwell] [seeley] [,] came [out] from town [on] [the] [morning] [train] [.] 1 ernest 10 came 10 came 12 from 12 from 13 town [after] [all] [the] [necessary] [introductions] [had] [been] [made] [,] [frances] [flew] [to] [the] [kitchen] [.] " [i] ['ve] [found] [out] [who] it is [miss] [price] [reminds] [me] of , " she said , as she bustled about the range [.] 1 " 7 it 1 " 17 said 7 it 8 is 8 is 13 of 13 of 14 , 14 , 15 " 16 she 17 said 17 said 19 as 18 , 19 as 19 as 24 range 20 she 21 bustled 21 bustled 22 about 22 about 24 range 23 the 24 range ["] [it] ['s] [max] [seeley] [.] you needn't laugh [,] [al] [.] 1 you 2 needn't 2 needn't 3 laugh it 's a fact [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 fact 3 a 4 fact i [noticed] [it] [the] [minute] [i] introduced [them] [.] 1 i 7 introduced he ['s] [plump] [and] [prosperous] and she ['s] pinched and [pale] , but there 's a resemblance nevertheless [.] 1 he 10 and 6 and 7 she 6 and 9 pinched 7 she 9 pinched 9 pinched 10 and 10 and 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 there 13 but 15 's 14 there 15 's 15 's 17 resemblance 15 's 18 nevertheless 16 a 17 resemblance look for yourself and see if it isn't so [.] ["] 1 look 2 for 1 look 4 and 2 for 3 yourself 4 and 5 see 5 see 6 if 6 if 7 it 6 if 8 isn't 7 it 8 isn't 8 isn't 9 so back in the [big] [,] [cheery] parlour [the] [thanksgiving] [guests] [were] [amusing] [themselves] [in] [various] [ways] [.] 1 back 2 in 2 in 7 parlour 3 the 7 parlour " [you] [will] [excuse] [me] [,] [won't] [you] [,] [miss] [price] , [if] [i] [ask] [you] [something] [about] [yourself] [?] " he said eagerly [.] 1 " 23 said 12 , 21 " 12 , 22 he 22 he 23 said 23 said 24 eagerly " [the] [truth] [is] [,] [you] [look] so [strikingly] [like] [someone] [i] [used] [to] [know] [that] [i] [feel] [sure] [you] [must] [be] [related] [to] [her] [.] 1 " 8 so i do not [think] [i] have any relatives of your name [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 6 have 6 have 8 relatives 7 any 8 relatives 8 relatives 9 of 9 of 11 name 10 your 11 name have [you] any of mine [?] ["] 1 have 3 any 3 any 4 of 4 of 5 mine bertha flushed , hesitated for an instant , then said [frankly] , " [no] [,] [i] [do] not [think] [so] [.] 1 bertha 3 , 2 flushed 3 , 3 , 9 then 4 hesitated 5 for 4 hesitated 9 then 5 for 7 instant 6 an 7 instant 8 , 9 then 9 then 10 said 10 said 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 18 not the next year [i] was taken from there and adopted by [mrs] [price] [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 year 3 year 9 and 5 was 6 taken 5 was 9 and 6 taken 7 from 7 from 8 there 9 and 10 adopted 9 and 11 by she was very kind to me and treated me as her own daughter [.] 1 she 7 and 2 was 4 kind 2 was 7 and 3 very 4 kind 4 kind 5 to 5 to 6 me 7 and 8 treated 8 treated 9 me 8 treated 10 as 10 as 13 daughter 11 her 12 own 11 her 13 daughter i had a happy home with her , although we were poor [.] 1 i 2 had 2 had 5 home 2 had 6 with 2 had 9 although 3 a 4 happy 3 a 5 home 4 happy 5 home 5 home 6 with 6 with 7 her 8 , 9 although 9 although 10 we 9 although 11 were 10 we 11 were 11 were 12 poor [mrs] [price] [wished] [me] [to] [bear] [her] [name] [,] [and] [i] [did] [so] [.] she never told me my true surname [,] [perhaps] [she] [did] [not] [know] [it] [.] 1 she 3 told 2 never 3 told 3 told 4 me 3 told 7 surname 5 my 7 surname 6 true 7 surname she [died] [when] [i] was [sixteen] , and [since] [then] [i] have been [quite] alone in the world [.] 1 she 7 , 5 was 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 have 12 have 13 been 13 been 15 alone 15 alone 16 in 16 in 18 world 17 the 18 world that is all [i] [know] [about] [myself] [.] ["] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 all max [seeley] was [plainly] [excited] [.] 1 max 3 was " [why] [do] [you] [think] [your] [real] [name] [begins] [with] [s] [?] " he asked [.] 1 " 15 asked 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 asked ["] [i] [have] [a] [watch] [which] [belonged] [to] [my] [mother] [,] [with] [the] [monogram] ['] [b.s] [.] ['] [on] [the] [case] [.] it was [left] with the matron of the asylum and she gave it to [mrs] [price] [for] me [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 with 2 was 14 to 4 with 6 matron 5 the 6 matron 6 matron 7 of 7 of 9 asylum 8 the 9 asylum 10 and 11 she 10 and 14 to 11 she 12 gave 12 gave 13 it 14 to 18 me here it is [.] ["] 1 here 2 it 2 it 3 is max [seeley] [almost] [snatched] [the] [old-fashioned] [little] [silver] [watch] , from her hand and opened the case [.] 1 max 10 , 10 , 14 and 11 from 12 her 11 from 14 and 13 hand 14 and 14 and 15 opened 15 opened 17 case 16 the 17 case an exclamation escaped him as he pointed to some scratches on the inner side [.] 1 an 2 exclamation 2 exclamation 3 escaped 3 escaped 4 him 3 escaped 5 as 5 as 6 he 5 as 8 to 6 he 8 to 7 pointed 8 to 8 to 10 scratches 8 to 11 on 9 some 10 scratches 10 scratches 11 on 11 on 14 side 12 the 14 side 13 inner 14 side they looked like the initials [m.a.s] [.] 1 they 2 looked 2 looked 3 like 3 like 5 initials 4 the 5 initials " [let] [me] [tell] [my] [story] now , " he said [.] 1 " 11 said 7 now 8 , 7 now 10 he 8 , 9 " 10 he 11 said ["] [my] [name] [is] [maxwell] [seeley] [.] my father [died] [when] [i] [was] seven years old , and my mother a year later [.] 1 my 2 father 2 father 11 and 7 seven 8 years 8 years 9 old 9 old 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 mother 11 and 16 later 12 my 13 mother 14 a 15 year 15 year 16 later my little sister , [bertha] [,] [then] [three] [years] [old] [,] and [i] [were] [left] [quite] [alone] [and] [very] [poor] [.] 1 my 3 sister 2 little 3 sister 3 sister 4 , 4 , 12 and we had no relatives [.] 1 we 2 had 2 had 4 relatives 3 no 4 relatives i was adopted by a well-to-do old bachelor [,] [who] [had] [known] [my] [father] [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 adopted 3 adopted 4 by 4 by 8 bachelor 5 a 6 well-to-do 5 a 8 bachelor 6 well-to-do 8 bachelor 7 old 8 bachelor my sister was taken to an orphan asylum in a city some distance away [.] 1 my 2 sister 2 sister 3 was 3 was 4 taken 4 taken 5 to 4 taken 9 in 5 to 8 asylum 6 an 8 asylum 7 orphan 8 asylum 8 asylum 9 in 9 in 11 city 10 a 11 city 11 city 12 some 11 city 13 distance 12 some 13 distance 13 distance 14 away i was very much attached to her and grieved bitterly over our parting [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 8 and 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 attached 5 attached 6 to 5 attached 8 and 6 to 7 her 8 and 9 grieved 9 grieved 10 bitterly 9 grieved 11 over 11 over 13 parting 12 our 13 parting my adopted father was very kind to me and gave me a good education [.] 1 my 3 father 2 adopted 3 father 3 father 9 and 4 was 6 kind 4 was 9 and 5 very 6 kind 6 kind 7 to 7 to 8 me 9 and 10 gave 10 gave 11 me 10 gave 14 education 12 a 13 good 12 a 14 education 13 good 14 education i did not forget my sister [,] [and] [as] [soon] [as] [i] [could] [i] [went] [to] [the] [asylum] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 forget 3 not 4 forget 4 forget 6 sister 5 my 6 sister i never could find any clue to her whereabouts , and long since gave up all hope of finding her [.] 1 i 11 and 2 never 3 could 3 could 4 find 3 could 11 and 4 find 6 clue 4 find 7 to 5 any 6 clue 6 clue 7 to 7 to 9 whereabouts 8 her 9 whereabouts 10 , 11 and 11 and 15 up 11 and 17 hope 12 long 15 up 13 since 15 up 14 gave 15 up 16 all 17 hope 17 hope 18 of 18 of 19 finding 19 finding 20 her [but] [i] [have] [found] [her] [at] [last] [.] you are [bertha] [seeley] [,] [my] [little] [sister] [!] ["] 1 you 2 are " [oh] [can] [it] [be] [possible] [!] " 1 " 8 " ["] [more] [than] [possible] [it] [is] [certain] [.] you are the image of [my] [mother] , [as] [i] remember [her] , and [as] [an] [old] [daguerreotype] [i] have [pictures] [her] [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 4 image 3 the 4 image 4 image 5 of 5 of 13 , 8 , 11 remember 8 , 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 20 have and this is her watch [see] , [i] [scratched] my own [initials] [on] [the] [case] one [day] [.] 1 and 3 is 1 and 7 , 2 this 3 is 3 is 5 watch 4 her 5 watch 7 , 16 one 10 my 11 own 10 my 16 one there is no doubt in the world [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 doubt 2 is 5 in 3 no 4 doubt 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 world oh , [bertha] [,] are you [half] [as] [glad] [as] [i] [am] [?] " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 are 5 are 6 you 6 you 14 " " [glad] [!] " 1 " 4 " bertha 's eyes were shining like stars [.] 1 bertha 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 were 4 were 5 shining 4 were 6 like 5 shining 6 like 6 like 7 stars she tried to smile , [but] burst into tears instead [and] [her] [head] [went] [down] [on] [her] [brother] ['s] [shoulder] [.] 1 she 2 tried 2 tried 3 to 2 tried 5 , 3 to 5 , 4 smile 5 , 5 , 7 burst 7 burst 8 into 7 burst 10 instead 8 into 9 tears " [i] [haven't] [suddenly] [gone] [crazy] [,] [ernest] [,] [old] [fellow] [,] " [smiled] [max] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [ladies] [and] [gentlemen] [all] [,] [this] [little] [school-ma'am] [was] [introduced] [to] [you] [as] [miss] [price] [,] [but] [that] [was] [a] [mistake] [.] let me introduce her again as [miss] [bertha] [seeley] , [my] [long-lost] and newly-found [sister] [.] ["] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 introduce 3 introduce 4 her 3 introduce 5 again 3 introduce 6 as 6 as 10 , 10 , 13 and 13 and 14 newly-found well they had an amazing time then [,] [of] [course] [.] 1 well 2 they 2 they 3 had 3 had 6 time 4 an 6 time 5 amazing 6 time 6 time 7 then they laughed [and] questioned and explained until the dinner was in imminent danger of getting stone-cold on the dining-room table [.] 1 they 5 and 2 laughed 4 questioned 2 laughed 5 and 5 and 6 explained 5 and 7 until 7 until 9 dinner 7 until 10 was 8 the 9 dinner 9 dinner 10 was 10 was 11 in 10 was 16 stone-cold 11 in 13 danger 12 imminent 13 danger 13 danger 14 of 14 of 15 getting 16 stone-cold 17 on 17 on 20 table 18 the 20 table 19 dining-room 20 table however , the rest of the guests made up for that , and did full justice to the girls ' cookery [.] 1 however 2 , 1 however 4 rest 3 the 4 rest 4 rest 5 of 4 rest 13 and 5 of 7 guests 6 the 7 guests 8 made 9 up 8 made 10 for 8 made 13 and 10 for 11 that 11 that 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 did 14 did 16 justice 14 did 17 to 15 full 16 justice 16 justice 17 to 17 to 21 cookery 18 the 19 girls 19 girls 20 ' 20 ' 21 cookery in the afternoon they all went to [church] , and at least two hearts were truly [and] devoutly thankful that day [.] 1 in 3 afternoon 1 in 4 they 2 the 3 afternoon 4 they 6 went 5 all 6 went 6 went 7 to 7 to 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 14 hearts 10 and 15 were 11 at 12 least 12 least 13 two 13 two 14 hearts 14 hearts 15 were 15 were 16 truly 15 were 18 devoutly 15 were 19 thankful 19 thankful 21 day 20 that 21 day just as soon as her resignation could be effected , she was to join her brother [.] 1 just 2 as 2 as 3 soon 3 soon 11 she 4 as 6 resignation 4 as 9 effected 4 as 11 she 5 her 6 resignation 6 resignation 7 could 7 could 8 be 8 be 9 effected 9 effected 10 , 11 she 12 was 12 was 13 to 13 to 14 join 14 join 16 brother 15 her 16 brother " [meanwhile] [,] [i] ['ll] [see] [about] [getting] [a] [house] [to] put [you] in , " said [max] [.] 1 " 12 put 12 put 14 in 14 in 15 , 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 said ["] [no] [more] [boarding] [out] [for] [me] [,] [ernest] [.] you may consider me as a family man henceforth [.] ["] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 consider 3 consider 4 me 3 consider 5 as 3 consider 8 man 5 as 7 family 6 a 7 family 8 man 9 henceforth frances [and] [alma] [talked] [it] [all] [over] [before] [they] went to sleep that night [.] 1 frances 10 went 10 went 11 to 11 to 12 sleep 12 sleep 14 night 13 that 14 night " [just] [think] [,] ["] said [frances] [,] ["] if we hadn't asked her here today she might never have found her [brother] [!] 1 " 6 said 6 said 17 she 10 if 11 we 10 if 13 asked 10 if 17 she 11 we 12 hadn't 12 hadn't 13 asked 13 asked 14 her 13 asked 15 here 13 asked 16 today 17 she 18 might 18 might 20 have 19 never 20 have 20 have 21 found 21 found 22 her it 's all [mother] ['s] [doing] [,] [bless] [her] [!] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 all things do happen like a storybook sometimes [,] [don't] [they] [,] [al] [?] 1 things 2 do 2 do 3 happen 3 happen 4 like 3 happen 7 sometimes 4 like 6 storybook 5 a 6 storybook and didn't [i] tell you they looked alike [?] ["] 1 and 2 didn't 1 and 4 tell 2 didn't 4 tell 4 tell 5 you 4 tell 6 they 4 tell 7 looked 6 they 7 looked 7 looked 8 alike end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [lucy] [maud] [montgomery] [short] [stories] , [@number@] [by] [lucy] [maud] [montgomery] 1 end 2 of 2 of 13 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 13 ,