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"The boys!" repeats he, mystified.,“A Bible text in a frame and with a cord to hang it by. This was the text, ‘God will never, never forsake thee.’”,“The house is haunted, Ebenezer. It’s them swear words has brung evil speerits. Moses run fer the ax an’ come back an’ open the stove door, lucky the fire wasn’t started yit.”,"A strange girl, I thought, but very pretty. Yes—was it English she talked?","Only this, that he has gone up to town without bidding me good-by, save in this short note. I can't understand such conduct.",“Do you know that piece of music called ‘The Rose of Larst Summer’?” inquired the musical connoisseur.,“No,” answered Johnny frankly, looking up at his uncle and shaking his head energetically.,"One of Thomas's billet-doux, no doubt," says Geoffrey, dreamily, alluding to the under-footman, but thinking of something else.,"Well, practically speaking, no. But I believe she has a sister somewhere.","Yes, of course," she says, dejectedly. A cloud seems to have fallen upon her happy hour. "When did you hear that—that last singer?" she asks, in a subdued voice.,Whereupon Jack Rodney instantly conceives a sudden and uncalled for dislike towards the man in question.,"What is it, sir?" he asked, saluting Jen even in that moment of anxiety. "I heard an awful cry, sir, and came arter you.".