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"What?" The deacon gripped the boy's arm and shook him. "What's that you say?" he questioned eagerly.,They climbed the fence and crossed the road to the lane-gate.,"I cannot, madam.",Billy puckered up his lips, but his effort was a failure. "You try, Maurice," he said, "I can't jest keep the hole in my mouth steady long enough t' whistle.",But though father and daughter talked these matters over whilst they stepped the white planks and whilst the ship ahead slowly enlarged, the topics which engaged them did not contain all, indeed they did not contain even a very little, of the thoughts which crowded Lucy's mind and gave a dozen varying expressions to her beauty in as many minutes.,"I can't, ma'am, it's locked," and in proof of his assurance, Pledge turned the handle and shook the door.,"No other name?—no matter; Paul will do very well for the books.",There was the sound of the quick intaking of breath, and an audible long-drawn "Oh!" from the girls.,CHAPTER V PAUL,"That's my business," said Billy.,"What did you have t' give him?","A woman," said Miss Acton, "cannot but think with more or less kindness of the man who offers her marriage and who loves her. She may reject him, but she will always feel a tenderness for him.".