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"The village is two miles farther on. I think you had better come in and breakfast here. Uncle will be very glad to see you," she says, hospitably. "And you must be tired.","It's failed ye have, as I knowed ye wud," he chuckled. "Ye best be lavin' now, both av ye, wid yer pranks.","Have they taught you to hate me already?" he asks, in a low, compressed tone, that make her nerves assert themselves.,“Exactly—‘deep in’—that was Conscience, little John.”,"You must have acted your part well, my child," said Captain Acton, viewing the girl with admiration and fondness.,"My dear fellow, you can't have forgotten it so soon," says Geoffrey, pretending to misunderstand this vehement whisper. "Don't be shy! or shall I refresh your memory? It was, you remember, about——","But she will be living only six miles from you, and the county will surely call, and that will not be nice for you," says Violet.,“Yes”—sob, sob—“my clothes are down on the wharf and the ladies are sitting there eating and laughing and—boo-hoo-hoo!”,“Before vacation? Why, they’ll be just the things to do in vacation.”,Captain Acton merely bowed.,Between the fishermen of Sandtown and the farmers of the community existed no very strong bond of sympathy or friendship. The former were a dissolute, shiftless lot, quite content, with draw-seine and pound-net, to eke out a miserable existence in the easiest manner possible. They were tolerated just as the poor and shiftless of any community are tolerated; their children were allowed to attend the school the same as the children of the tax-payers.,Stanhope sank back on his box, his relaxed nerves throbbing and his lips forming the words: "Thank God!".