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e would be no one to do it after he was gone.
Miss Letty loved that little custom. It seemed a kind of special serviceand oftenafter he had done it and
taken his leaveshe went to bed earlier than she had intended becausewhen his fire had burned outshe could
not bear to rearrange it.
“Well” said he“you bear it in mindwhat Mary said. Sometimes you give up too much. You've gi'n up
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all your lifean' now you're goin' to give up to Ellery an' Mary. You think twiceLettythat's all I say. Think
twice.”
He shook hands with her gravelyaccording to their habitand she heard his steps along the frozen lane.
Then she opened the door softly a crack—this was old customtoo—that she might hear them farther. This
time she was sure she actually knew when he turned into the road. She went back to the room and stood for a
momenther hand resting on the tablelooking at the orderly fire and then at the chair which seemed to belong
more to him than to her father. The cat got up from the lounge whereas she knew perfectly wellshe had to
content herself when Cap'n Oliver camestretchedand walked over to the chair as if to assert her ownership.
She was gathering her muscles for the easy leap when Mis [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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