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She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her

pitcher; she again lifted it to her head The personage on the

well-brink now seemed to accost her; to make some request:- "She

hasted, let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink"

From the bosom of his robe he then produced a casket, opened it and

showed s; she acted astonish, he laid the treasure at her feet;

incredulity and delight were expressed by her looks and gestures;

the stranger fastened the bracelets on her ars in her

ears It was Eliezer and Rebecca: the caain laid their heads together: apparently they

could not agree about the word or syllable the scene illustrated

Colonel Dent, their spokesman, deain descended

On its third rising only a portion of the drawing-roo with some sort

of dark and coarse drapery The marble basin was removed; in its

place, stood a deal table and a kitchen chair: these objects were

visible by a very di frouished

Amidst this sordid scene, sat a

on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground I knew Mr