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"And what is he?"

"He is a parson"

I ree,

when I had asked to see the clergyman "This, then, was his

father's residence?"

"Aye; old Mr Rivers lived here, and his father, and grandfather,

and gurt (great) grandfather afore hientleman, is Mr St John Rivers?"

"Aye; St John is like his kirstened name"

"And his sisters are called Diana and Mary Rivers?"

"Yes"

"Their father is dead?"

"Dead three weeks sin' of a stroke"

"They have no mother?"

"The mistress has been dead this ?"

"I've lived here thirty year I nursed them all three"

"That proves you must have been an honest and faithful servant I