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"I can do these things also, father The lady loves me, and will be

unhappy not to see me"

"Then, let her co

Why not? She is not better than thou art Once thy mother has called on

her; thou and Joanna, a few times too often Now, then, let her call on

thee Always honour thyself, as well as others That is the Dutch way;

that is the right way Mind what I tell thee"

His voice had gradually grown sterner; and he gently withdrew his hand

from her clasp, and rose as a man in a hurry, and pressed with affairs:

"Come, Bram, there is need now of soo, and should sail at the noon-tide; and, as for the 'Crowned

Bears,' thou knowest there is o at Perth Amboy Well, well, I have told Jerome Brakel

what I think of that It is his own affair"

Thus talking, he left the rooan to order the

wants of the house with the same air of settled preoccupation "Joanna,"

she said, "the linen web in the loo on;

and the fine napkins , and