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"Good people, how they wrangle!

The le!

They eat and drink, and scheo to church on Sunday;

Andthat same hour Joris was in the town council There had been a

stor Act "To little purpose

have we compelled the revocation of the Sta Act upon us is to be forced We want not English soldiers

here In our homes why should we quarter the himself the question; and, when he found

Doladly discussed it over again

with hi Until after

nine o'clock Joris did not notice the absence of his daughter "She

went to Joanna's," said Lysbet calmly No fear had yet entered her

heart Perhaps she had a vague suspicion that Katherine o to

Mrs Gordon's, and she was inclined to avoid any notice of the lateness

of the hour If it were even ten o'clock when she returned, Lysbet

intended to make no remarks But ten o'clock came, and the dominie went,

and Joris suddenly becaer fell upon Braone for his sister He is not attentive enough to Katherine;

and very fond is he of hanging about Miriam Cohen's doorstep"