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It was so unexpected, and so entirely unlike David, that Helena forgot

her own pain in soothing him And, indeed, when she had said she would

send him some candy--"and a false-face?" David blubbered;--"yes, dear

precious!" she pro at her

hand, he went skipping along beside her out to the green gate in the

hedge

"I'll stop at the Rectory in the ," she said, when she kissed

hiain, dear"

"'By!" said David And he had gone

She stood staring after hi the tears away, because

they di into the Nove had had his early

breakfast; of course he had! Rather than fail in a housekeeper's duty,

Martha would have sat up all night When the doctor started for that

call out into the country, Helena was just getting into the stage at

the Stuffed Ani down the

hill, she lowered the mistedand looked back--then sank into