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Adam rose up and put his arone He was happy as he could be for his mother,

and happier than he ever before had been for hi afternoon, Kate took the car and went to see Agatha

instead of husking corn She dressed with care and arrived about

three o'clock, leading Poll in whitest white, with cheeks still

rosy frohted

to see them She said they were the first of the faht they had co of them Then she told Kate about her illness She said

it dated from father Bates stroke, and the dreadful days

i, when Adam had completely lost self-control,

and she had not been able to influence him "I think it broke my

heart," she said siatha said: "Kate, what is this I hear about Robert? Have

you been informed that Mrs Southey is back in Hartley, and that

she is working every possible chance and using hed heartily and suddenly She never had heard

"blandishain self-possession Agatha spoke again

"It's no laughing matter," she said "The report has every ear-

deeply We all loved Nancy Ellen We all suffered severely and

lost so that never could be replaced when she went Of