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^Thank you察 miss。 If you please察 miss察 did you know a poor
person of the name of Jenny拭院
^A brickmaker¨s wife察Charley拭Yes。 ̄
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^She came and spoke to me when I was out a little while ago察
and said you knew her察miss。 She asked me if I wasn¨t the young
lady¨s little maid!meaning you for the young lady察 miss!and I
said yes察miss。 ̄
^I thought she had left this neighbourhood altogether察
Charley。 ̄
^So she had察miss察but she¨s come back again to where she used
to live!she and Liz。 Did you know another poor person of the
name of Liz察miss拭院
^I think I do察Charley察though not by name。 ̄
^That¨s what she said 院 returned Charley。 ^They have both
come back察miss察and have been tramping high and low。 ̄
^Tramping high and low察have they察Charley拭院
^Yes察miss。 ̄ If Charley could only have made the letters in her
copy as round as the eyes with which she looked into my face察they
would have been excellent。 ^And this poor person came about the
house three or four days察hoping to get a glimpse of you察miss!all
she wanted察she said!but you were away。 That was when she saw
me。 She saw me a going about察 miss察院 said Charley察 with a short
laugh of the greatest delight and pride察 and she thought I looked
like your maid 院
^Did she though察really察Charley拭院
^Yes察miss 院said Charley察 really and truly。 ̄ And Charley察with
another short laugh of the purest glee察made her eyes very round
again察and looked as serious as became my maid。 I was never tired
of seeing Charley in the full enjoyment of that great dignity察
standing before me with her youthful face and figure察 and her
steady manner察 and her childish exultation breaking through it
now and then in the pleasantest way。
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^And where did you see her察Charley拭院said I。
My little maid¨s countenance fell察 as she replied察 By the
doctor¨s shop察miss。 ̄ For Charley wore her black frock yet。
I asked if the brickmaker¨s wife were ill察but Charley said No。 It
was some one else。 Some one in her cottage who had tramped
down to Saint Alban¨s察and was tramping he didn¨t know where。 A
poor boy察Charley said。 No father察no mother察no any one。 ^Like as
Tom might have been察 miss察 if Emma and me had died after
father察院said Charley察her round eyes filling with tears。
^And she was getting medicine for him察Charley拭院
^She said察miss察院returned Charley察 how that he had once done
as much for her。 ̄
My little maid¨s face was so eager察 and her quiet hands were
folded so closely in one another as she stood looking at me察that I
had no great difficulty in reading her thoughts。 ^Well察 Charley察院
said I察 it appears to me that you and I can do no better than go
round to Jenny¨s and see what¨s the matter。 ̄
The alacrity with which Charley brought my bonnet and veil察
and察 having dressed me察 quaintly pinned herself into her warm
shawl and made herself look like a little old woman察 sufficiently
expressed her readiness。 So Charley and I察 without saying
anything to any one察went out。
It was a cold察wild night察and the trees shuddered in the wind。
The rain had been thick and heavy all day察 and with little
intermission for many days。 None was falling just then察 however。
The sky had partly cleared察but was very gloomy!even above us察
where a few stars were shining。 In the north and northwest察where
the sun had set three hours before察 there was a pale dead light
both beautiful and awful察 and into it long sullen lines of cloud
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waved up察 like a sea stricken immovable as it was heaving。
Towards London察 a lurid glare overhung the whole dark waste察
and the contrast between these two lights察and the fancy which the
redder light engendered of an unearthly fire察gleaming on all the
unseen buildings of the city察 and on all the faces of its many
thousands of wondering inhabitants察was as solemn as might be。
I had no thought察 that night!none察 I am quite sure!of what
was soon to happen to me。 But I have always remembered since察
that when we had stopped at the garden gate to look up at the sky察
and when we went upon our way察 I had for a moment an
undefinable impression of myself as being something different
from what I then was。 I know it was then察and there察that I had it。 I
have ever since connected the feeling with that spot and time察and
with everything associated with that spot and time察to the distant
voices in the town察the barking of a dog察and the sound of wheels
coming down the miry hill。
It was Saturday night察and most of the people belonging to the
place where we were going察were drinking elsewhere。 We found it
quieter than I had previously seen it察 though quite as miserable。
The kilns were burning察and a stifling vapour set towards us with a
pale blue glare。
We came to the cottage察where there was a feeble candle in the
patched window。 We tapped at the door and went in。 The mother
of the little child who had died察was sitting in a chair on one side of
the poor fire by the bed察 and opposite to her察 a wretched boy察
supported by the chimney´piece察 was cowering on the floor。 He
held under his arm察like a little bundle察 a fragment of a fur cap察
and as he tried to warm himself察he shook until the crazy door and
window shook。 The place was closer than before察 and had an
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unhealthy察and a very peculiar smell。
I had not lifted my veil when I first spoke to the woman察which
was at the moment of our going in。 The boy staggered up instantly察
and stared at me with a remarkable expression of surprise and
terror。
His action was so quick察 and my being the cause of it was so
evident察that I stood still察instead of advancing nearer。
^I won¨t go no more to the berryin ground察院muttered the boy察
^I ain¨t a´going there察so I tell you 院
I lifted my veil and spoke to the woman。 She said to me in a low
voice察 Don¨t mind him察ma¨am。 He¨ll soon come back to his head察院
and said to him察 Jo察Jo察what¨s the matter拭院
^I know wot she¨s come for 院cried the boy。
^Who拭院
^The lady there。 She¨s come to get me to go along with her to
the berryin ground。 I won¨t go to the berryin ground。 I don¨t like
the name of it。 She might go a´berryin me 院His shivering came on
again察and as he leaned against the wall察he shook the hovel。