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HAROLD THORNTON'S RETURN HOME. 45<br />

had n't I better go an' ask him how about<br />

dinner? Tew think <strong>of</strong> his lyin' thar an' havin'<br />

no more sense than not tew know that it's<br />

time things war set agoin'. But t<strong>her</strong>e ! he<br />

never did know how tew reHsh his food like<br />

a Christian. He alius did try me in that<br />

way, an' I don't wonder that the missus<br />

found him hard to put up with."<br />

" I dare say he's tired," said Clare. " I<br />

know I heard him say yesterday he had a<br />

long round before him"—which was a pure<br />

fiction <strong>of</strong> Clare's, invented for the occasion<br />

—<br />

" but I'll go and knock at his door, and ask<br />

him if you shall take him anything."<br />

She knocked, but no answer came— she<br />

listened, but the deep, heavy breathing <strong>of</strong><br />

last night had ceased. " Was he dead ?"<br />

Her conscience smote <strong>her</strong> just a little—this<br />

would be more than she had counted on<br />

she had to pause and collect <strong>her</strong> courage<br />

before she had nerve enough this time to<br />

open the door and look in.

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