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Chapter XVIII

           Hespokeofhisfriend’sdislikeoftheburningheats,thehurricanes,andrainyseasonsofthatregion. IknewMr.Rochesterhadbeenatraveller:Mrs.Fairfaxhadsaidso;butIthoughtthecontinentofEuropehadboundedhiswanderings;tillnowIhadneverheardahintgivenofvisitstomoredistantshores. 

           Iwasponderingthesethings,whenanincident,andasomewhatunexpectedone,brokethethreadofmymusings. Mr.Mason,shiveringassomeonechancedtoopenthedoor,askedformorecoaltobeputonthefire,whichhadburntoutitsflame,thoughitsmassofcinderstillshonehotandred. Thefootmanwhobroughtthecoal,ingoingout,stoppednearMr.Eshton’schair,andsaidsomethingtohiminalowvoice,ofwhichIheardonlythewords,"oldwoman,""quitetroublesome." 

           "Tellhersheshallbeputinthestocksifshedoesnottakeherselfoff,"repliedthemagistrate. 

           "Nostop!"interruptedColonelDent. "Don’tsendheraway,Eshton;wemightturnthethingtoaccount;betterconsulttheladies." Andspeakingaloud,hecontinued"Ladies,youtalkedofgoingtoHayCommontovisitthegipsycamp; SamheresaysthatoneoftheoldMotherBunchesisintheservants’hallatthismoment,andinsistsuponbeingbroughtinbefore‘thequality,’totellthemtheirfortunes. 

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