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26 How it Ended

           Justthinkofhisridingahorseoverthesestoneswithoutashoe!Why,ifhehadbeeninhisrightsenseshewouldjustassoonhavetriedtoridehimoverthemoon.I’mafraidithasbeentheoldthingoveragain.PoorSusan!shelookedawfullypalewhenshecametomyhousetoaskifhehadnotcomehome.Shemadebelieveshewasnotabitanxious,andtalkedofalotofthingsthatmighthavekepthim.Butforallthatshebeggedmetogoandmeethim.Butwhatmustwedo?There’sthehorsetogethomeaswellasthebody,andthatwillbenoeasymatter.”

           Thenfollowedaconversationbetweenthem,tillitwasagreedthatRobert,asthegroom,shouldleadme,andthatNedmusttakethebody.Itwasahardjobtogetitintothedog-cart,fortherewasnoonetoholdGinger;butsheknewaswellasIdidwhatwasgoingon,andstoodasstillasastone.Inoticedthat,because,ifshehadafault,itwasthatshewasimpatientinstanding.

           Nedstartedoffveryslowlywithhissadload,andRobertcameandlookedatmyfootagain;thenhetookhishandkerchiefandbounditcloselyround,andsoheledmehome.Ishallneverforgetthatnightwalk;itwasmorethanthreemiles.Robertledmeonveryslowly,andIlimpedandhobbledonaswellasIcouldwithgreatpain.Iamsurehewassorryforme,forheoftenpattedandencouragedme,talkingtomeinapleasantvoice.

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