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Chapter 9

           Whatwasitthathetoldthee?Nothingmorethanthathewouldseemeto-morrowornextday?Thatwasinthenote.’

           ‘Nothingmore,’saidthechild.‘ShallIgotohimagainto-morrow,deargrandfather?Veryearly?Iwillbethereandback,beforebreakfast.’

           Theoldmanshookhishead,andsighingmournfully,drewhertowardshim.

           ‘’Twouldbeofnouse,mydear,noearthlyuse.Butifhedesertsme,Nell,atthismomentifhedesertsmenow,whenIshould,withhisassistance,berecompensedforallthetimeandmoneyIhavelost,andalltheagonyofmindIhaveundergone,whichmakesmewhatyousee,Iamruined,andworse,farworsethanthathaveruinedthee,forwhomIventuredall.Ifwearebeggars!’

           ‘Whatifweare?’saidthechildboldly.‘Letusbebeggars,andbehappy.’

           ‘Beggarsandhappy!’saidtheoldman.‘Poorchild!’

           ‘Deargrandfather,’criedthegirlwithanenergywhichshoneinherflushedface,tremblingvoice,andimpassionedgesture,‘IamnotachildinthatIthink,butevenifIam,ohhearmepraythatwemaybeg,orworkinopenroadsorfields,toearnascantyliving,ratherthanliveaswedonow.’

           ‘Nelly!’saidtheoldman.

           ‘Yes,yes,ratherthanliveaswedonow,’thechildrepeated,moreearnestlythanbefore.‘Ifyouaresorrowful,letmeknowwhyandbesorrowfultoo;ifyouwasteawayandarepalerandweakereveryday,letmebeyournurseandtrytocomfortyou.

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