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Chapter 25

           

           Theschoolmasterlookedroundupontheotherwomenasiftoentreatsomeoneamongthemtosayakindwordforhim,buttheyshooktheirheads,andmurmuredtoeachotherthattheyneverthoughttherewasmuchgoodinlearning,andthatthisconvincedthem.Withoutsayingawordinreply,orgivingthemalookofreproach,hefollowedtheoldwomanwhohadsummonedhim(andwhohadnowrejoinedthem)intoanotherroom,wherehisinfantfriend,half-dressed,laystretcheduponabed.

           Hewasaveryyoungboy;quitealittlechild.Hishairstillhungincurlsabouthisface,andhiseyeswereverybright;buttheirlightwasofHeaven,notearth.Theschoolmastertookaseatbesidehim,andstoopingoverthepillow,whisperedhisname.Theboysprungup,strokedhisfacewithhishand,andthrewhiswastedarmsroundhisneck,cryingoutthathewashisdearkindfriend.

           ‘IhopeIalwayswas.Imeanttobe,Godknows,’saidthepoorschoolmaster.

           ‘Whoisthat?’saidtheboy,seeingNell.‘Iamafraidtokissher,lestIshouldmakeherill.Askhertoshakehandswithme.’

           Thesobbingchildcamecloserup,andtookthelittlelanguidhandinhers.Releasinghisagainafteratime,thesickboylaidhimgentlydown.

           ‘Yourememberthegarden,Harry,’whisperedtheschoolmaster,anxioustorousehim,foradulnessseemedgatheringuponthechild,‘andhowpleasantitusedtobeintheeveningtime?Youmustmakehastetovisititagain,forIthinktheveryflowershavemissedyou,andarelessgaythantheyusedtobe

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