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‘Now I must go. You have done me good, Bessy.’
‘Yes. I came here very sad, and rather too apt to think my own cause for grief was the only one in the world. And now I hear how you have had to bear for years, and that makes me stronger.’
‘Bless yo’! I thought a’ the good-doing was on the side of gentle folk. I shall get proud if I think I can do good to yo’.’
‘You won’t do it if you think about it. But you’ll only puzzle yourself if you do, that’s one comfort.’
‘Yo’re not like no one I ever seed. I dunno what to make of yo’.’
‘Nor I of myself. Good-bye!’
Bessy stilled her rocking to gaze after her.
‘I wonder if there are many folk like her down South. She’s like a breath of country air, somehow. She freshens me up above a bit. Who’d ha’ thought that face — as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of — could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she’ll sin. All on us must sin. I think a deal on her, for sure. But father does the like, I see. And Mary even. It’s not often hoo’s stirred up to notice much.’
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