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cottage. She and her three little orphan grand- 

 children called out " Good evening " to me and 

 waved their hands. I hurried from the presence 

 of this widow and these fatherless. So does 

 civilisation take the pith out of the natural man. 

 And you would never believe the trouble that 

 Chavender and Wickham and I met with next 

 day in getting two brace of trout for Mrs. Pes- 

 cod one from Purfling and one from us. The 

 good woman nearly fell down dead from sheer 

 joy. And my wife (being deceived) was pleased 

 with me. And we were all filled. And Purfling 

 is under an obligation to me. And confession 

 is good for the soul. 



And, while I am confessing, let me say that 

 Chavender caught three and Wickham one of 

 those four fishes. 



