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The Country of the Pointed Firs
·
Sarah Orne Jewett
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“She
looked
the
same
way,
sad
an'
remote
through
it
all,”
said
Mrs.
Todd
mournfully.
“She
took
hold
of
my
hand,
and
we
sat
down
close
together;
'twas
as
if
she
turned
round
an'
made
a
child
of
me.
'I
haven't
got
no
right
to
live
with
folks
no
more,'
she
said.
'You
must
never
ask
me
again,
Almiry:
I've
done
the
only
thing
I
could
do,
and
I've
made
my
choice.
I
feel
a
great
comfort
in
your
kindness,
but
I
don't
deserve
it.
I
have
committed
the
unpardonable
sin;
you
don't
understand,'
says
she
humbly.
'I
was
in
great
wrath
and
trouble,
and
my
thoughts
was
so
wicked
towards
God
that
I
can't
expect
ever
to
be
forgiven.
I
have
come
to
know
what
it
is
to
have
patience,
but
I
have
lost
my
hope.
You
must
tell
those
that
ask
how
'tis
with
me,'
she
said,
'an'
tell
them
I
want
to
be
alone.'
I
couldn't
speak;
no,
there
wa'n't
anything
I
could
say,
she
seemed
so
above
everything
common.
I
was
a
good
deal
younger
then
than
I
be
now,
and
I
got
Nathan's
little
coral
pin
out
o'
my
pocket
and
put
it
into
her
hand;
and
when
she
saw
it
and
I
told
her
where
it
come
from,
her
face
did
really
light
up
for
a
minute,
sort
of
bright
an'
pleasant.
'Nathan
an'
I
was
always
good
friends;
I'm
glad
he
don't
think
hard
of
me,'
says
she.
'I
want
you
to
have
it,
Almiry,
an'
wear
it
for
love
o'
both
o'
us,'
and
she
handed
it
back
to
me.
'You
give
my
love
to
Nathan,--he's
a
dear
good
man,'
she
said;
'an'
tell
your
mother,
if
I
should
be
sick
she
mustn't
wish
I
could
get
well,
but
I
want
her
to
be
the
one
to
come.'
Then
she
seemed
to
have
said
all
she
wanted
to,
as
if
she
was
done
with
the
world,
and
we
sat
there
a
few
minutes
longer
together.
It
was
real
sweet
and
quiet
except
for
a
good
many
birds
and
the
sea
rollin'
up
on
the
beach;
but
at
last
she
rose,
an'
I
did
too,
and
she
kissed
me
and
held
my
hand
in
hers
a
minute,
as
if
to
say
good-by;
then
she
turned
and
went
right
away
out
o'
the
door
and
disappeared.
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