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The Country of the Pointed Firs
·
Sarah Orne Jewett
85
“The
minister
come
back
pretty
soon,
and
I
told
him
I
was
all
ready,
and
we
started
down
to
the
bo't.
He
had
picked
up
some
round
stones
and
things
and
was
carrying
them
in
his
pocket-handkerchief;
an'
he
sat
down
amidships
without
making
any
question,
and
let
me
take
the
rudder
an'
work
the
bo't,
an'
made
no
remarks
for
some
time,
until
we
sort
of
eased
it
off
speaking
of
the
weather,
an'
subjects
that
arose
as
we
skirted
Black
Island,
where
two
or
three
families
lived
belongin'
to
the
parish.
He
preached
next
Sabbath
as
usual,
somethin'
high
soundin'
about
the
creation,
and
I
couldn't
help
thinkin'
he
might
never
get
no
further;
he
seemed
to
know
no
remedies,
but
he
had
a
great
use
of
words.”
Mrs.
Fosdick
sighed
again.
“Hearin'
you
tell
about
Joanna
brings
the
time
right
back
as
if
'twas
yesterday,”
she
said.
“Yes,
she
was
one
o'
them
poor
things
that
talked
about
the
great
sin;
we
don't
seem
to
hear
nothing
about
the
unpardonable
sin
now,
but
you
may
say
'twas
not
uncommon
then.”
“I
expect
that
if
it
had
been
in
these
days,
such
a
person
would
be
plagued
to
death
with
idle
folks,”
continued
Mrs.
Todd,
after
a
long
pause.
“As
it
was,
nobody
trespassed
on
her;
all
the
folks
about
the
bay
respected
her
an'
her
feelings;
but
as
time
wore
on,
after
you
left
here,
one
after
another
ventured
to
make
occasion
to
put
somethin'
ashore
for
her
if
they
went
that
way.
I
know
mother
used
to
go
to
see
her
sometimes,
and
send
William
over
now
and
then
with
something
fresh
an'
nice
from
the
farm.
There
is
a
point
on
the
sheltered
side
where
you
can
lay
a
boat
close
to
shore
an'
land
anything
safe
on
the
turf
out
o'
reach
o'
the
water.
There
were
one
or
two
others,
old
folks,
that
she
would
see,
and
now
an'
then
she'd
hail
a
passin'
boat
an'
ask
for
somethin';
and
mother
got
her
to
promise
that
she
would
make
some
sign
to
the
Black
Island
folks
if
she
wanted
help.
I
never
saw
her
myself
to
speak
to
after
that
day.”
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