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THE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER. 173
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almost romantic sentiment ; for the wear and tear of business had not made Maria ' s heart a whit less womanly . little she took assistant
When Miss Denny was a past forty an into devolved her business and in , order upon to whom occupy the the heavier greater part leisure of the obtained work
by This at the this required arrangement , artm Mary ents ' over s , she assistance the bethoug shop and ht thoug herself she h became some of stud said a y dai ing that ly French visitor just . ap
to read Madame de Sevigne's letters , with her cousin , and hear her What The funny was , remarks then around ? listen , was our and not villag jud the ge e real for thoug yourselves motive h of the of . her tamer coming kind .
scenery , , was their very fertile pretty furrowed . There bosoms were to gentl the y skies undulating ; the silvery hills , stream baring *
cl stealing acking mill along to in do dreamy a stroke idleness of work , ; until the bending compelled meadows by the
melod hanging fir copses lantations , where blackbird whence issued and thrush the coo poured -coo of out the wood their ,
banks pigeon y were ; ; and starred p last , not garlanded , least , deep and green perfumed bowery by a lanes profusion , whose of
wild flowerswhich , almost smothered , the tiny rills of water th " qniet at danced tunes , . over " Such bright scenery pebbles we sin thoug ging ht day deserved and ni to g be ht more their
widel conscious y known meri , t and that it was we therefore hailed the with a triumphan of t a throb of appearance young
, artist George among fellow Hill us who yard . , soon was won a handsome golden , inions sturdy , and frank was -looking none
young the less liked , for being an acquaintance op of Mary , Stoughton ' s . At least it appeared that he was , for the very first morning after
his arrivalhe was loitering before the shop door when she cantered dismount up , , Miss and Denny instantly as hastened was her wont forward came to assist running her out to
to welcome . her favourite , , and naturally invited , the young man infrom that time her house became his daily lounge ; and so
some onl ; that peop M le said went that thither it was . not to read Madame de Sevigne
y ary towii Mary and had it was just th previousl ere probabl y been y she stay had ing made at N this — - — acquaintance , the county
for he , was not known to her fatheror at least we could not find , Mary that he mounted ever went her to Benton to return ' s . , He to used saunter , certainl by her y , when side ;
but sketching then this bits was for probably th pony never that went she , by mi the ght strai show ht him road good but
unfrequente turned down d p the , laces deep ; but ey lanes "before , and she were reached met sig in ht g all of her sorts home , of
he had always disappeared .
The Village Shopkeeper. 173
THE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER . 173
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 2, 1863, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02111863/page/29/
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