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THE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPEB. 175
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her under ready the sympath circumstances y , and , listened when his patientl rage had y , soothed burnt itself him with out , blame in
it she with impossible exp her lained father " she , that for should th Mary at his was do ( George otherwise not to ' s ) . " violence As taking indi had gnation - made part
foun subsided d she , bitter had now disappointment a harder task took to its perform place , , namel and Maria y , to into his
heart comfort : yet a dejected she succeeded lover and partiall h breath it sounds y , e aided hop terribl e by her unromanti own despondin sanguine b g
a nature good little , comfortable and parlour partiall at y cup , ten thoug of o ' clock tea ; so at ni that ght wh he en was y Greorg altogether e left c , the in y
snug different frame of mind from when he entered , it . attraction a Instead drew of returning him on towards straight Benton to his ' s . lod Al gings thoug an h invincible there was
no corner distance moon of , the it One was road li a ht , the bri alone g mass ht twinkled starli of buildings ght along night rose the , and broad diml on y and turning lit some in the a -
what vul . gar front g of the dwelling-house , and George concluded hap that s it over came the from harsh Mary words ' s ch he amber had uttered . She in was his sorrowing passion ! , per Sad
and , self-condemned he turned to retrace his steps ; yet one more look—ha I what was that sudden glow in the air ! what house ! Incendiarism
had was reached that light here flickering —the stacks on the were gable on of fire the ! what could he do alone ?
no he At must danger first get George and hel it p would sprang from the be forwar village useless d , but ; to the alarm house its probabl inmates y was before in
assistance was at hand . In an incredibly short time he reentered the street and roused its inhabitantswhohalf terrified
numbers half thrilling to the with scene . pleasure As the at the crowd excitem , reached ent , , flocked the turn in of , eager
the road them whence red Benton flames ' s was were visible burs , ting a cry forth of horror from broke various out parts among of the premises ; and a huge canopy of smoke overhung
the house itself . Then , it was remembered that Benton ' s was onl some y new of the fronted outhouses , that wer the e th back atched part . " was Th very wil old l be , and burnt that in ey
their beds" was murmured from , one to another ; it reached than George sent ' s ears , him , it on made at a his pace hear which t stand quickl still y for out- a distanced second , and his
companions . preventing trasting Greorge That concluded one curiously the lig latter ht to s with till being be twinkled Mary the noticed red , and in g b lar whom y the e the outside chamber ni he ght now , watch and window proceeded er probabl , whom con to y - at the
: ouse to a sense of her danger , by knocking furiously
The Village Shopkeepeb. 175
THE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPEB . 175
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 2, 1863, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02111863/page/31/
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