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"She'll be none displeased," said Adam, emphatically, getting up and throwing off his coat. "It might be a great happiness to us all, if she'd have thee, for mother took to her so wonderful, and seemed so contented to be with her."
"Ay," said Seth, rather timidly, '"and Dinah's fond o' Hetty too: she thinks a deal about her."
Adam made no reply to that, and no other word but "good-night" passed between them.
