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106 find wersens in t' place He wanted us sooner than we thought for."

"It is all a muddle, Ben. I feel varry near broken-hearted this morning."

"Nay, nay, my lass! Thou musn't speak in that fashion. And there is nothing mends sooner than a broken heart, if it be a good heart. Thou hed better see Burley about thy brother. T' master will do right, ay, he will that, whether he wants to do it or not."

About ten o'clock Sarah left her loom and went to Jonathan's office. She was the last person whom he expected to see there; and when he said, Come in, in response to her knock, he did not turn to see to whom he had spoken.

"I'm in trouble, and I hev come to you, master."

He lifted his head and looked pitifully at her.

"I'm in trouble too, Sarah, and I hev been thinking about going to my Master with it; only a woman's quarrelling and fratching is such a thing to trouble Him with. Yet, as He made women, He'll know how to deal with 'em, if any one does. But I'm not thinking of thee, dear lass. How can I help thee?"