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 fruit of your labour. Moſt readily, ſaid Thomas; ſet your mind at eaſe, dear mother. I will work myſelf to pay, ſaid Robert, as ſoon as I am able.

As he uttered theſe words, the landlord of the cottage called at the door, and deſired Thomas to ſtep out to him. Suſan knew his voice, and vas greatly agitated, and ſaid, what will become of us now? He will turn us out of the cottage before my eyes are cloſed; but recollecting herſelf, ſhe prayed to to ſupport her, and ſhow mercy upon her dear ſon, and his children; and was immediately comforted. Perhaps, thought ſhe, it was God who conducted the landlord hither at this inſtant, that I might diſcharge my heart of the reſentment I feel againſt him, for obliging my for to ſell his goods in order to pay hin the laſt year's rent, and that I might pray for him before I die. Be it ſo, O my I no longer bear enmity againſt him; forgive him this cruelty, I beſeech thee, as I forgive it.

As the ended this prayer, ſhe heard the landlord raiſe his voice, and ſuppoſing that he was going to diſtreſs her ſon again, ſhe fainted away. Robert immediately flew to fetch his father, and cried out, that his grand-mother was dead; but by the time they got into the houſe ſhe was come to herſelf, and mentioned the fear which had cauſed her to ſwoon.