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35 As many of their betters—and for Leonard!

The very night before he went away,

In my own house I put into his hand

A Bible, and I'd wager twenty pounds,

That, if he is alive, he has it yet.

LEONARD.

It seems, these Brothers have not liv'd to be

A comfort to each other.—

PRIEST.

That they might

Live to that end, is what both old and young

In this our valley all of us have wish'd,

And what, for my part, I have often pray'd:

But Leonard—

LEONARD.

Then James still is left among you—

PRIEST.

'Tis of the elder Brother I am speaking: