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 work. He had often been inclined to renew his visit to them and to ask after their daughter; but hitherto he had no more summoned up courage to do so than to mix with any of the other



people of the district. His innate shyness soon caused him to draw back from all personal intimacies, when—almost immediately after his first sermon—the people showed their unfriendly feeling towards him so plainly.