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The Portion of Labor

CHAPTER X
12/21

You must take all the wind.

You can wrap this shawl all around your face and ears, and I don't want it." "No, thank you; I'm plenty warm," Eva replied.

She swallowed hard, and set her mouth hard.

There was something about this kindness of her old disapprover which touched her deeply, and moved her to weakness more than had the sight of her recreant love with another girl.

Fanny saw the little quiver pass over her sister's face, and leaned over and whispered.
"I shouldn't be a mite surprised if that girl asked Jim to take her.
It would be just like her." "It don't make any odds whether she did or not," returned Eva, with no affectation of secrecy.


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