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do you love brother ?
you may wait here mary
i do not especially wish for it
that one so young should be so hardened !
maybe .
'maybe ? ' alas it is certainly ! oh why why do you absent yourself from the house of god ? let us pray !
a hardened sinner poor lovely creature ! so young and so lost ! i believe that she dislikes me ! she says she loves dr . lavendar yes she must dislike me . is my manner too severe ? perhaps my appearance is unattractive .
he only likes sinners and oh i am not a sinner !
do you have doubts concerning the soundness of either of the ministersthe old man or the young man ?
oh no sir
do you dislike themthe young man or the old man ?
oh no father . i loveone of them .
then why not go to his church ? either minister can give you the seeds of salvation one not less than the other . why not sit under either ministry ?
i do n't know
and ii unworthy as i was ! i heard the voice speaking through a sister 's lips and it said oh sinner ! for what for what what can separate separate from the love . . . oh nothing . oh nothing . oh nothing .
i heard it
you are teaching fenn 's sister to sew ? very nice ! very nice !
will you tell brother the doctor said i behaved better than the circus lion when his tooth was pulled ?
indeed i will mary !
an ' he said he 'd rather pull my tooth than a lion 's tooth ?
of course i 'll tell him .
miss philly shall i dream of my tooth do you suppose ?
i hope i will it means something nice . i forget what now .
dreams do n't mean anything mary .
oh yes they do ! mrs . semple has a dreambook and she reads it to me every day an ' she reads me what my dreams mean . sometimes i have n't any dreams but she reads all the same . did you ever dream about a black ox walking on its back legs ? i never did . i do n't want to . it means trouble .
goosey !
if you dream of the moon it means you are going to have a beau who 'll love you .
little girls must n't talk about love such things are foolish mary you are going to have a beau !
it is n't right to read them to the child it 's a foolish book mary i never saw such a book .
i 'll bring it the next time i come
oh no no it 's a wrong book . i could n't read such a book exceptexcept to tell you how foolish and wrong it is .
did you bring that foolish book ?
i 'most forgot ! yes ma'am i got it . i 'll show what it says about the black ox
no you need n't you pick some more seeds for me and i'lljust look at it .
any number of young females shall take a handful of wheaten flour
to know whether a man shall have the woman he wishes . wish
a charm to charm a man 's love . let a young maid pick of rosemary two roots of monk'shood
there is no harm in it
somebody making herb tea and stealing my business ?
what is this smell of herbs philippa ? are you making a drink for hannah ? oh no father
ah i see you do n't give away your secrets to a rival but do n't give your tea to hannah without telling me what it is .
oh no sir . tea add the philter to the drink of one who loved her not
please i wo n't come to church yet .
you mean you will come sometime ?
yes sometime .
behold now is the accepted time !
i will come . . . afterwards .
after what ?
after after you stop caring for my soul .
we always have tea get your sundaygotomeeting dress on
oh i do not look wicked
on the contrary her face is pleasing
will you taste it and see if it is right ?
is itagreeable ?
very very indeed it is perhaps a little strong that is if i could be sure i was not out of my mind at the time
the voice ! no . not that . he is dying . do n't you see ? that 's what it is . he is dying .
he is going to die
drink it ! drink it i tell ye ! i believe you 're poisoned !
he shall not die
say where are you bound for ? what 's your hurry ? oh just for a minute ? doctor hurry he 'll die hurry i killed him . doctor hurry he'lloh i must n't talk ! it takes my breath i ca n't talkifirun
no do n't try to tell me what it is i 'll put jinny into the buggy and we 'll get back in a jiffy . i understand hannah is worse .
not . . . hannah
your father ?
not father mr . fenn
do n't try to talk
i wanted him to love me . i used a charm . it was wicked .
come come not wicked a little foolish perhaps . a new frock and a rose in your hair and a smile at another man would be enough of a charm my dear .
it was not enough . i wore my best frock and i went to dr . lavendar 's church
good gracious !
they were not enough . so i used a charm . i made a drink
ah ! what was in the drink miss philly ?
perhaps it was not the right herb it may have been 'motherwort ' but the book said 'monk'shood ' and i
aconite !
will he live ? i hope so i hope so ! it 's his own fault why in thunder did n't he fall in love like a man instead of making the child resort tog'on jinny ! g'on !
he is gone ! poor lad poor boy !
bless the lord !
he 's asking for philly
it must have been poison when he gets over it he will tell us what it was .
i do n't believe he will
i will tell himand perhaps god will forgive me .
no you won'tanyhow at present . take that child upstairs hannah and put her to bed . she ran all the way to old chester to get me