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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

rail of a piggery that stood on the left of the path, upon which Dick did the same; and they both contemplated a whitish shadowy form that was moving about and grunting among the straw of the interior.

'I've come to ask for Fancy,' said Dick.

'I'd as lief you hadn't.'

'Why should that be, Mr. Day?'

'Because it makes me say that you've come to ask for what ye be'n't likely to have. Have ye come for anything else?'

'Nothing,'

'Then I'll just tell ye you've come on a very foolish errand. D'ye know what her mother was?'

'No.'

'A governess in a county family, who was foolish enough to marry the keeper of the same establishment. D'ye think Fancy picked up her good manners, the smooth turn of her tongue, her musical skill, and

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