He came up straight to her father whose hands he took and wrung without a word holding them in his for a minute or two during which time his face his eyes his look told of more sympathy than could be put into words.
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I am the mother that bore you and your sorrow is my agony and if you dont hate her i do
Then mother you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you and I must make the balance even.
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In a few minutes tea was brought. Very delicate was the china very old the plate very thin the breadandbutter and very small the lumps of sugar. Sugar was evidently Mrs. Jamiesons favourite economy.
- Elizabeth Gaskell