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Chapter 16.

Letters

In the cold grey dawn, the sisters lit their lamp and read their chapter with an earnestness

never felt before.

For now, the shadow of a real trouble had come.

The little books were full of help and comfort, and as they dressed, they agreed to say goodbye

cheerfully and hopefully, and send their mother on her anxious journey unsatened by tears

or complaints from them.

Everything seemed very strange when they went down, so dim and still outside, so full of

light and bustle within.

Breakfast at that early hour seemed odd, and even Hannah's familiar face booked unnatural

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