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The gratitude with which James Little's wife received Hetty's proposition was so great that it softened even her father-in-law's heart.
"I do believe, Hetty," he said, when he gave her their answer, "I do believe that poor girl has suffered more 'n we've given her credit for. When I explained to her that you was goin' to take her right in to be like one o' your own family, she turned as white as a sheet, and says she, --