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Paul now began to help with the farming. He faithfully kept the vow / which he had made on the morning of his confirmation. He worked like / the meanest of his servants, and when his mother begged him to spare / himself, he kissed her hand and replied, "You know we have a great deal / to make good."
In the evening, when the servants had retired to rest and the twins had / frollicked till they fell asleep, mother and son often sat together for / hours and planned and calculated; but when some resolution had ripened / within them and a gleam of hope shone from their eyes, it often happened / that they would suddenly start and let their heads droop with a sigh; / but neither of them gave utterance to that which weighed on their minds.