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"Come in, little friend! dear Matabel! come into the kitchen, by the fire, and let us have a talk. " His voice was cheery, his greeting hearty, his manner frank.
He drew her along the passage, and brought her into the little kitchen in which that declaration had taken place, the very last time she had been within the doors of the inn, and he seated her in the settle, the very place she had occupied when he poured out his heart to her.