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They found the miners in their Sunday clothes, some sitting on the ground, some on big boulders and piles of debris, some standing, and all smoking and waiting anxiously the arrival of Mr. Hansford. When they saw only Rob, with Elithe, their countenances fell.
"Where's the parson? Isn't he coming? " they asked, gathering around Elithe, who told them of her father's illness, and said she had brought the new music and would play and sing it for them.