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"Well, to be sure, there never was a little woman so full of hope and / tenderness, and love and anxiety, as this little woman / was. " -- _Dickens._
The next hour passed pleasantly enough; the Claytons devoted / themselves to their guests' entertainment with an open-heartedness / and simple hospitality that seemed natural to them.