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"He is a friend, who treated as a foe, / Now even more friendly than before doth show; / Who to his brother still remains a shield, / Although a sword for him his brother wield; / Who of the very stones against him cast, / Builds friendship's altar higher and more fast." / --Trench.
Having left this matter happily settled, Dr. Harford rode back to Herefordshire, finding sad evidence on every hand of the truth of the Rector's words, for though during the winter there was not so much fighting, the distress of the country people was even greater owing to the depredations of the soldiers on both sides, and the enforced contributions to maintain them in winter quarters.