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"WHO is that talking in the house?" asked Joel of Abigail the morning / after the feast. He had been playing in the garden with Jesse, and / paused just outside the door as he heard voices.
"Only father and Phineas, now," answered Abigail. "Simon the oil-seller / has just been here, and I am sure you could not guess his errand. It was / about you."