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Mrs. Heath looked at the little array of coins set out upon her lodger's breakfast tray and took them almost reluctantly into her fingers.
"That's right, isn't it, Mrs. Heath?" Bliss asked, with an attempt at cheerfulness,--"nineteen and sevenpence, and little enough for all you've done for me."