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The old man's glance was riveted upon the familiar handwriting of the faded letter, and without a word Hepsey started to read it, date and all, in a clear voice:

Hepsey Burke

"I think Maum 'Hepsey's idea a good one," said she.

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"Good morning, Jonathan," Hepsey called, as she presented herself at the woodshed door, where she caught Jonathan mending some of his underclothes laboriously.

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Still, she ate this meal with a becoming appetite, and after it was ended proposed that we should go and have a chat with Maum 'Hepsey.

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Again there was a pause; and as no one volunteered, Hepsey continued:

Hepsey Burke

For two hours Hepsey received all who were courageous enough to venture in, with most engaging smiles and cordial handshakes, until Silas was bordering on madness.

Hepsey Burke

Nanny and Maum 'Hepsey listened very sympathetically.

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Maum 'Hepsey demanded, her lower jaw dropping in such a surprised way that the black pipe fell out and barely escaped the lye hominy.

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We found Maum 'Hepsey in her cabin, sitting in a rickety old rocking-chair, a short black pipe in her mouth from which she was drawing vigorous whiffs of comfort.

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Hepsey remarked dryly, "I guess the less you say, the better."

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