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CHAPTER XX C. B.’s Task Concludes
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As they sped away through the pleasant New England scenery towards New Bedford, Mary Stewart was entirely1 happy. She sat by her lover’s side on one of the seats in the crowded car, entirely oblivious2 of the admiring glances directed at her by the men and at him by the women. She had all the literature of that stern historic coast at her tongue’s end, although this was her first actual visit, and vividly3 remembered now, as she had never done before, how deeply the story of the Pilgrim Fathers would touch her beloved one. And so she chatted away, interesting him beyond measure, but with all a woman’s tact4, keeping back the painful side, the cruel intolerance, the witch burnings, whippings and other cruelties practised in the name of the gentle Saviour5 by a community which had only just escaped from the same sort of treatment.
So the time flew by until the train drew up at the funny little old station at New Bedford, much the same then as it is now, for the American railways do not believe in spending much money either on permanent way or stations. And as the train stopped, a bonny but sad-eyed woman pressed her face to the window of the car, and Captain Taber, forgetting his pain, rose up and tried to open the sash, for it was his wife. The effort was too much[Pg 290] for him and he sank back into C. B.’s arms, ready to receive him, while she, having also recognized her beloved one, though so sadly changed, came gliding6 round with the swiftness of love up the aisle7, and dodging8 under C. B.’s supporting arms laid the dear head on her breast. “My boy, my love, what have they done to you? My pet, my own!” At this sacred scene all eyes turned away, and most of them were wet.
But C. B., who had only yielded a little from
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17 modesty | |
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27 luxurious | |
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38 exhausted | |
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39 contention | |
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40 jealousy | |
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48 puff | |
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55 picturesque | |
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56 amazement | |
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57 obsequious | |
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58 steward | |
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60 mighty | |
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61 steamship | |
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64 berth | |
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79 enchantment | |
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82 entanglement | |
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88 distressed | |
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94 callous | |
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95 luncheon | |
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