? ? ? ? "I am ready, Frank," said Grace, entering the room. "Shall we go?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, Grace. There is no use in stopping here any longer."
? ? ? ? As he spoke he heard the outer door open, and a minute later Deacon Pinkerton entered the room.
? ? ? ? None of the deacon's pompousness was abated as he entered the house and the room.
? ? ? ? "Will you take a seat?" said our hero, with the air of master of the house.
? ? ? ? "I intended to," said the deacon, not acknowledging his claim. "So your poor mother is gone?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir," said Frank, briefly.
? ? ? ? "We must all die," said the deacon, feeling that it was incumbent on him to say something religious. "Ahem! your mother died poor? She left no property?"
? ? ? ? "It was not her fault."
? ? ? ? "Of course not.
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