THREE:"Yes, yes," he replied, grumblingly, as he pocketed the coin, "Black Jack is easily satisfied."
THREE:She frowned, for she seemed to catch a ring of mockery in the respectful words. She wondered if it had always been there.
THREE:As for Reuben, he worked as hard as ever, but never spoke of it to his wife. He seemed to enjoy her society at meals, and now and then would take her out for a stroll along the lanes, or sit with her in the evening by the kitchen fire. Once more he liked to have her read him the papers; and though she understood no more than she had ever done, her voice had ceased to be dull and fretful. Then at night he would go up to his attic and drink in the smell of gorse at the window, till he grew drowsy and shut himself in with the smell of apples.
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