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"I hardly like taking thee out this wet day, Phineas-but it is a comfort to have thee."

Perhaps it was, for John was bent on a trying errand. He was going to communicate to Mr. Brithwood of the Mythe, Ursula's legal guardian and trustee, the fact that she had promised him her hand-him, John Halifax, the tanner. He did it-nay, insisted upon doing