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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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THE GEHENNA. 101<br />

" I had muck ra<strong>the</strong>r have a pipe <strong>of</strong> this<br />

new stuff called tob— tob-ak, or some such<br />

name, or a glass <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> stuff our old friar<br />

shows in his red nose."<br />

"I always thought, Guiseppe, that<br />

you'd a bit <strong>of</strong> a heart. You've known<br />

m<strong>an</strong>y <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong>y call heretics, <strong>an</strong>d I am<br />

sure <strong>the</strong>y are fair, honest-dealing people.<br />

M<strong>an</strong>y kindnesses we had from a family at<br />

La Baudene. I have long gone for my<br />

groceries to La Tour, <strong>an</strong>d not to Lucerna,<br />

for wife says <strong>the</strong> stuff's better <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong><br />

qu<strong>an</strong>tity's more."<br />

" You put your stomach's interest before<br />

your Church; you w<strong>an</strong>t a touch <strong>of</strong> this,"<br />

said Guiseppe, playing with <strong>an</strong> iron vice<br />

"this is what Fa<strong>the</strong>r Eorengo calls a con-<br />

science scrubber."<br />

" Nay, you know what wages are now."<br />

" I don't know much about it—I only<br />

know I should think my head screwed on<br />

<strong>the</strong> wrong way if I couldn't, at my time <strong>of</strong><br />

life, live by o<strong>the</strong>r people's labour. I keep<br />

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