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138 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
revel in it ; but no bees came. Either they were<br />
too intent on doing their work in their own<br />
way to notice Henry's proceedings, or it was<br />
rather too late in the day for them to work much.<br />
Seeing there was no probability of their alight<br />
ing upon it that evening, and justly supposing<br />
it would be likely to wither and lose much of<br />
its sweetness before morning, he gathered it up<br />
in his arms<br />
and gave it to the hens.<br />
The supper hour had now arrived. I have<br />
said all along the supper hour ; because, though<br />
this evening meal usually has another name, it<br />
was called simply supper at Mr. Williams's.<br />
They drank water, and not tea; and Mrs.<br />
Williams had always been accustomed to call<br />
things by their right names.
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