“Yes,” I said. “You know I told Janet that for this part of the affair we could trust to the fool’s Providence.”

“Thank you,” said Jonathan.


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III

Evenings on the Farm

I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;

I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may);

I shan’t be gone long.—You come too.