Sometimes he is a
beast and he commits terrible crimes, but he is often like an animal--a
dog. Kindness makes him forget an injury. With his strong animal nature
his affection is warm, and sometimes when he forgets revenge he has also
forgotten gratitude."
He fell into silence and they walked slowly along, now far behind the
others. She strove to lead him back into a discussion, but he would not
talk, and when they reached the house, she sat down alone, and he stood
out at the fence, looking up and down the road. A man came along and
asked him how much longer he expected to remain in the neighborhood,
and glancing round at the house, at the woman who sat near the door, he
replied: "Don't think I'm going to stay much longer. Have you had any
news from over my way?"
"None except they are anxious for you to come on back."
"Well, you may tell them that they may expect me soon."
That night the household went early to bed, with the exception of Old
Jasper who, with a candle, sat at his table, not reading the story
paper, but attempting to write.
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