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sound sleep refreshed Dokesbury, and re-stored the tone to his overtaxed nerves. Whenhe came out in the morning, Elias was alreadyin the kitchen. He too had slept off his indis-position, but it had been succeeded . by a painfulembarrassment that proved an effectual barrierto all intercourse with him. ‘The ministertalked lightly and amusingly, but the boy neverraised his eyes from his plate, and only spoke 57
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