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ADAM BEDE.
"Where will she be the rest o' the day?" said Adam.
"She said she shouldn't leave the Farm again to-day," said Seth, "because it's her last Sabbath there, and she's going t' read oot o' the big Bible wi' the children."
Adam thought—but did not say—"Then I'll go this afternoon; for if I go to church, my thoughts 'ull be with her all the while. They must sing th' anthem without me to-day."