The expounding and the prayers were over. Seth had lighted his pipe; so had Roger Heath, the baker, from Pudcombe village. A great cool jug of ale stood on the table, and the setting sun sent his rays into the room, tempered by a screen of jessamine and vine leaves that hung down outside the window.

“Ah! And reason too!” said Seth gruffly. “He’s been getting further and further out of the right furrow this many a day.”

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“How is that, Mrs. Maxfield?” returned Richard Gibbs. “Why, how can it be, except by abounding grace!”

“Nay, Mr. Gibbs, but how dreadful it seems, don’t it? Just think of falling down in a fit in the open field!”

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Brother Jackson hastily wiped his mouth, after a deep draught of ale, before replying, “That was in the beginning, when such things may have been needful. But now, I fear, they only bring scandal upon us, and strengthen scoffers.”

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