teel old man to watch over her, she was as
pretty a girl as ever I saw. But, dear me, what
a life she's led, out in the fields with those
rough thrashers! Things would have been
very different with poor Antonia if her father
had lived."

The Harlings begged us to tell them about
Mr. Shimerda's death and the big snowstorm.
By the time we saw grandfather coming home
from church we had told them pretty much
all we knew of the Shimerdas.

"The girl will be happy here, and she'll
forget those things," said Mrs. Harling confi-
dently, as we rose to take our leave.

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