“Oh，yourpore，porema！”saidEllen。“Shewasalwayssoveryfondofyou，MasterErnest：youwasalwaysherfavourite；Ican’tabeartothinkofanythingbetweenyouandher。Tothinknowofthewaysheusedtohavemeintothedining-roomandteachmemycatechism，thatshedid！Oh，MasterErnest，youreallymustgoandmakeitallupwithher；indeedyoumust。”

　　Ernestfeltrueful，buthehadresistedsovaliantlyalreadythatthedevilmighthavesavedhimselfthetroubleoftryingtogetathimthroughElleninthematterofhisfatherandmother。Hechangedthesubject，andthepairwarmedtooneanotherastheyhadtheirtripeandpotsofbeer。OfallpeopleintheworldEllenwasperhapstheonetowhomErnestcouldhavespokenmostfreelyatthisjuncture。Hetoldherwhathethoughthecouldhavetoldtonooneelse。

　　“Youknow，Ellen。”heconcluded，“IhadlearntasaboythingsthatIoughtnottohavelearnt，andhadneverhadachanceofthatwhichwouldhavesetmestraight。”

　　“Gentlefolksisalwayslikethat。”saidEllenmusingly。

　　“Ibelieveyouareright，butIamnolongeragentleman，Ellen，andIdon’tseewhyIshouldbe’likethat’anylonger，mydear。Iwantyoutohelpmetobelikesomethingelseassoonaspossible。”

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