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seemed igmmaticenigmatic . o you pretty Pecksie! Chap. 3
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Chap. 3 It was some time^It was some timeIt was some time^^^A
considerable period elapsed ^A
A
considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the ^of the causes^s of the uneasiness of this amiable
family – family – ItItwItItItwItw^^^^It ^It was
poverty–
poverty–
and they suffered that evil in a very distressing
and they suffered that evil in a very distressing
degree– ✗—Durring the winter —✗They often had hardly any
degree– ✗—Durring the winter —✗They often had hardly anyThey often had hardly anytheir nourishment consisted entirely of
bread and – the vegetables of their
bread and –and – the vegetables of their
garden
garden
and the milk of one
cow
cow
which
which
gave very little during the
hardmonthes winter
hardhardmonthesmonthes winter
when
the its masters could
thethe its masters could
sparesparesparescarcely
^scarcely
scarcely
✗—very little money towards the —✗ procur ie ng^any of✗—very little money towards the —✗ procur iie ^e ngng^^^any ^any ofof
food
for
for
it.
This state of poverty They
This state of povertyThis state of poverty They
often
often
I
believe d
believe ddsuffered the pangs of hunger very
poignantly
poignantly
especially the two
^two
young er er parter ^er er parter partfor
^^^^several times
^several times
several times
they
often placed food before the old
oftenoften placed food before the old
man
man
when
they^were themselves in want of itthey
theythey^^^were were ^were themselves in want of itthemselves in want of itthey
had
had
none for
their themselves –This
theirtheir themselves –This
trait of kindness moved me sensibly. I had been
accustomed
accustomed
during the
night
night
to steal a part of their store for my own consumption; but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied
myself
myself
with
berries nuts
berries nuts
and
roots
roots
which I
foundinfoundfoundiningathered from
^gathered from
gathered from
a neighbouring wood.
^wood.
I found^discovered I foundfound^^^discovered^discovered
also another means
by
by
which I was
able
able
to assist their labours. I found that the youth spent a great part of each day in
felling collecting wood for the family
fellingfelling collecting wood for the family
fire–and
fire–and
during the
night
night
I often took his
tools
tools
the
com use of which I quickly
comcom use of which I quickly
discovered
discovered
and brought home
for them firing sufficient
for themfor them firing sufficient
^^^^for the consumption
^for the consumption
for the consumption
f o rf seve ral days–
ff o rrf ^f seve ral days–
¶ [ I remember
[ I remember
the first time that ^that I did this, the young
woman who
woman who
opened the door in the
morning
morning waswaswasappeared ^appeared greatly
✗—sur prised —✗astonished to see
✗—sur prised —✗astonished ^astonished to see
a great pile of wood on the
outside –
outside –
she
said
said
some words in a loud voice, &
presently the youth joined
presently the youth joined
her
her
who also
appeared astonished. and
appeared astonished. andandI
observed th
observed thth
with
pleasure
pleasure
that he did not go to the
wood^forest woodwood^^^forest ^forest
that
day
day
but spent it in repairing the
cottage
cottage
&
in cultivating the
in cultivating the
garden.—
garden.—
¶ Soon after^By degrees also I made another discovery which was thatto me of still greater moment ^to me I found Soon afterSoon after^^^By degrees also ^By degrees also I made another discovery which was thatwhich was thatto meto me of still greater moment ^^^to me ^to me I found ^^^^that
^that
these people hadposessed a meansmethod of communicating their ideasexperience & to feelings one another
these people hahaddposessed ^posessed a meansmeansmethod ^method of communicating their ideasideasexperience & ^experience & to feelings ^feelings one another
by articulate
sounds which they uttered som — w
sounds which they uttered som som ^som — ww
I
often percieved
oftenoften percieved
that the words they spoke
^sometimes^^^sometimes^sometimes
produced
pleasure
pleasure
pain, smiles or
sadness
sadness
in the minds &^minds & countenances of the
hear eeers –
hear eeeeers ^ers –
This was indeed a Godlike
science
science
and I ardently
wishedwishedwisheddesired
^desired
desired
to become acquainted with
it–But
it–But
I was baffled in every attempt
theytheytheyI
^I
I
made for this
purpose
^for this
purpose
purpose
Their pronunciation was
quick
quick
& the words they
uttered seemedhad
uttered seemedseemedhadhad
not ^t having any apparent
co connexion
coco connexion
with
the visible
thethe visible
objects
objects
I was unable to discover any clue by which I could
unrable
unrable
the mystery of their
sounds.sounds.sounds.application reference.
^application reference.
applicationapplication reference.
. By great
. By great
application however
application however
and after having remained
^^^^during the space of
^during the space of
during the space of
several revolutions of the moon in my
hovel
hovel
I discovered the names that were given to some of the most familiar objects of
discourse,
^of
discourse,
discourse,
I learned
^^^^& applied
^& applied
& applied
the
words
words
fire, mil kbreadfire, mil kbread
&
woodwood
I learned also the names of the cottagers
themsel fv es– but as
themsel ffv ^v es– but asbut asthe
y^yy^^^youth & his companion
^youth & his companion
youth & his companion
had
h each of them several
h each of them several
but the old man had only
one
one
which was
Father –
Father –
the girl was
call ed SistSister
call ed Sisted SistSister
or
Agatha
Agatha
and the youth
Felix. Felix. ^^^^or brother
or
son ^or brother
oror brother
or
son
son
I
c cannot describe the delight I felt when I
cc cannot describe the delight I felt when I
discovered^discovereddiscovered^^^learned
^learned
learned
the ideas
oppappropriated to each of these
oppoppappropriated to each of these
sounds
sounds
and was able to pronounce them.
ButI
ButButI
learned^learnedlearned^^^distinguished
^distinguished
distinguished
several other
sounds words
soundssounds words
without being able
^^^^as yet
^as yet
as yet
to understand
th or apply
thth or apply
them – Among these
them – Among theseAmong these
Such as
gooddearest – unhappy .
gooddearest – unhappy .
¶ I
I
spent the winter in this
manner–
manner–
the gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to
me–
me–
When they ^y were
unhappy
unhappy
I felt
depressed and
depressed and
I
sympathized
sympathized
in their joys. I saw few human beings
besides them,
besides them,
and if any other happened to enter the
cottage
cottage
their harsh
and rud manners & rude gait only enhanced to me
and rudand rud manners & rude gait only enhanced to me
thmy friendsthe superior
ththmy friendsmy friendsthe superior
advantages
advantages
of my friends. The
Father old man, I could
FatherFather old man, I could
percieve,
percieve,
often endeavoured to encourage his
children
children
as
I sometimes
I sometimes
found that he called
them.
them. ^^^^to cast off their melancholy. ^to cast off their melancholy. He would talk in a cheerful
accent
accent
with an
aspectaspectaspectexpression of
^expression of
expression of
godn goodness that
godngodn goodness that
evengave^medelight.bestowed pleasure evenevengavegave^^^memedelight.delight.bestowed pleasure ^bestowed pleasure even
on me;
^even
even
on me;
on me;
Agatha listened with
respect–
respect–
her eyes
f sometimes filled with
ff sometimes filled with
tears
tears
which
she endeavoured towipe
she endeavoured to^she endeavoured towipe
d away
dd away
unpercieved
unpercieved
but I generally found that her
manners
manners
and tone were more cheerful after having
listenendlistenend
to
the the exhortations of her
thethe the exhortations of her
father
father
It was not thus with Felix. He was always the saddest of the
groupe And even
groupe And even
to my unpractised
senses
senses
he appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends. But if his countenance was more
sorrowful
sorrowful
his voice was more cheerful than that of ^that of his
sister es expecially
sister eses expecially
when he addressed the old
man—
man—
¶ I
I
could mention innumerable
instances which
instances which
although
slight
slight
marked the
heartheartheartdispositions
^dispositions
dispositions
ininof
^of
of
whichwhich these amiable
these amiable
cottagers ✗—shewed their dispositions —✗.
cottagers ✗—shewed their dispositions —✗.
In the midst of poverty and
want
want
Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the
fist
fist
little white flower that peeped out from beneath the
snowsnowsnowsnowy
^snowy
snowy
white ground
^white ground
whitewhite ground
Early
^Early
Iin the
IIi^in the
morning
morning
early before
earlyearly before
any of theshe had
any of theany of theshe had
risen
risen
he
had cleared away the snow that
had cleared away the snow that
obst^ructed
obst^^^r^ructed
her path to the
milkhouse –; milkhouse ––; ^;
drew water from the
well
well
and brought the wood from the
' outhouse' outhouse' outhouseXXouthouse where
to his perpetual
astonishment
he found his store always replenished by an invisible hand. ^XXouthouse where
XXouthouse where
to his perpetual
astonishment
astonishment
he found his store always replenished by an invisible hand. In the
day
day
I
believe
believe
he worked sometimes for a neighbouring farmer,
forforforbecause
^because
because
he often went
outoutoutforth,
^forth,
forth,
and did not return
untill
untill
dinner, yet brought no wood with
him:–
him:–
at other times he worked in the
garden but
garden but
as there was
litt
litt eeele
^le
le
to do in the frosty
season
season
he
often read to the old man and Agatha.
often read to the old man and Agatha.
This
This
reading had puzzled me extremely at
first – but
first – but
by
degrees
degrees
I discovered that he uttered many of the same sounds when he
read
read
as when he
talked;
talked;
I
conjectured their therefore
conjectured theirtheir therefore
that he found on the paper signs for speech which he
understood
understood
and I ardently
longed to understand^comprehend these b also; but how was
longed to understandunderstand^^^comprehend ^comprehend these bb also; but how was
