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quickly made what little preparations were necessary for her departure; and was on the road to Gowan-brae before Mrs MacClarty had recovered her astonishment.
As Mrs Mason rode from the door, Robert made his appearance. His mother, on seeing him, burst into a violent flood of tears, and accused him as the cause of her losing the best friend that she ever had in the world—"one who," she said, "was a credit to her family, and an honour and a credit to them all. She reminded him of all that she had done for them in sickness—how she had attended his dying father—what exertions she had made to save his brother's life—what care she had taken of the family—how little trouble she had given, and how generously she had paid for the little trouble she occasioned. "And now," cried she, "she'll be just the same friend to the Morisons she has been to us! I wou'dna wonder that they got every farthing she has in the warld. Scores o' fine silk goons,
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