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home with after they started she did not speak a word or answer a question. She [made?] him [grad?] might in a pleasant [illegible] very all her own son?. Some? [illegible] might have given [everything?] but for? she? up? of [illegible] he could not tell what fancy his surprise and interest when he [faced?] the true state of the idea?. The? lady was a deaf mute [?] [??] the darkness she could not see his mouth & eyes? on though he had been told about her?