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"I am not quite so faithful a chronicler, my dear father; but I
believe that Norman once served here while a boy, and before he ewnt to
Ledington, whence you hired him. But if you want to know anything of the
former family, Old Alice is the best authority."
"And what should I have to do with them, pray, Lucy," said her father,
"or with their history or accomplishments?"
"Nay, I do not know, sir; only that you were asking questions of Norman
about young Ravenswood."
"Pshaw, child!" replied her father, yet immediately added: "And who is
Old Alice? I think you know all the old women in the country."
"To be sure I do, or how could I help the old creatures when they are
in hard times? And as to Old Alice, she is the very empress of old women
and queen of gossips, so far as legendary lore is concerned. She is
blind, poor old soul, but when she speaks to you, you would think she
has some way of looking into your very heart. I am sure I often cover
my face, or turn it away, for it seems as if she saw one change colour,
though she has been blind these twenty years.


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