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A stronger sensation was produced by this, than by any of the
preceding interrogations. All the young men bent their curious eyes on
Paul and Ellen, the former of whom seemed in no small mental
confusion, while the latter bent her face on her bosom in shame.
"Harkee, friend Ishmael Bush," returned the bee-hunter, who found that
he was expected to answer to the charge of burglary, as well as to
that of abduction; "that I did not give the most civil treatment to
your pots and pails, I am not going to gainsay. If you will name the
price you put upon the articles, it is possible the damage may be
quietly settled between us, and all hard feelings forgotten. I was not
in a church-going humour when we got upon your rock, and it is more
than probable there was quite as much kicking as preaching among your
wares; but a hole in the best man's coat can be mended by money. As to
the matter of Ellen Wade, here, it may not be got over so easily.
Different people have different opinions on the subject of matrimony.
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