By and byⒶhistorical collation it was getting-up time; so I come down the ladder and started for down stairsⒶhistorical collation, but as I comeⒶalteration in the MS to the girls’Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐemendation room,Ⓐhistorical collation the door was open, and I see Mary JaneⒶalteration in the MS setting by her old hairⒶalteration in the MS trunk, which was open and she’d been packing things in it—getting ready to go to England. But she had stopped,Ⓐhistorical collation now, with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying. I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.Ⓐhistorical collation I went in there, and says:
“Miss Mary Jane, you can’t abear to see people in trouble, and I can’t—most always. Tell meⒶhistorical collation about it.”
So she done itⒶemendation. And it was the niggers—I just expected it. She saidⒶemendation theⒶalteration in the MS beautiful trip to England was most about spoiled for her; she didn’t know how she was ever going to be happy there, knowing the mother and the children warn’t ever going to see each other no more—Ⓐalteration in the MSand thenⒶalteration in the MS busted out bitterer thanⒶalteration in the MS ever, and flung up her hands and says:Ⓐhistorical collation
“OⒶhistorical collation, dear, dear,Ⓐhistorical collation to think they ain’t ever going to see each other any moreⒶemendation!”
“But they will—Ⓐemendationand inside of two weeks—and I know it!” says I.Ⓐemendation
Laws,Ⓐhistorical collation it was out before I could think!Ⓐalteration in the MS—and before I could budge, she throwsⒶemendation her arms around my neck, and toldⒶemendation me to say it again, say it again, say it again!
[begin page 239] I see I had spokeⒶalteration in the MS too sudden, and said too muchⒶemendation, and was in a closeⒶemendation place. I asked her to let me think,Ⓐhistorical collation a minute; and she set there, veryⒶemendation impatient and excitedⒶhistorical collation and handsomeⒶemendation, but looking kind ofⒶemendation happy and eased-up, like a person that’s had a tooth pulled out.Ⓐalteration in the MS So I went to studying it out. I says to myself, I reckonⒶalteration in the MS a bodyⒶalteration in the MS that ups andⒶalteration in the MS tells the truthⒶalteration in the MS when he is in a tight place, is taking considerable many resks;Ⓐemendation though I ain’t had no experience, and can’t say for certain; but it looks so to me, anyway; and yet here’sⒶemendation a case where I’m blestⒶemendation if it don’t look to me like the truth is betterⒶalteration in the MS, and actulyⒶemendation safer, than a lie. I must lay it by in my mind, and think it over some time or other, it’s so kind of strangeⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐemendation and unregular. I never see nothingⒶemendation like it. Well, I saysⒶemendation to myself,Ⓐhistorical collation at last, I’m agoing toⒶemendation chance it; I’ll up and tell the truth this time, thoughⒶemendation it does seem most like setting down on a kag of powder and touching it off,Ⓐhistorical collation justⒶemendation to see where you’llⒶemendation go to. Then I says:
“Miss Mary Jane, is there any place,Ⓐhistorical collation out of town a little ways,Ⓐalteration in the MS where you could go and stay three or four days?”
“Yes—Mr. Lothrop’s. Why?”
“NeverⒶemendation mind why, yet. If I’llⒶalteration in the MS tell you how I know the niggers will see each other again—inside of twoⒶalteration in the MS weeks—here,Ⓐemendation in this house—and prove how I know it—will you go to Mr. Lothrop’s and stay four days?”
“Four daysⒶalteration in the MS!” sheⒶalteration in the MS says; “I’ll stay a year!”
“All right,” I says,Ⓐhistorical collation “I don’t want nothing more out of you than just your wordⒶemendation—I drutherⒶemendation have it than another man’s kiss-the-Bible.” She smiled, and reddened up very sweet, and I says, “ifⒶhistorical collation you don’t mind it, I’ll shut the door—and boltⒶalteration in the MS it.”
Then I come back and set down again, andⒶemendation says:
“Don’t you holler. Just set still, and take it like a manⒶemendation. I got to tell the truth, and you want to brace up, Miss Mary, because itⒶemendation’s a bad kind, and going to be hard to take, but there ain’t no help for it. These uncles of yourn ain’t no uncles at all—Ⓐhistorical collationthey’re a coupleⒶhistorical collation of frauds—regular dead-beats. There, now,Ⓐhistorical collation we’re over the worst of it—you can stand the rest middlingⒶalteration in the MS easy.”
It jolted her up,Ⓐhistorical collation like everything, of course; but I wasⒶalteration in the MS over the shoal water,Ⓐhistorical collation now, so I wentⒶemendation right along,—Ⓐhistorical collationher eyes a-blazingⒶhistorical collation higher and higher all the time—Ⓐhistorical collationandⒶalteration in the MS told her every blame thing, from where we first struck that young fool going upⒶalteration in the MS to the steamboat, clearⒶemendation [begin page 240] through to where she flung herself onto the king’s breast at the front door and he kissed her sixteen or seventeen times—andⒶhistorical collation then up she jumps, with her face afire like sunset, and says:
“The brute! Come—don’t waste a minute—not a second—we’ll have them tarred and feathered, and flung in the river!”
Says I:
“Cert’nlyⒶemendation. But doⒶalteration in the MS you mean, before you go to Mr. Lothrop’s, or—Ⓐhistorical collation”
“O,” she says, “whatⒶemendation am I thinking about!” she says, and set right down again. “Don’tⒶemendation mind what I said—please don’t—you won’t, now, will you?” layingⒶhistorical collation her silky hand on mineⒶhistorical collation in that kind of a way that I said I would die first. “I never thought, I was so stirred up,” she says; “nowⒶhistorical collation go on, and I won’tⒶalteration in the MS do soⒶalteration in the MS any more. You tell me what to do, and whatever you say, I’ll do it.”
“Well,” I says, “it’sⒶalteration in the MS a rough gang, them twoⒶalteration in the MS frauds, and I’m fixed so I got to travel with them a whileⒶhistorical collation longer, whether I want to or not—I drutherⒶemendation not tell you why—and if you was to blow on them this town would get me out of their claws, andⒶemendation I’d be all right,Ⓐhistorical collation but there’d be another person that you don’t know about who’d be in bigⒶemendation trouble. Well, we got to save him Ⓐhistorical collation hain’t we? Of course. WellⒶhistorical collation then, we won’t blow on them.”Ⓐalteration in the MS
Saying them words put a goodⒶemendation idea inⒶemendation my head. I seeⒶemendation Ⓐalteration in the MS how maybeⒶhistorical collation I could get me and JimⒶemendation rid of theⒶemendation frauds:Ⓐhistorical collation get them jailed,Ⓐhistorical collation here, and thenⒶalteration in the MS leave.Ⓐemendation But I didn’t want to run the raft in daytimeⒶemendation, without anybody aboard to answer questions but me; so I didn’t want the planⒶemendation to begin workingⒶemendation till pretty late to-night. I says:
“Miss Mary Jane, I’ll tell you what we’ll do—Ⓐalteration in the MSand you won’t have to stay at Mr. Lothrop’s so long, nutherⒶemendation. How furⒶemendation is it?”
“A little short of fourⒶalteration in the MS miles—right out in the country, back here.”Ⓐalteration in the MS
“Well, that’ll answer. Now you go alongⒶemendation out there, and lay lowⒶemendation [begin page 241] till nineⒶalteration in the MS or half-past,Ⓐhistorical collation to-night, and then get them to fetchⒶemendation you home again—tell them you’ve thought of something. If you get here before eleven, put a candle in this window, and if I don’t turn up,Ⓐalteration in the MS waitⒶemendation Ⓐalteration in the MS till eleven,Ⓐhistorical collation and then Ⓐemendation if I don’t turn up,Ⓐhistorical collation it meansⒶemendation I’m gone, and out of the way, and safe. Then you comeⒶemendation out and spread the news around,Ⓐemendation and get these beats jailed.”
“Good,” she says, “I’llⒶemendation do it.Ⓐemendation”
“And if it justⒶalteration in the MS happens soⒶemendation that I don’tⒶemendation get away, but get took up,Ⓐhistorical collation along with them, you must up and say I told you the whole thing beforehand, and you must stand by me all you can.”
“Stand byⒶemendation you, indeed I will.Ⓐemendation They shan’tⒶhistorical collation touch a hair of your head!” she says, and I see her nostrilsⒶalteration in the MS spread and her eyes snap when she said it, tooⒶemendation.
“If I get away, I shan’tⒶhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do itⒶalteration in the MS if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all; though that’s worth somethingⒶemendation. Well, there’s others can do that,Ⓐhistorical collation betterⒶalteration in the MS than whatⒶemendation I can—and they’re people that ain’t going to be doubted as quick as I’d be. I’ll tell you how to find them. Gimme a pencil and a pieceⒶalteration in the MS of paper. ThereⒶemendation—‘Royal Nonesuch Ⓐemendation, Bricksville.’ Put it awayⒶemendation, and don’t lose it. When the court wants to find out somethingⒶalteration in the MS about these twoⒶemendation, let them send up to Bricksville and say they’ve got the menⒶemendation that played the Royal Nonesuch,Ⓐemendation and ask for some witnesses—whyⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐhistorical collation, you’ll have that entireⒶemendation town down here before you can hardlyⒶemendation wink, Miss Mary.Ⓐalteration in the MS AndⒶhistorical collation they’ll come a-bilingⒶemendation, tooⒶemendation.”
[begin page 242] I judged we had got everything fixed about right,Ⓐhistorical collation now. SoⒶemendation I says:
“Just let the auction go right along, and don’tⒶemendation worry. Nobody don’t have to pay for the things they buy till a whole day after the auction, on accounts of the short notice, and theyⒶemendation ain’t going out of this till they get that money—Ⓐhistorical collationand the way we’ve fixed itⒶhistorical collation the sale ain’t going to count, and they ain’t going to get no money. It’s just like the way it was withⒶemendation the niggers—it warn’t no sale, and the niggers will be backⒶemendation before long. Why, theyⒶemendation can’t collect the money for the niggers,Ⓐhistorical collation yet—they’re in the worst kind of a fix, Miss MaryⒶemendation.”
“Well,” she says, “I’ll run down to breakfast,Ⓐhistorical collation now, and then I’ll start straight for Mr. Lothrop’s.”
“ ’Deed, that ain’t the ticket, Miss Mary Jane,” I says, “by no manner of means;Ⓐemendation go before Ⓐalteration in the MS breakfast.”
“Why?”
“WhatⒶemendation did you reckon I wanted you to go at all,Ⓐhistorical collation for, Miss MaryⒶemendation?”
“Well, I never thought—and come to think, I don’t know. What was it?”
“Why, it’s because you ain’t one of these leather-faceⒶemendation people. I don’t want no better book thanⒶhistorical collation what your face is. A body can setⒶemendation down and read it offⒶemendation like coarse print.Ⓐhistorical collation Do you reckon you can go andⒶemendation face your uncles, when they come to kiss youⒶemendation good-morningⒶemendation, and never—Ⓐhistorical collation”
“There, there, don’t!Ⓐemendation Yes, I’ll go before breakfast—I’ll be glad to. And leave my sisters with them?”
“Yes—never mind about them. They’veⒶalteration in the MS got to stand it yet awhileⒶhistorical collation. TheyⒶemendation might suspicion something if all of you was to go. I don’t want you to see them, nor your sisters, nor nobodyⒶemendation in this town—ifⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐemendation a neighbor was to ask how is your unclesⒶalteration in the MS this morning, your face would tell something. No,Ⓐemendation you go right along, Miss Mary Jane, and I’ll fix it with all of themⒶemendation. I’ll tell Miss Susan to give your love to your uncles and say you’ve wentⒶemendation away for a few hours for toⒶemendation get a little rest and change, or to see a friend,Ⓐalteration in the MS and you’ll be back tonightⒶhistorical collation or early in the morning.”
“Gone to see a friendⒶalteration in the MS is all right, but I won’t haveⒶemendation my love given to them.Ⓐemendation”
“Well, then, it shan’tⒶhistorical collation be.” It was well enough to tell her so—Ⓐhistorical collation no harm in itⒶemendation. It was only a little thing to do, and no trouble; and it’sⒶalteration in the MS the little things that smoothesⒶalteration in the MS people’s roads the most, down here [begin page 243] below; it would make Mary Jane comfortable, and it wouldn’tⒶemendation cost nothing.Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐhistorical collation Then I says: “There’s one more thing—that bag of money.”
“Well, they’ve got that; and it makes me feel pretty silly to think how they got it.”
“No, you’re out,Ⓐhistorical collation there. They hain’t got it.”
“Why, who’sⒶemendation got it?Ⓐemendation”
“I wish I knowed, but I don’t.Ⓐalteration in the MS I had it, because I stole it from them;Ⓐhistorical collation and I stole it to giveⒶemendation to you; and I know where I hid it, but I’m afraid it ain’t there no more. I’m awful sorry, Miss Mary Jane, I’m just as sorry as I can be; but I done the best I could; I did, honestⒶemendation. I come nigh getting caught, and I had to shove it into the first place I come to, and runⒶemendation—and it warn’t a good place.”
“OⒶhistorical collation, stopⒶemendation blaming yourself—it’s too bad to do it, and I won’t allow itⒶalteration in the MS—Ⓐhistorical collationyou couldn’t help it;Ⓐhistorical collation it wasn’t yourⒶhistorical collation fault.Ⓐalteration in the MS Where did you hide it?”
I didn’tⒶemendation want to set her to thinking about her troubles againⒶemendation; and I couldn’t seem to getⒶemendation my mouth to tell her what would make her see that corpse laying in the coffin with that bag of money on his stomach.Ⓐhistorical collation So,Ⓐhistorical collation for aⒶalteration in the MS minute I didn’t say nothingⒶalteration in the MS—then I says:
“I’d ruther not tell you where I put it, Miss Mary Jane, if you don’t mind letting me off; but I’ll write it for you on a piece of paper, and you can read it along the road to Mr. Lothrop’s, if you want to. Do you reckon that’ll do?”
“OⒶhistorical collation, yes.”
So I wrote: “I put it in the coffin. It was in there when you was crying there, away in the night. I was behind the door, and I was mighty sorry for you, Miss Mary Jane.”
It madeⒶemendation my eyes water a little,Ⓐhistorical collation to remember her crying there all by herself in the night, and them devils laying there right under her own roof, shamingⒶtextual note her and robbing her; and when I folded it up and [begin page 244] give it to her, I see the water come into her eyes, too; and she shook me by the hand, hard, and says:
“ Good-bye—Ⓐhistorical collationI’m going to do everything just as you’ve told me; and if I don’t ever see you again, I shan’tⒶhistorical collation ever forget you, and I’ll think of you a many and a many a time, and I’ll pray for you, tooⒶalteration in the MS!”—and she was gone.
Pray for meⒶemendation! I reckoned if sheⒶalteration in the MS knowed me she’d takeⒶemendation a job that was moreⒶalteration in the MS nearer her size. But I betⒶemendation she done it, just the same—sheⒶalteration in the MS was just that kind. She had the grit to pray for JudusⒶemendation if she took the notion—there warn’t no back-downⒶhistorical collation to her, I judgeⒶemendation. You may say what you want toⒶemendation, but in my opinion sheⒶemendation had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just fullⒶemendation of sand. It sounds like flattery, but it ain’t no flattery.Ⓐalteration in the MS And when it comes to beauty—andⒶemendation goodness tooⒶemendation—she laysⒶalteration in the MS over them all. I hain’t ever seen her since that time that I see her go out ofⒶemendation that doorⒶemendation; noⒶalteration in the MS, I hain’t ever seen her since;Ⓐhistorical collation but I reckon I’ve thought of her a many and a many a million times, and of her saying she would pray for me; and if ever I’d a thoughtⒶhistorical collation it would do any good for me to pray for her, blamedⒶemendation if I wouldn’t a doneⒶhistorical collation it or bust.
WellⒶemendation, Mary Jane she lit out the back way, I reckon,Ⓐhistorical collation because nobody see her go. When I struck Susan and the hare-lipⒶemendation Ⓐalteration in the MS, I says:
“What’s the name of them people over on t’other side of the river that you-allⒶhistorical collation goesⒶalteration in the MS to see sometimes?”
They says:
“There’s several; but it’s the Proctors,Ⓐhistorical collation mainly.”
“That’s the name,” I says; “I most forgot it. Well, Miss Mary Jane she told me to tell you she’s goneⒶalteration in the MS over there in a dreadful hurry—one of them’s sick.”
“Which one?”
“I don’t know;Ⓐalteration in the MS leastwaysⒶemendation I kinder forget; but I think it’s—Ⓐhistorical collation”
“Sakes alive, I hope it ain’t Hanner? Ⓐemendation”
“I’m sorryⒶemendation Ⓐalteration in the MS to say it,” I says, “butⒶemendation Hanner’s the very one.”
“My goodnessⒶalteration in the MS—and she so well only last week! Is she took bad?”
“It ain’t no name for it.Ⓐalteration in the MS They set up with her all night, Miss Mary Jane said, and they don’t think she’ll last many hours.”
“Only think of that,Ⓐalteration in the MS now! What’s the matter withⒶemendation her?Ⓐhistorical collation”
I couldn’t think of anything reasonable, right offⒶalteration in the MS that way, so I says:
[begin page 245] “Mumps.”
“Mumps your granny!—theyⒶhistorical collation don’t set up with people that’s got the mumps.”
“They don’t, don’t they? You better bet they do with these mumps. TheseⒶalteration in the MS mumps is different. It’s a new kind, Miss Mary Jane said.”
“How’sⒶemendation it a new kind?”
“Because it’s mixed up with other things.”
“What other things?”
“Well, measles, and whooping coughⒶhistorical collation, and erysiplasⒶemendation, and consumption, and yaller janders, and brain fever, and I don’t know what all.”
“My land! And they call it the mumps?”
“That’s what Miss Mary Jane said.”
“Well, what in the nationⒶemendation do they call it the mumps for?”
“Why, because it is the mumps. That’s what it starts with.”
“Well, ther’Ⓐemendation ain’t no sense in it. A body might stump his toe, and take pison, and fall down the well, and break his neck, and bust his brains out, and somebody come along and ask what killed him, and [begin page 246] some numskullⒶemendation up and say, ‘Why, he stumped his toe.’ Would ther’Ⓐemendation be any sense in that? No. And ther’Ⓐemendation ain’t no sense in this, nuther. Is it ketching?”
“Is it ketching? WhyⒶalteration in the MS, how you talk. Is a harrow catchingⒶhistorical collation?—in the dark? IfⒶalteration in the MS you don’t hitch onto one tooth, you’re bound to on another, ain’t you? And you can’t get away with that tooth without fetching the whole harrow along, can you? Well, these kind of mumps is a kind of a harrow, asⒶalteration in the MS you may say—and it ain’t no slouch of a harrow, nutherⒶemendation, you come to get it hitched on good.Ⓐhistorical collation”
“Well, it’s awfulⒶemendation, I think,” says the hare-lipⒶemendation. “I’ll go to uncleⒶhistorical collation Harvey and—Ⓐhistorical collation”
“OⒶhistorical collation, yes,” I says, “I would. Of course I would. I wouldn’t lose no time.”
“Well, whyⒶemendation wouldn’t you?”
“Just look at it a minute, and maybeⒶhistorical collation you can seeⒶemendation. Hain’t your uncles obleegedⒶemendation to get along home to England as fast as they can? And doⒶalteration in the MS you reckon they’dⒶhistorical collation be mean enough to go off and leave you to go all that journeyⒶemendation by yourselvesⒶalteration in the MS? You know they’ll wait for you. So furⒶemendation, so good. Your uncle Harvey’s a preacher, ain’t he? Very well, then; is a preacher going to deceive a steamboat clerk?Ⓐhistorical collation is he going to deceive a ship clerk? Ⓐemendation—so as to get them to let Miss Mary Jane go aboard? Now you know he ain’t. What will he do, then? Why, he’ll say, ‘It’s a great pity, but my church matters has got to get along the best way they canⒶemendation; for my niece has been exposed to the dreadful pluribus-unumⒶalteration in the MS mumpsⒺexplanatory note, and so it’s my bounden duty to set down here and wait the three months it takes to show on her if she’s got it.’ But never mindⒶemendation, if you think it’s best to tell your uncle Harvey—Ⓐhistorical collation”
“Shucks, and stay foolingⒶemendation around hereⒶhistorical collation when we could all be having good times in EnglandⒶhistorical collation whilst we was waiting to find out whether Mary Jane’s gotⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐemendation it or not? Why, you talk like a mugginsⒶemendation.”
“Well, anyway, maybeⒶhistorical collation you better tell some of the neighbors.”
“Listen at that, now. YouⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐemendation do beat all,Ⓐhistorical collation for naturalⒶalteration in the MS stupidness. Can’t you see that they’dⒶhistorical collation go and tell? Ther’Ⓐemendation ain’t no way but just to not tell anybody at all.”
“Well, maybeⒶhistorical collation you’re right—yes, I judgeⒶemendation you are right.”
“But I reckon we ought to tell uncleⒶhistorical collation Harvey she’s gone out a whileⒶemendation, anyway, so heⒶemendation won’tⒶemendation be uneasy about her?”
[begin page 247] “Yes, Miss Mary Jane sheⒶemendation wanted you to do that. She says, ‘Tell them to giveⒶalteration in the MS uncleⒶhistorical collation Harvey and William my loveⒶemendation and a kiss, and say I’ve run over the river to seeⒶalteration in the MS Mr.—Mr.’—Ⓐhistorical collationwhat is the name of that rich family your uncle Peter used to think so much of?—I mean the one that—”
“Why, you must mean the ApthorpsⒶemendation, ain’t it?”
“Of course; botherⒶemendation them kind of names,Ⓐhistorical collation a body can’t ever seem to remember them, half the time, somehow. Yes, she said, say she has run over for toⒶalteration in the MS ask the Apthorps to be sure and come to the auction and buy this house, because she allowedⒶemendation her uncle Peter would ruther they had it than anybody else; and she’s going to stick to them till they say they’ll come;Ⓐhistorical collation andⒶalteration in the MS then if she ain’t too tired, she’s coming home; and if she is, she’ll be home in the morning,Ⓐhistorical collation anyway. She said, don’t say nothing about the Proctors, but only [begin page 248] about the Apthorps—which’ll be perfectly true, because she is going there to speak about their buying the house; I know it, because she told me so,Ⓐhistorical collation herself.”
“All right,” they said, and cleared out to lay for their unclesⒶemendation,Ⓐalteration in the MS and giveⒶalteration in the MS them the love and the kisses, and tell themⒶemendation the message.
Everything was all right,Ⓐhistorical collation now. The girls wouldn’t say nothing,Ⓐemendation because they wanted to go toⒶemendation England; and the king and the dukeⒶemendation would ruther Mary Jane was off workingⒶemendation for the auction thanⒶalteration in the MS around in reach of doctorⒶhistorical collation RobinsonⒶemendation. I felt very good; IⒶemendation judged I had done itⒶemendation pretty neat—Ⓐhistorical collationI reckoned Tom Sawyer couldn’t a doneⒶhistorical collation it no neater,Ⓐhistorical collation himself.Ⓐalteration in the MS Of course heⒶalteration in the MS would a throwedⒶemendation more style into it,Ⓐhistorical collation but I can’t do thatⒶemendation very handy, not being brung up to it.
WellⒶemendation, they held the auction,Ⓐhistorical collation in the public square, along towards the end of the afternoon,Ⓐalteration in the MS and it strung along, and strung along,Ⓐhistorical collation and the old man he was on hand and lookingⒶemendation his level piousestⒶhistorical collation Ⓐtextual note, up there longsideⒶhistorical collation ofⒶemendation the auctioneer, and chipping in a little ScriptureⒶalteration in the MS,Ⓐemendation now and then, or a little goody-goody saying,Ⓐemendation of some kind,Ⓐhistorical collation and the duke he was around goo-gooing for sympathy all he knowed how, and just spreadingⒶalteration in the MS himself generlyⒶemendation.
But by and byⒶhistorical collation theⒶalteration in the MS thing dragged through, and everything was sold. EverythingⒶhistorical collation but a little old triflingⒶemendation lot in the graveyard. SoⒶhistorical collation they’d got to work that off—Ⓐhistorical collationI never see such a girafft as theⒶemendation king wasⒶemendation for wanting to swallow everything. Well, whilst they was at it, a steamboat landed, and in about two minutes,Ⓐhistorical collation up comes a crowd a whoopingⒶhistorical collation and yelling and laughing and carrying on,Ⓐhistorical collation and singingⒶalteration in the MS out:
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