So I fled over here for companionship of my kind . '' `` You were right not to go in , though , Mistress Blythe . Leslie would n't have liked it . She would n't have liked me going in with Dick , as I 'd have done if I had n't met you . I had Dick down with me all day . I keep him with me as much as I can to help Leslie a bit . '' `` Is n't there something odd about his eyes ? '' asked Anne . `` You noticed that ? Yes , one is blue and t ` other is hazel -- his father had the same . It 's a Moore peculiarity . That was what told me he was Dick Moore when I saw him first down in Cuby . If it had n't a-bin for his eyes I might n't a-known him , with his beard and fat . You know , I reckon , that it was me found him and brought him home . Miss Cornelia always says I should n't have done it , but I ca n't agree with her . It was the RIGHT thing to do -- and so 't was the only thing . There ai n't no question in my mind about THAT . But my old heart aches for Leslie . She 's only twenty-eight and she 's eaten more bread with sorrow than most women do in eighty years . '' They walked on in silence for a little while .
Presently XXXXX said , `` Do you know , Captain Jim , I never like walking with a lantern .
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