The mortgage will not be foreclosed . I was the power behind the lawyers , but I did not know that the present owner of the Cove farm was my little playmate , Lisbeth Miller . You and she shall have all the time you want . Tell her Bobby Turner does this in return for what she gave him under the big sweeting apple tree on her sixth birthday . I think she will remember and understand . As for you , Paul , be a good boy and good to your mother . I hope you 'll succeed in your ambition of making the farm pay when you are old enough to take it in hand . At any rate , you 'll not be disturbed in your possession of it . '' `` Oh , sir ! oh , sir ! '' stammered Paul in an agony of embarrassed gratitude and delight . `` Oh , it seems too good to be true . Do you really mean that we 're not to be sold out ? Oh , wo n't you come and tell Mother yourself ? She 'll be so happy -- so grateful . Do come and let her thank you . '' `` Not today . I have n't time . Give her my message , that 's all . There , run ; the sooner she gets the news the better . ''
XXXXX watched the boy as he bounded away , until the headland hid him from sight .
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