she said to George , laughing and blushing at the same time . ` You always will be pretty , ' said George gravely , ` do what you will . ' ` What makes you so sober ? ' asked Eliza , kneeling on one knee , and laying her hand on his . ` We are within twenty-four hours of Canada , they say . Only a day and a night on the lake , and then -- oh , then ! ' ' O Eliza , ' said George , holding her fast , ` that is just it . To be so near liberty , to be almost in sight of it -- and then if we lost it . O Eliza , I should die . ' ` Do n't fear , ' said Eliza hopefully . ` The good Lord would not have brought us so far if He did n't mean to save us . I seem to feel him with us , George . ' So George kissed his wife and took heart again . Then the kind old lady brought Harry in dressed as a little girl . And a very pretty girl he made too . They called him ` Harriet , ' as it was so like Harry it was easy to remember . Harry did not know his mamma , dressed as she was , and clung to the kind lady , feeling rather afraid of the strange young man . That was just as well , as he was too young to understand what this dressing-up and pretending meant , and he might have spoiled it all by calling the nice-looking young man ` Mamma . ' So the kind lady was going with them , pretending to be the little girl 's aunt . When everything was ready they got into a cab , and drove to the wharf .
The two young men , as they seemed to be , got out , Eliza helping the kind lady and little girl , while XXXXX saw to the luggage .
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