She is very fair ? '' `` She is indeed , '' said Caleb . And she was indeed . It was quite a rare thing to Caleb not to have to draw on his invention . `` Her hair is dark , '' said Bertha pensively , `` darker than mine . Her voice is sweet and musical , I know . I have often loved to hear it . Her shape -- '' `` There 's not a Doll 's in all the room to equal it , '' said Caleb . `` And her eyes ! -- '' He stopped ; for Bertha had drawn closer round his neck , and , from the arm that clung about him , came a warning pressure which he understood too well . He coughed a moment , hammered for a moment , and then fell back upon the song about the sparkling bowl , his infallible resource in all such difficulties . `` Our friend , father , our benefactor . I am never tired , you know , of hearing about him . -- Now , was I ever ? '' she said hastily . `` Of course not , '' answered Caleb , `` and with reason . '' `` Ah ! With how much reason ! '' cried the Blind Girl . With such fervency , that Caleb , though his motives were so pure , could not endure to meet her face ; but dropped his eyes , as if she could have read in them his innocent deceit .
`` Then tell me again about him , dear father , '' said XXXXX .
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