`` So gracefully sweet-tempered ; so domestic , joyful , busy , and light-hearted ! '' said the Voice . `` Otherwise I never could have loved her as I did , '' returned the Carrier . The Voice , correcting him , said `` do . '' The Carrier repeated `` as I did . '' But not firmly . His faltering tongue resisted his control , and would speak in its own way for itself and him . The Figure , in an attitude of invocation , raised its hand and said : `` Upon your own hearth -- '' `` The hearth she has blighted , '' interposed the Carrier . `` The hearth she has -- how often ! -- blessed and brightened , '' said the Cricket ; `` the hearth which , but for her , were only a few stones and bricks and rusty bars , but which has been , through her , the Altar of your Home ; on which you have nightly sacrificed some petty passion , selfishness , or care , and offered up the homage of a tranquil mind , a trusting nature , and an overflowing heart ; so that the smoke from this poor chimney has gone upward with a better fragrance than the richest incense that is burnt before the richest shrines in all the gaudy temples of this world ! -- Upon your own hearth ; in its quiet sanctuary ; surrounded by its gentle influences and associations ; hear her ! Hear me ! Hear everything that speaks the language of your hearth and home ! '' `` And pleads for her ? '' inquired the Carrier . `` All things that speak the language of your hearth and home must plead for her ! '' returned the Cricket . `` For they speak the truth . '' And while the Carrier , with his head upon his hands , continued to sit meditating in his chair , the Presence stood beside him , suggesting his reflections by its power , and presenting them before him , as in a glass or picture . It was not a solitary Presence .
From the hearth-stone , XXXXX the chimney , from the clock , the pipe , the kettle , and the cradle ; from the floor , the walls , the ceiling , and the stairs ; from the cart without , and the cupboard within , and the household implements ; from everything and every place with which she had ever been familiar , and with which she had ever entwined one recollection of herself in her unhappy husband 's mind , -- Fairies came trooping forth .
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