He sang it with an assumption of a Devil-may-care voice , that made his face a thousand times more meagre and more thoughtful than ever . `` What ! You 're singing , are you ? '' said Tackleton , putting his head in at the door . `` Go it ! I ca n't sing . '' Nobody would have suspected him of it . He had n't what is generally termed a singing face , by any means . `` I ca n't afford to sing , '' said Tackleton . `` I 'm glad you can . I hope you can afford to work too . Hardly time for both , I should think ? '' `` If you could only see him , Bertha , how he 's winking at me ! '' whispered Caleb . `` Such a man to joke ! You 'd think , if you did n't know him , he was in earnest -- would n't you now ? '' The Blind Girl smiled and nodded . `` The bird that can sing and wo n't sing must be made to sing , they say , '' grumbled Tackleton . `` What about the owl that ca n't sing , and ought n't to sing , and will sing ; is there anything that he should be made to do ? '' `` The extent to which he 's winking at this moment ! ''
whispered Caleb XXXXX his daughter .
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