The Carrier set his grip upon the collar of the toy merchant , and shook him like a reed . `` Listen to me ! '' he said . `` And take care that you hear me right . Listen to me . Do I speak plainly ? '' `` Very plainly indeed , '' answered Tackleton . `` As if I meant it ? '' `` Very much as if you meant it . '' `` I sat upon that hearth , last night , all night , '' exclaimed the Carrier . `` On the spot where she has often sat beside me , with her sweet face looking into mine . I called up her whole life day by day . I had her dear self , in its every passage , in review before me . And , upon my soul , she is innocent , if there is One to judge the innocent and guilty ! '' Staunch Cricket on the Hearth ! Loyal Household Fairies ! `` Passion and distrust have left me ! '' said the Carrier ; `` and nothing but my grief remains . In an unhappy moment some old lover , better suited to her tastes and years than I , forsaken , perhaps , for me , against her will , returned . In an unhappy moment , taken by surprise , and wanting time to think of what she did , she made herself a party to his treachery by concealing it .
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