`` We ca n't take it , Lovell , '' protested Aunt Sally . `` You ca n't afford it . '' `` Do n't you worry about that , '' laughed Lovell . `` Out west men do n't think much of a little wad like that . I owe you far more than can be paid in cash , Aunt Sally . You must take it -- I want to know there 's a little home here for me and two kind hearts in it , no matter where I roam . '' `` God bless you , Lovell , '' said Uncle Tom huskily . `` You do n't know what you 've done for Sally and me . '' That night , when Lovell went to the little bedroom off the parlour -- for Aunt Sally , rejoicing in the fact that she was again mistress of a spare room , would not hear of his going to the station hotel -- he gazed at his reflection in the gilt-framed mirror soberly . `` You 've just got enough left to pay your passage back west , old fellow , '' he said , `` and then it 's begin all over again just where you begun before . But Aunt Sally 's face was worth it all -- yes , sir . And you 've got your two hands still and an old couple 's prayers and blessings . Not such a bad capital , Lovell , not such a bad capital . '' A Redeeming Sacrifice The dance at Byron Lyall 's was in full swing . Toff Leclerc , the best fiddler in three counties , was enthroned on the kitchen table and from the glossy brown violin , which his grandfather brought from Grand Pré , was conjuring music which made even stiff old Aunt Phemy want to show her steps . Around the kitchen sat a row of young men and women , and the open sitting-room doorway was crowded with the faces of non-dancing guests who wanted to watch the sets . An eight-hand reel had just been danced and the girls , giddy from the much swinging of the final figure , had been led back to their seats . Mattie Lyall came out with a dipper of water and sprinkled the floor , from which a fine dust was rising . Toff 's violin purred under his hands as he waited for the next set to form . The dancers were slow about it .
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