sin his solitudehad
to provide his own breakfastdinnerand supperto fetch his own
water from the welland to put his own kettle on the fire; and all
these immediate promptings helpedalong with the weavingto
reduce his life to the unquestioning activity of a spinning insect.
He hated the thought of the past; there was nothing that called out
his love and fellowship toward the strangers he had come
amongst; and the future was all darkfor there was no Unseen
Love that cared for him. Thought was arrested by utter
bewildermentnow its old narrow pathway was closedand
affection seemed to have died under the bruise that had fallen on
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its keenest nerves.
But at last Mrs. Osgood’s table-linen was finishedand Silas was
paid in gold. His earnings in his native townwhere he worked for
a wholesale dealerhad been after a lower rate; he had been paid
weeklyand of his weekly earnings a large proportion had gone to
objects of piety and charity. Nowfor the first time in his lifehe
had five bright guineas put into his hand; no man expected a share
of
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