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All the miles they rode Lucie held her father's hand, and the touch seemed to give him strength and confidence. ALL THE MILES THEY RODE LUCIE HELD HER FATHER'S HAND AND THE TOUCH SEEMED TO GIVE HIM STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE
s would frighten him. She came close to him, and after a while he began to look at her. She greatly resembled her dead mother, and presently her face seemed to remind him of something. He unwound a string from around his neck and unfolded a little rag which was tied to it, and there was a lock of hair like Lucie's. Then he suddenly burst into tears--the first he had shed for long, long years--and the tears seemed to bring back a part of the past. Lucie took him in her arms and soothed him, while Mr. Lorry went to bring the coach that was to take them to England. Through all their preparations for departure her father sat watching in a sort of scared wonder, holding tight to Lucie's hand like a child, and when they told him to come with them he descended the stairs obediently. But he would not go into the coach without his bench and shoemaking tools, and, to quiet him, they were obliged to take them, too. So the father and daughter and Mr. Lorry journeyed back to Lucie's home in London. T SHE WAS AFRAID THIS WOULD FRIGHTEN HIM SHE CAME CLOSE TO HIM AND AFTER A WHILE HE BEGAN TO LOOK AT HER SHE GREATLY RESEMBLED HER DEAD MOTHER AND PRESENTLY HER FACE SEEMED TO REMIND HIM OF SOMETHING HE UNWOUND A STRING FROM ROUND HIS NECK AND UNFOLDED A LITTLE RAG WHICH WAS TIED TO IT AND THERE WAS A LOCK OF HAIR LIKE LUCY'S THEN HE SUDDENLY BURST INTO TEARS THE FIRST HE HAD SHED FOR LONG LONG YEARS AND THE TEARS SEEMED TO BRING BACK A PART OF THE PAST LUCY TOOK HIM IN HER ARMS AND SOOTHED HIM WHILE MISTER LORRY WENT TO BRING THE COACH THAT WAS TO TAKE THEM TO ENGLAND THROUGH ALL THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE HER FATHER SAT WATCHING IN A SORT OF SCARED WONDER HOLDING TIGHT TO LUCIE'S HAND LIKE A CHILD AND WHEN THEY TOLD HIM TO COME WITH THEM HE DESCENDED THE STAIRS OBEDIENTLY BUT HE WOULD NOT GO INTO THE COACH WITHOUT HIS BENCH AND SHOEMAKING TOOLS AND TO QUIET HIM THEY WERE OBLIGED TO TAKE THEM TO SO THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER AND MISTER LORRY JOURNEYED BACK TO LUCIE'S HOME IN LONDON
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