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Ellen the cook had loved "The Merriweathers," saying it was about the best book that ever she had read, and Miss Nancy would like to know, always being so interested, that she (Ellen) had found a place near Joanna in Salem, where she was offered five dollars a month more than she had received with the Careys. ELLEN THE COOK LOVED THE MERRY WEATHERS SAYING IT WAS ABOUT THE BEST BOOK SHE'D EVER READ AND MISS NANCY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALWAYS BEING SO INTERESTED THAT SHE ELLEN HAD FOUND A PLACE NEAR JOANNA AND SALEM WHERE SHE WAS OFFERED FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH MORE THAN SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE CAREYS
 the front gate, with the idea that they would be transported as his personal baggage. The pile grew and grew: a woolly lamb, two Noah's arks, bottles and marbles innumerable, a bag of pebbles, a broken steam engine, two china nest-eggs, an orange, a banana and some walnuts, a fishing line, a trowel, a ball of string. These give an idea of the quality of Peter's effects, but not of the quantity. Ellen the cook labored loyally, for it was her last week's work with the family. She would be left behind, like Charlestown and all the old life, when Mother Carey and the stormy petrels flitted across unknown waters from one haven to another. Joanna having earlier proved utterly unromantic in her attitude, Nancy went further with Ellen and gave her an English novel called, "The Merriweathers," in which an old family servant had not only followed her employers from castle to hovel, remaining there without Wages for years, but had insisted on lending all her savings to the Mistress of the Manor. REASURES WERE DEPOSITED IN A BASKET AT THE FRONT GATE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED AS HIS PERSONAL BAGGAGE THE PILE GREW AND GREW A WOOLLY LAMB TWO NOAH'S ARKS BOTTLES AND MARBLES INNUMERABLE A BAG OF PEBBLES A BROKEN STEAM ENGINE TWO CHINA NEST EGGS AN ORANGE A BANANA AND SOME WALNUTS A FISHING LINE A TROUGH OF ALL A STRING THESE GIVE AN IDEA THE QUALITY OF PETER'S EFFECTS BUT NOT OF THE QUANTITY ELLEN THE COOK LABORED LOYALLY FOR IT WAS HER LAST WEEK'S WORK WITH FAMILY SHE WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND LIKE CHARLESTON IN ALL THE OLD LIFE WHEN MOTHER CAREY AND THE STORMY PETROL SPLITTED ACROSS UNKNOWN WATERS FROM ONE HAVEN TO ANOTHER JOANNA HAVING EARLIER PROVED UTTERLY UNROMANTIC IN HER ATTITUDE NANCY WENT FURTHER WITH ELLEN AND GAVE HER AN ENGLISH NOVEL CALLED THE MERRY WEATHERS IN WHICH AN OLD FAMILY SERVANT HAD NOT ONLY FOLLOWED HER EMPLOYERS FROM CASTLE TO HOVEL REMAINING THERE WITHOUT WAGES FOR YEARS BUT HAD INSISTED ON LENDING ALL HER SAVINGS TO THE MISTRESS OF THE MANOR
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