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Now and then a yellow leaf came floating down from the trees, detached from no outward violence, but only because its life had reached its full limit and then ceased. NOW AND THEN A YELLOW LEAF CAME FLOATING DOWN FROM THE TREES DETACHED FROM NO OUTWARD VIOLENCE BUT ONLY BECAUSE ITS LIFE HAD REACHED ITS FULL LIMIT AND THEN CEASED
t Mrs. Buxton required her presence less, and had remained more at home. Possibly Mrs. Buxton regretted this; but she never said anything. She, far-looking, as one who was near death, foresaw that, probably, if Maggie and her son met often in her sick-room, feelings might arise which would militate against her husband's hopes and plans, and which, therefore, she ought not to allow to spring up. But she had been unable to refrain from expressing her gratitude to Maggie for many hours of tranquil happiness, and had unconsciously dropped many sentences which made Frank feel, that, in the little brown mouse of former years, he was likely to meet with one who could tell him much of the inner history of his mother in her last days, and to whom he could speak of her without calling out the passionate sorrow which was so little in unison with her memory. Accordingly, one afternoon, late in the autumn, he rode up to Mrs. Browne's. The air on the heights was so still that nothing seemed to stir. URST SHE HAD FELT THAT MISSUS BUXTON REQUIRED HER PRESENCE LESS AND HAD REMAINED MORE AT HOME POSSIBLY MISSUS BUXTON REGRETTED THIS BUT SHE HAD NEVER SAID ANYTHING SHE FAR LOOKING AS ONE WHO IS NEAR DEATH FORESAW THAT PROBABLY IF MAGGIE AND HER SON MET OFTEN IN HER SICK ROOM FEELINGS MIGHT ARISE WHICH WOULD MILITATE AGAINST HER HUSBAND'S HOPES AND PLANS AND WHICH THEREFORE SHE OUGHT NOT TO ALLOW TO SPRING UP BUT SHE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO REFRAIN FROM EXPRESSING HER GRATITUDE TO MAGGIE FOR MANY HOURS OF TRANQUIL HAPPINESS AND HAD UNCONSCIOUSLY DROPPED MANY SENTENCES WHICH MADE FRANK FEEL THAT IN THE LITTLE BROWN MOUSE OF FORMER YEARS HE WAS LIKELY TO MEET WITH ONE WHO COULD TELL HIM MUCH OF THE INNER HISTORY OF HIS MOTHER IN HER LAST DAYS AND TO WHOM HE COULD SPEAK OF HER WITHOUT CALLING OUT THE PASSIONATE SORROW WHICH WAS SO LITTLE IN UNISON WITH HER MEMORY ACCORDINGLY ONE AFTERNOON LATE IN AUTUMN HE RODE UP TO MISSUS BROWN'S THE AIR ON THE HEIGHTS WAS SO STILL THAT NOTHING SEEMED TO STIR
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