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Amelia and John Phillips never liked him. There was an ancient feud between the families that had died out among the younger generation, but was still potent with the older. AMELIA AND JOHN PHILLIPS NEVER LIKED HIM THERE WAS AN ANCIENT FEUD BETWEEN THE FAMILIES THAT HAD DIED OUT AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION BUT WAS STILL POTENT WITH THE OLDER
phen being ill. She had never known him to have a day's sickness in his life before. She looked back over her life much as if she were glancing with a chill interest at a series of pictures which in no way concerned her. Scene after scene, face after face, flashed out on the background of the darkness. Emily's mother had died at her birth, but Amelia Phillips, twenty years older than the baby sister, had filled the vacant place so well and with such intuitive tenderness that Emily had never been conscious of missing a mother. John Phillips, too, the grave, silent, elder brother, loved and petted the child. Woodford people were fond of saying that John and Amelia spoiled Emily shamefully. Emily Phillips had never been like the other Woodford girls and had no friends of her own age among them. Her uncommon beauty won her many lovers, but she had never cared for any of them until Stephen Fair, fifteen years her senior, had come a-wooing to the old, gray, willow-girdled Phillips homestead. AS SO STRANGE TO THINK OF STEPHEN BEING ILL SHE HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM TO HAVE A DAY'S SICKNESS IN HIS LIFE BEFORE SHE LOOKED BACK OVER HER LIFE MUCH AS IF SHE WERE GLANCING WITH A CHILL INTEREST AT A SERIES OF PICTURES WHICH NO WAY CONCERNED HER SCENE AFTER SCENE FACE AFTER FACE FLASHED OUT ON THE BACKGROUND OF DARKNESS EMILY'S MOTHER HAD DIED AT HER BIRTH BUT AMELIA PHILLIPS TWENTY YEARS OLDER THAN THE BABY'S SISTER HAD FILLED THE VACANT PLACE SO WELL AND WITH SUCH INTUITIVE TENDERNESS THAT EMILY HAD NEVER BEEN CONSCIOUS OF MISSING A MOTHER JOHN PHILLIPS TOO THE GRAVE SILENT ELDER BROTHER LOVED AND PETTED THE CHILD WHITFORD PEOPLE WERE FOND OF SAYING THAT JOHN AND AMELIA SPOILED EMILY SHAMEFULLY EMILY PHILLIPS HAD NEVER BEEN LIKE THE OTHER WOODFORD GIRLS AND HAD NO FRIENDS OF HER OWN AGE AMONG THEM HER UNCOMMON BEAUTY WON HER MANY LOVERS BUT SHE HAD NEVER CARED FOR ANY OF THEM UNTIL STEPHEN FERRE FIFTEEN YEARS HER SENIOR HAD COME A WOOING TO THE OLD GRAY WILLOW GIRDED PHILLIPS HOMESTEAD
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