And when the beggar
wouldn't go away last night; and when I said I was a very common
man, said "No, your Honour! Bless your Honour, don't say that!" I
was quite ashamed. I really felt as if I hadn't a right to wear
it.'
Happy Blind Girl! How merry she was, in her exultation!
'I see you, father,' she said, clasping her hands, 'as plainly, as
if I had the eyes I never want when you are with me. A blue coat--
'
'Bright blue,' said Caleb.
'Yes, yes! Bright blue!' exclaimed the girl, turning up her
radiant face; 'the colour I can just remember in the blessed sky!
You told me it was blue before! A bright blue coat--'
'Made loose to the figure,' suggested Caleb.
'Made loose to the figure!' cried the Blind Girl, laughing
heartily; 'and in it, you, dear father, with your merry eye, your
smiling face, your free step, and your dark hair--looking so young
and handsome!'
'Halloa! Halloa!' said Caleb. 'I shall be vain, presently!'
'I think you are, already,' cried the Blind Girl, pointing at him,
in her glee.
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