in making it; and I'm very glad, too, that you like it; and if you please to keep it, ma'am, that's all." "But that's not all," said the lady. "Spend your time no more in weeding in my garden, you can employ yourself much better; you shall have the reward of your ingenuity as well as of your industry. Make as many more such mats as you can, and I will take care and dispose of them for you." "Thank'e, ma'am," said Jem, making his best bow, for he thought by the lady's looks that she meant to…
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