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The Measure of a Man

CHAPTER XIII
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There were some young men with them, who had a remarkable resemblance to the couple, and I immediately began to speculate on the probabilities which could have brought a Yorkshire spinner to the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland.
After the service was over I found them at the Royal Hotel.

Then I began to learn the sequence.

The landlord of the Royal introduced it by informing me that Mr.and Mrs.John Hatton were _not_ there, but that Sir John Hatton and Lady Hatton _were_ staying at the Royal.

They were delighted to see me again and for three days I was almost constantly in Lady Hatton's company.

During these days I learned in an easy conversational way all that had followed "the peace that God made." No trouble was in its sequence--only that blessing which maketh rich and addeth no sorrow therewith.
"Yes," Lady Hatton answered to my question concerning the youths I had seen in the church with them, "they were my boys.


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