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Page 281 - up street" to the shop, or to carry home the needlework by which alone she earned her living ; for since her bereavement, she had shrunk from returning to field-work, which would have entailed at least some intercourse, however limited, with those about her. It was impossible not to return a nod, even a grim smile now and then, when Rosie seemed so certain of the acknowledgment of her friendly signals; when she took to beckoning in an entreating manner it was impossible not to step in for a moment,...