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Excerpt from John Halifax, Gentleman, Vol. 1 of 3
Vagabond, I think the woman, (sally Watkins, once my nurse, ) was going to say, but she changed her mind.
My father and I both glanced round, surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets: but when the lad addressed turned, fixed his eyes on each of us for a moment, and made way for us, we 'ceased to Wonder. Ragged, muddy, and miser able as he appeared, the poor boy looked any thing but a vagabond.
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