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1  When Ethan drove into Hale's yard the builder was just getting out of his sleigh.
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2  He flung the bearskin into the sleigh, climbed to the seat, and drove up to the house.
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3  As they drove away the sun sank behind the hill and the pine-boles turned from red to grey.
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4  There seemed to be no answer to this, and again they drove on for a while without speaking.
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5  The sled swerved in response, but he righted it again, kept it straight, and drove down on the black projecting mass.
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6  "Jotham Powell brought some goods over from the Flats for his wife, and he drove right on home with them," she explained.
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7  He stretched out his legs, drove his heels into the road to keep the sled from slipping forward, and bent her head back between his hands.
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8  They drove slowly up the road between fields glistening under the pale sun, and then bent to the right down a lane edged with spruce and larch.
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9  Ethan drove on in silence till they reached a part of the wood where the pines were more widely spaced, then he drew up and helped Mattie to get out of the sleigh.
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10  She gave him a last nod of sympathy while her son chirped to the horse; and Ethan, as she drove off, stood in the middle of the road and stared after the retreating sleigh.
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11  The sweetness of the picture, and the relief of knowing that his fears of "trouble" with Zeena were unfounded, sent up his spirits with a rush, and he, who was usually so silent, whistled and sang aloud as he drove through the snowy fields.
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