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confused nor indignant, but simply concluded lier survey
of the inferior being, then spoke a word to the old
man, and walked calmly on. lie tottered after her,
clinging to the other end of the white stick, which was
at least ten feet long. She was a perfect specimen
of what we regard in England as the high Norman
aristocratic type of beauty. Her face was a long oval,
of geometrical perfection; her eyes were deep blue;
her forehead was high and white; her nose, long and
straight: every feature, in short, was unexceptional in
form and symmetry. Her hair was flaxen, and her
complexion clear, with very little colour. She was dressed
with much care and neatness: a clean handkerchief
smartly tied over her head, and a black cloth jacket
closely fitting her beautiful figure. She was quite
different from any of the people I had seen hereabouts;
her face and hands were utterly clean. She was
probably the daughter of some farmer, and the old man
the family pauper.
In Norway there are no poor-rates, but the farmers
have to support the aged poor as inmates of their
houses. These old people generally do some light work,
such as gathering wood and the like. The custom is
primitive, and has many advantages. Charity thus
becomes an active virtue, dwelling at the fireside of
home — " it blesseth him that gives, and him that
takes," for in kindly treating such a pensioner, a
happy influence is spread throughout the house, and
the little children are trained in the exercise of gentle
benevolence, by a course of instruction that no maxims
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