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woman's recollections of Anne's early life?
Did you know Mrs. Catherick before Anne was born?
I asked.
Notverylongsir―notabovefourmonths.Wesawagreatdealof
each other in that timebut we were never very friendly together.
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recollectionsmightbeIobservedthatitwasunconsciouslyarelieftoher
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mindtoreverttothedimly-seentroublesofthepastafterdwellingso
long on the vivid sorrows of the present.
WereyouandMrs.Catherickneighbours?
Iinquiredleadingher
memory on as encouragingly as I could.
Yessir―neighbours at Old Welmingham.
OLDWelmingham?Therearetwoplacesofthatnamethenin
Hampshire?
Wellsirthereusedtobeinthosedays―betterthanthree-and-
twentyyearsago.Theybuiltanewtownabouttwomilesoffconvenient
totheriver―andOldWelminghamwhichwasnevermuchmorethana
villagegotintimetobedeserted.Thenewtownistheplacetheycall
Welminghamnow―buttheoldparishchurchistheparishchurchstill.
Itstandsbyitselfwiththehousespulleddownorgonetoruinallround
it.I'velivedtoseesadchanges.Itwasapleasantprettyplaceinmy
time.
Did you live there before your marriageMrs. Clements?
Nosir―I'maNorfolkwoman.Itwasn'ttheplacemyhusbandbe-
longedtoeither.HewasfromGrimsbyayilai:
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