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“
I
think
he
would
come
though
—
after
dark
,
you
know
,
”
Diamond
continued
.
“
He
does
well
at
shining
boots
.
People
’
s
kind
to
lame
boys
,
you
know
,
sir
.
But
after
dark
,
there
ain
’
t
so
much
doing
.
”
Diamond
succeeded
in
bringing
Jim
to
Mr
.
Raymond
,
and
the
consequence
was
that
he
resolved
to
give
the
boy
a
chance
.
He
provided
new
clothes
for
both
him
and
Nanny
;
and
upon
a
certain
day
,
Joseph
took
his
wife
and
three
children
,
and
Nanny
and
Jim
,
by
train
to
a
certain
station
in
the
county
of
Kent
,
where
they
found
a
cart
waiting
to
carry
them
and
their
luggage
to
The
Mound
,
which
was
the
name
of
Mr
.
Raymond
’
s
new
residence
.
I
will
not
describe
the
varied
feelings
of
the
party
as
they
went
,
or
when
they
arrived
.
All
I
will
say
is
,
that
Diamond
,
who
is
my
only
care
,
was
full
of
quiet
delight
—
a
gladness
too
deep
to
talk
about
.
Joseph
returned
to
town
the
same
night
,
and
the
next
morning
drove
Ruby
and
Diamond
down
,
with
the
carriage
behind
them
,
and
Mr
.
Raymond
and
a
lady
in
the
carriage
.
For
Mr
.
Raymond
was
an
old
bachelor
no
longer
:
he
was
bringing
his
wife
with
him
to
live
at
The
Mound
.
The
moment
Nanny
saw
her
,
she
recognised
her
as
the
lady
who
had
lent
her
the
ruby
-
ring
.
That
ring
had
been
given
her
by
Mr
.
Raymond
.
The
weather
was
very
hot
,
and
the
woods
very
shadowy
.
There
were
not
a
great
many
wild
flowers
,
for
it
was
getting
well
towards
autumn
,
and
the
most
of
the
wild
flowers
rise
early
to
be
before
the
leaves
,
because
if
they
did
not
,
they
would
never
get
a
glimpse
of
the
sun
for
them
.
So
they
have
their
fun
over
,
and
are
ready
to
go
to
bed
again
by
the
time
the
trees
are
dressed
.
But
there
was
plenty
of
the
loveliest
grass
and
daisies
about
the
house
,
and
Diamond
’
s
chief
pleasure
seemed
to
be
to
lie
amongst
them
,
and
breathe
the
pure
air
.
But
all
the
time
,
he
was
dreaming
of
the
country
at
the
back
of
the
north
wind
,
and
trying
to
recall
the
songs
the
river
used
to
sing
For
this
was
more
like
being
at
the
back
of
the
north
wind
than
anything
he
had
known
since
he
left
it
.
Sometimes
he
would
have
his
little
brother
,
sometimes
his
little
sister
,
and
sometimes
both
of
them
in
the
grass
with
him
,
and
then
he
felt
just
like
a
cat
with
her
first
kittens
,
he
said
,
only
he
couldn
’
t
purr
—
all
he
could
do
was
to
sing
.
These
were
very
different
times
from
those
when
he
used
to
drive
the
cab
,
but
you
must
not
suppose
that
Diamond
was
idle
.
He
did
not
do
so
much
for
his
mother
now
,
because
Nanny
occupied
his
former
place
;
but
he
helped
his
father
still
,
both
in
the
stable
and
the
harness
-
room
,
and
generally
went
with
him
on
the
box
that
he
might
learn
to
drive
a
pair
,
and
be
ready
to
open
the
carriage
-
door
.
Mr
.
Raymond
advised
his
father
to
give
him
plenty
of
liberty
.
“
A
boy
like
that
,
”
he
said
,
“
ought
not
to
be
pushed
.
”
Joseph
assented
heartily
,
smiling
to
himself
at
the
idea
of
pushing
Diamond
.
After
doing
everything
that
fell
to
his
share
,
the
boy
had
a
wealth
of
time
at
his
disposal
.
And
a
happy
,
sometimes
a
merry
time
it
was
.
Only
for
two
months
or
so
,
he
neither
saw
nor
heard
anything
of
North
Wind
.
MR
.
RAYMOND
’
S
house
was
called
The
Mound
,
because
it
stood
upon
a
little
steep
knoll
,
so
smooth
and
symmetrical
that
it
showed
itself
at
once
to
be
artificial
.
It
had
,
beyond
doubt
,
been
built
for
Queen
Elizabeth
as
a
hunting
tower
—
a
place
,
namely
,
from
the
top
of
which
you
could
see
the
country
for
miles
on
all
sides
,
and
so
be
able
to
follow
with
your
eyes
the
flying
deer
and
the
pursuing
hounds
and
horsemen
.
The
mound
had
been
cast
up
to
give
a
good
basement
-
advantage
over
the
neighbouring
heights
and
woods
.
There
was
a
great
quarry
-
hole
not
far
off
,
brim
-
full
of
water
,
from
which
,
as
the
current
legend
stated
,
the
materials
forming
the
heart
of
the
mound
—
a
kind
of
stone
unfit
for
building
—
had
been
dug
.
The
house
itself
was
of
brick
,
and
they
said
the
foundations
were
first
laid
in
the
natural
level
,
and
then
the
stones
and
earth
of
the
mound
were
heaped
about
and
between
them
,
so
that
its
great
height
should
be
well
buttressed
.
