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The

maltster

cleared

his

throat

in

an

exaggerated

form

for

emphasis

,

and

elongating

his

gaze

to

the

remotest

point

of

the

ashpit

,

said

,

in

the

slow

speech

justifiable

when

the

importance

of

a

subject

is

so

generally

felt

that

any

mannerism

must

be

tolerated

in

getting

at

it

,

"

Well

,

I

don

’

t

mind

the

year

I

were

born

in

,

but

perhaps

I

can

reckon

up

the

places

I

’

ve

lived

at

,

and

so

get

it

that

way

.

I

bode

at

Upper

Longpuddle

across

there

"

(

nodding

to

the

north

)

"

till

I

were

eleven

.

I

bode

seven

at

Kingsbere

"

(

nodding

to

the

east

)

"

where

I

took

to

malting

.

I

went

therefrom

to

Norcombe

,

and

malted

there

two

-

and

-

twenty

years

,

and

-

two

-

and

-

twenty

years

I

was

there

turnip

-

hoeing

and

harvesting

.

Ah

,

I

knowed

that

old

place

,

Norcombe

,

years

afore

you

were

thought

of

,

Master

Oak

"

(

Oak

smiled

sincere

belief

in

the

fact

)

.

"

Then

I

malted

at

Durnover

four

year

,

and

four

year

turnip

-

hoeing

;

and

I

was

fourteen

times

eleven

months

at

Millpond

St

.

Jude

’

s

"

(

nodding

north

-

west

-

by

-

north

)

.

"

Old

Twills

wouldn

’

t

hire

me

for

more

than

eleven

months

at

a

time

,

to

keep

me

from

being

chargeable

to

the

parish

if

so

be

I

was

disabled

.

Then

I

was

three

year

at

Mellstock

,

and

I

’

ve

been

here

one

-

and

-

thirty

year

come

Candlemas

.

How

much

is

that

?

"

"

Hundred

and

seventeen

,

"

chuckled

another

old

gentleman

,

given

to

mental

arithmetic

and

little

conversation

,

who

had

hitherto

sat

unobserved

in

a

corner

.

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"

Well

,

then

,

that

’

s

my

age

,

"

said

the

maltster

,

emphatically

.

"

O

no

,

father

!

"

said

Jacob

.

"

Your

turnip

-

hoeing

were

in

the

summer

and

your

malting

in

the

winter

of

the

same

years

,

and

ye

don

’

t

ought

to

count

-

both

halves

,

father

.

"

"

Chok

’

it

all

!

I

lived

through

the

summers

,

didn

’

t

I

?

That

’

s

my

question

.

I

suppose

ye

’

ll

say

next

I

be

no

age

at

all

to

speak

of

?

"

"

Sure

we

shan

’

t

,

"

said

Gabriel

,

soothingly

.

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"

Ye

be

a

very

old

aged

person

,

malter

,

"

attested

Jan

Coggan

,

also

soothingly

.

"

We

all

know

that

,

and

ye

must

have

a

wonderful

talented

constitution

to

be

able

to

live

so

long

,

mustn

’

t

he

,

neighbours

?

"

"

True

,

true

;

ye

must

,

malter

,

wonderful

,

"

said

the

meeting

unanimously

.

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