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She Knitted for the Orphans in Secret for Five Winters — Then an Earl Showed the Whole Town

She Knitted for the Orphans in Secret for Five Winters — Then an Earl Showed the Whole Town

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"But she's stealing it!""She can't steal it," said Lucy softly. "Listen to me. She can have the thank-you. I don't want it. What matters is that your hands are warm. And look—they are." She took his hands in their gray mittens and held them. "£200, Sam. Think of all the coal. Think of all the bread. Let her have her name in the paper. As long as the money gets to you, I don't care at all."Sam wiped his nose on his sleeve. He did not look happy, but he nodded.But the money did not get to them.A week went by, then two. At St. Anne's, the fires were just as small. The bread was just as thin. Old Mrs. Green, who ran the home, waited and waited. Nothing came.But Cordelia Pratt had a new silk dress, and Mrs. Pratt had a new carriage with red wheels. Lucy saw it go by the hat shop window. She said nothing, but she knitted faster, and she bought less food for herself, and she spent more on wool.It was on a Friday, very early, that the Earl found her.She was coming back from St. Anne's with her empty basket in the dark, with the snow coming down. She came round the corner by the church, and there he was. He was walking alone, with no horse and no servant, his hands deep in his pockets.They both stopped."Miss Ward," he said. So he had found out her name."My lord. You are out very early.""I don't sleep well," he said. "I never have. And you?""I had hats to deliver."He looked at her basket. It was empty. There was not a hatbox in sight.
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