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Show 12. blessedness of having friends such as Humphrey, He put his arm around Samuel and gave him a warm hug that told Samuel his initiative was respected and appreciated. "You work all the way over in Black Friars?" asked Benjamen. Samuel nodded as though it weren't such an unmanageable walk. "It's too bad we can't eat coal." Benjamen concluded. "Benjamen! We always manage to eat. Doan't make things wors'n they are," chided Jane who knew that Benjamen was having a hard time understanding the whole1 of their situation, Samuel was getting the fire going when Jane turned curiously to Thomas. "What was that you took from your pocket for Samuel to burn?" "Nothing," dismissed Thomas. "Aye, sure, 't was nothing!" Her questioning look was demanding an answer. "It was my acceptance to Cambridge University," confessed Thomas. "But that's wonderful," was Jane's immediate response. Her voice trailed on the word 'wonderful' as she suddenly internalized the meaning of Thomas's actions. She looked at Samuel stirring the coals. An even heavier gloom fell as each realized more poignantly the sacrifice Thomas was making. "Something good'll happen. Ah know it will," Jane |