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Show 25 by Benny's words, "I knaw t' secret to stayin alive if yer ever thrown in t' Clink!" Benny's words got the attention of everyone else as well. "Ya just doan't breathe deep!" Explosive laughter burst forth from the children. Elise was about, to say something when the front door opened and in walked mother and Jane. When Hannah Lathrop wore her hair in an upsweep with combs, she was as stately and as commanding as the Queen herself. As was the fashion for women, she wore a hat and gloves when in public. With ladylike precision, she removed both, uncovering fingers, graceful and slender and unspoiled by rudimentary tasks. Elise helped her to remove her cloak. Seventeen year old Jane had a beauty equal to that of her mother. She had more color in her cheeks, but •'J her features were of the same delicate mold. Her hair was fair, like her mother's, but her Mother's was more flaxen and hers was more gold. There was no disputation as to their being mother and daughter, except for an occasional encounter with new acquaintances who would have taken them to be sisters had not an introduction clarified their obvious relationship one to another. Hannah had scarce removed her gloves when Benjamen |