The three miles
was a long way for her, and tired as he was, Steadfast had to take
her on his back, and when at last he reached home, and would have set
her down before his astonished sisters, she was fast asleep with her
head on his shoulder.
CHAPTER XI.
THE FORTUNES OF WAR.
"Hear and improve, he pertly cries,
I come to make a nation wise."
GAY
Very early in the morning, before indeed anyone except Patience was
stirring, Steadfast set forth in search of Roger Fitter to consult
him about the poor child who was fast asleep beside Jerusha; and
propose to him to take her into Bristol to find her father.
Hodge, who had celebrated his return by a hearty supper with his
friends, was still asleep, and his mother was very unwilling to call
him, or to think of his going back to the wars. However, he rolled
down the cottage stair at last, and the first thing he did was to
observe--
"Well, mother, how be you? I felt like a boy again, waking up in the
old chamber.
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