Dot 's whole attention had been concentrated , during this discourse , upon the father and daughter ; but looking , now , towards the little Hay-maker in the Moorish meadow , she saw that the clock was within a few minutes of striking , and fell , immediately , into a nervous and excited state . `` Father ! '' said Bertha , hesitating . `` Mary ! '' `` Yes , my dear , '' returned Caleb . `` Here she is . '' `` There is no change in her . You never told me anything of her that was not true ? '' `` I should have done it , my dear , I 'm afraid , '' returned Caleb , `` if I could have made her better than she was . But I must have changed her for the worse , if I had changed her at all . Nothing could improve her , Bertha . '' Confident as the Blind Girl had been when she asked the question , her delight and pride in the reply , and her renewed embrace of Dot , were charming to behold . `` More changes than you think for may happen , though , my dear , '' said Dot . `` Changes for the better , I mean ; changes for great joy to some of us . You must n't let them startle you too much , if any such should ever happen , and affect you . Are those wheels upon the road ? You 've a quick ear , Bertha . Are they wheels ? '' `` Yes . Coming very fast . ''
`` I -- I -- I know you have a quick ear , '' XXXXX Dot , placing her hand upon her heart , and evidently talking on as fast as she could , to hide its palpitating state , `` because I have noticed it often , and because you were so quick to find out that strange step last night .
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