Sheer Off: A Tale (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Nancy gave another contemptuous snort, but without specifying for whom it was in tended. Ben Stone went on with his planing of the shelf and his praise of the school-master, his hand having a very different effect from his tongue for the more he planed, the smoother grew the wood; while the more he praised, the rougher grew the temper Of Nancy. Ben Stone saw this, and took a little malicious pleasure in stirring up the envy and jealousy Of his customer; for, though he was not one to break the peace himself, and had never been known to be either out of spirits or out of temper, Ben Stone was certainly not a man to be reckoned amongst the peacemakers. He rather enjoyed poking the fire in a neigh bor's grate, as he once jestingly observed to his wife, and there was always plenty of dry fuel in Nancy's.

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