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Grant that , and see to what it leads . By imagining that I have Clarrie with me I am as well off as if I really had . Why , then , should I go to needless expense , and take her from you ? '' The white-haired minister rose , for the ten o'clock bell was ringing and it was time for family worship . `` My boy , '' he said , `` if there must be a sacrifice let the old man make it . I , too , have imagination . '' For the moment there was a majesty about him that was foreign to his usual bearing .