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over and over . And ` Lihu was n't a professor , neither ; and maybe he had n't no right to take the comfort out o ' them words that he did ; and maybe I hai n't no right , and it 's only like a string o ' music that 'll keep a runnin ' in a body 's head sometimes and they not thinkin ' nor meanin ' any thin ' . `` I do n't see any further into it than I did afore . I do n't know as I 'm what you 'd call any more believin ' , but when I 've laid till after midnight with my eyes as wide open as daylight , and no shut to 'em , thinkin ' and worryin ' and coughin ' , I 've seen it ag ` in , jest the way he rolled and tossed that night , and then them words come to him , and he smiled and went to sleep peacefuller nor any child ; and so _ I 've _ said 'em , and faith or no faith , believin ' or no believin ' , they 've set me a cryin ' , time and ag ` in , and they 've put me to sleep ! thar ' , they 've put me to sleep ! '' `` And who else could they ` a ' be 'n meant for but him and you ? '' cried Grandma , in a gush of sympathy ; `` him and you , and anybody else as you seen needed them words and could give 'em to 'em to quiet 'em ; for , dear woman !