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In a quarter of an hour after I begin working , I can not see at all -- not even to sew sacks . The idea of being a burden to my son drives me distracted . '' `` Oh , do n't , ma'am , if Agricola heard you say that -- '' `` I know the poor boy thinks of nothing but me , and that augments my vexation . Only I think that rather than leave me , he gives up the advantages that his fellow-workmen enjoy at Hardy 's , his good and worthy master -- instead of living in this dull garret , where it is scarcely light at noon , he would enjoy , like the other workmen , at very little expense , a good light room , warm in winter , airy in summer , with a view of the garden . And he is so fond of trees ! not to mention that this place is so far from his work , that it is quite a toil to him to get to it . '' `` Oh , when he embraces you he forgets his fatigue , Mrs. Baudoin , '' said Mother Bunch ; `` besides , he knows how you cling to the house in which he was born .