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cried Norah , `` and he seems to have a bit of humor about him , too . '' `` I am sorry for him . He looks as if he had no one to take care of him , and he is nearly blind , as you can tell , '' said Marion . When Mammy Belle came for her charge at noon , Marion asked her if she knew anything about old Mr. Goodman . `` Yes 'm , '' answered Belle , `` I knows him , Miss Marion , '' smoothing her apron . `` Does he live alone in that big house on the Terrace ? '' `` Yes 'm , and he 's mighty rich and crusty .