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`` Thank you . '' Miss Barry heard of this , and told it over to Jack . `` Ben Hay is a good , plucky fellow . He used to go down at noon for beer , but I do not think he has been since the coffee-house was opened . Sylvie , do you know , I believe reformers in general would be more successful if they put a good and pleasant thing in the place of the evil they assail . Too often they leave their convert to pick his way alone . Hay is very much interested in the plans of the mill .