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Mr. Heman Daniels has changed his mind . He 's goin ' to keep his room and board with me just as he 's been doin ' . Is n't that splendid ! '' The sewing circles and the club and the noon and evening groups at the postoffice had two new subjects for verbal dissection during the next fortnight . This was , in its way , a sort of special Providence , for this was the dull season , when there were no more wrecks alongshore or schooners aground on the bars , and the boarders and cottagers from the cities had not yet come to East Wellmouth . Also the opening of the High Cliff House was getting to be a worn-out topic . So Emily Howes , her appearance and behavior , and John Kendrick , HIS behavior and his astonishing recklessness in attempting to wrest a portion of the county law practice from Heman Daniels , were welcomed as dispensations and discussed with gusto .