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`` I 'll admit he did send me , '' said he with a grin , `` but I came on my own account , too . Do you want to make it up with him ? You can get back under the plum tree if you 'll say the word . '' I could see my mother , as I had seen her two hours before at our poor midday meal , -- an old , old woman , so broken , so worn ! And all through the misery this Dominick had brought upon us . Before I could control myself to speak , Buck burst out , a look of alarm in his face , `` Do n't say it , Mr. Sayler , -- I know , -- I know . I told him it 'd be no use .