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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables 1851.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables 1851.
The Question and Answer section for The House of the Seven Gables is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Hepzibah refuses assistance because she wants to protect Clifford from Jaffrey. The judge threatens to have Clifford commited because he wants the dded to the lost land and believes that Clifford knows where it is.
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“No matter for the money,” said she, giving him a little push towards the door; for her old gentility was contumaciously squeamish at sight of the copper coin, and, besides, it seemed such pitiful meanness to take the child’s...
Clifford Pyncheon
"And, after all, child," exclaimed Hepzibah, suddenly rising, as if to dismiss the subject, "it is not for me to say who shall be a guest or inhabitant of the old Pyncheon House. Its master is coming."
"Do you mean Judge...