When they entered enter , the old man arose arise from his seat , and shaking shake Blakeney by the hand with great cordiality , offered offer Temple his chair ; and there being but three in the room , seated seat himself on the side of his little bed with evident composure .

They went go into the parlour my mother had come come from , the fire fire in the best room on the other side of the passage not being lighted -- not having been lighted , indeed , since my father ’s funeral funeral ; and when they were both seated seat , and Miss Betsey said nothing , my mother , after vainly trying try to restrain herself , began to cry cry .

When they reached reach the cottage , the two seated seat themselves with some appearance of fatigue upon the upper step of the porch , facing face each other , each leaning lean against a supporting post .