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Part of the time heasked me about myself, and my studies and my doings.
Iwas
over the house one day in August when the painters were at workin it. Emily
walked over to the table with a puzzled expression. To-night I feel as
contented as a cat on a rug.
Iwrote a description of it in my Jimmy-book as I
watched.
It wass a very fine petticoat of theVictoria tartan. The point is,
Aunt Ruth, do you believe me or do you not?
For one crazy moment I really
thought he was going to kiss me. Butsince I cant, I just want to escape from
it.
In another year and a half my promise to AuntElizabeth will be out and I
can write stories again. Hegave it first place and commented on it specially in
his classcriticisms. They have a meaning forme they have for no one else. This
afternoon, after I finished the pickles, I read several ofMrs. I will be having
six sonsonce, all fery fine men and the youngest would be Neil.
Mistress
McIntyre shook her head, composedly. It was lovely there to-night with the
eerieloveliness of a fine November evening. He even, it seems to me,
ridiculesthem slightly.
Some people think her mind is affected, she said.
It
seemsimpossible to think that Aunt Ruth ever had beaux.
I told her the
wholestory, but of course she didnt believe it. I was wretcheduntil I had
invented a happy ending for it. McIntyre was too bewildered to be anything
butan echo.
This afternoon, after I finished the pickles, I read several ofMrs.
I wasonly a duty at first, but now I am something more. The debate is a yearly
occurrence andQueens has won for three years. He showed two of his pictures at
the Charlottetownexhibition in September, and Mr.
Teddy was hurt,because he had
never thought of such a thing.
Emily thought of the day before herwith some
distaste. Have you any idea how he came to be there? Will you be meaning that
it will be printed in a paper? Emily, I want to get away from this house and
this place as soon asI can. It wass all a long time ago now, but nefer will I
be forgetting it. But somebody saw us walking across the bridge.
Hollinger let
them alone, save for a few passing remarks as shecame and went at work. It is
not finding him in a hurry they will be.
I will be leaving Clara alone and not
vexing her withcomforting.
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