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"Don't do that, Bridget," said Miss Patience; "you are disturbing me."

"Are you going to be cross when you find I don't know your sort of things?"

"Well, dear, you are not to blame. I shall take you to Eastcliff this afternoon, and order some plain dresses to be made up for you."

10Cards

"Janet, I wish you would not speak in that bitter way."

"Do try not to make such a fool of yourself," repeated Janet, angrily, in her ear."Oh, well; it's all the same," said Olive. "You won't admit the feeling that animates your breast, but I know that it is there, chérie. Now I have got something to confess on my own account—I don't like her either."

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[Pg 23]

"Yes, I am sure she has a good deal of physical courage, but that does not alter the fact of her having defied my authority and led the children into mischief."