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hing else. First of all, Rex met me at the train with his sister Anne. It's quite all right to call him Rex, Aunt Daphne says. N

d call resignation to the ways of Providence. The Dean's eyes twinkled as Rex explained things, and then I kissed Aunt Daphne, and explained to her too, and I'm sure that she was relieved. After

I don't quite know all that this means, but I guess I can weather it. It probably has to do with what Rex called the 'cosmic makings,' geology and all

panish beauty. Our back garden just topples right over into a ravine that ends up short on the shore. I never saw such abrupt little chasms in my life. Uncle Cassius was sh

collecting for years. You're liable to stumble over a stuffed armadillo or a petrified slice of some prehistoric monster anywhere at all. I found a mummy case in the library closet, but there wasn't anything in

came in and kissed me good-night. She told me again how glad she is that I'm not a boy. Uncle Cassius hasn't c

tedly

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of the

hi,

e seen the flickering glow of the Dean's good-night cigar. He was not an habitual smoker, but the evening cigar was a sort of nocturnal ceremonial. It gave h

with the red curls who had come to them from far-of

ld not have a pleasant visit, since she is here. I have had a long conver

suggeste

eliant. I think I may be able to interest her, at least in a simplified course of study. I have always

en them, held a twinkle of mirth, and her sm

ery lovable, attractive girl. I am quite reli

t five. There did not seem to be any one stirring yet, so she dressed quietly, and found her way down-stairs. The Dean kept a cook

elia?" she asked, eagerly. "I'm dying to climb

ath, behind the tool shed, and you just follow it until you can't go any farther, and there's the bluff. I haven

leaves in the back garden. He was a plump rosy-cheeked old Irishman, his face wrinkled like a w

e bounding to meet her, his nose

ad if you'd been a boy, Miss," Danny said, shrewdly.

Anything that the Dean had the naming of received the benediction of ancient G

added-"named Billie. He's kind of related to us, because his grandfather married Cousin Roxy, and she's my father's cousin. It's a little bit hard to figure it out, but st

hine," answered Danny, gallantly.-"If you leave it to Sa