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Miss Billy

CHAPTER XVII
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But, tell me, what is it--what does she want to do ?" "She says she guesses she is homesick for Hampden Falls; that she'd like to go back there for a few weeks this summer if I'll go with her.
The--the dear child seems suddenly to have taken a great fancy to me," explained Aunt Hannah, unsteadily.

"I never saw her so affectionate." "She is a dear girl--a very dear girl; and she has a warm heart." William cleared his throat sonorously, but even that did not clear his voice.

"It was her heart that led her wrong the other night," he declared.

"Hers was a brave and fearless act--but a very unwise one.
Much as I deplore Bertram's intimacy with Seaver, I should hesitate to take the course marked out by Billy.

Bertram is not a child.


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