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Mary Marston

CHAPTER VII
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"I don't mind the wind a bit; it's rather pleasant.

It's only that the look of the place makes me miserable, I think.

It looks as if no one had danced there for a hundred years." "Neither any one has, I suppose, till to-night," said Tom.

"What a fine place it would be if only it had a roof to it! I can't think how any one can live beside it and leave it like that!" But Tom lived a good deal closer to a worse ruin, and never spent a thought on it.
Letty shivered again.
"I'm quite ashamed of myself," she said, trying to speak cheerfully.

"I can't think why I should feel like this--just as if something dreadful were watching me! I'll go home, Mr.Helmer.".
"It will be much the safest thing to do: I fear you have indeed caught cold," replied Tom, rejoiced at the chance of accompanying her.


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