[The Late Mrs. Null by Frank Richard Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Late Mrs. Null CHAPTER XXVI 8/19
And now, that I think of it, you can tell me, at the same time, why you wanted to find my cousin Junius.
You refused once to tell me that, you know." "I remember," said Lawrence.
"And if you have the least feeling about it I will relate the whole affair, from beginning to end." "That, perhaps, will be the best thing to do, after all," said Annie. "And suppose we take a walk over the fields, and then you can tell it without being interrupted." But Lawrence did not feel that his ankle would allow him to accept this invitation, for it had hurt him a good deal since his walk to Aunt Patsy's cabin.
He said so to Annie, and excited in her the deepest feelings of commiseration. "You must take no more walks of any length," she exclaimed, "until you are quite, quite well! It was my fault that you took that tramp to Aunt Patsy's.
I ought to have known better.
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