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The Golden Scarecrow

CHAPTER V
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She looked at him and laughed.
Then he went hurriedly indoors.
On the second occasion she had come down to be shown off at a luncheon party.

She had been praised and petted, and then, in the hall, had run into her father's arms.

He was in his top-hat, going down to his old city, looking, the nurse thought, "just like a monkey." But Nancy stayed, holding on to the leg of his trousers.

Suddenly he bent down and whispered: "Were they nice to you in there ?" "Yes.

Why weren't you there ?" "I was.


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