And he let me have what I wanted like a good fellow--" "And made you promise not to do it again!" "No, he didn't; he only laughed.

Besides, he said that he wished he had been in the game--" "What!" exclaimed Alixe.
"He's a first-rate fellow," insisted Gerald, reddening; "and it was very nice of you to let me bring him over to-day.

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