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"Well, I'm glad," said Clover.

"It's been a dull day for him, and now he'll have a pleasant evening, only he'll miss you." "I call it very inconsiderate of the little scamp," observed Geoff.

"He doesn't know but that he's leaving you to spend the evening quite alone." "Oh, boys don't think of things like that." "Boys ought to, then.

However, I can stand his absence, if you can!" It was a very merry little meal to which they presently sat down, full of the charm which the unexpected brings with it.

Clover had grown to regard Geoff as one of her very best friends, and was perfectly at her ease with him, while to him, poor lonely fellow, such a glimpse of cosey home-life was like a peep at Paradise.