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Dickey Downy

CHAPTER XII
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And what would her hat look like without that bird on it, I'd like to know?
So if it isn't wicked for her it isn't wicked for us, Nell, and I'm not going to give up looking nice just to please papa.

He'd like to have me dress as antiquated as old Mrs.Noah when she came out of the ark, but I'm not going to encourage him in his old-fashioned notions.

And here, Nell, just listen to this! Don't you think, he says the Episcopal Prayer Book ought to be revised for the women worshipers and omit that part of the litany where it says, 'From pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy, good Lord, deliver us.' What fol-de-rol!" And being out of breath she stopped talking and they walked away down the street together..


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