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The Debtor

CHAPTER X
12/20

"Come away immediately," she said, in a choking voice.

"Immediately." "It's just like a girl to act that way about my going, as if I wanted to come myself at all," said the boy, following his sister's pulling hand, and still grinning understandingly at Anderson over his shoulder.
Charlotte turned in the doorway and looked majestically at Anderson.
"I thought, when I obliged my brother to return here and pick up the candy, that I was dealing with a gentleman," said she.

"Otherwise I might not have considered it necessary." Even then Anderson could scarcely restrain his laughter, although he was conscious that he was mortally offending her.

He managed to gasp out something about his surprise and the triviality of the whole affair of the candy.
"I regret that you should consider the taking anything without leave, however worthless, as trivial," said she.

"I have not been so brought up, and neither has my brother." She said this with an indescribable air of offended rectitude.


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