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The Terrible Twins

CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VII.
AND PRINGLE'S POND Mrs.Dangerfield was indeed delighted with the stole, for she had an almost extravagant fondness for furs; and it was long since she had had any.

She wondered how the Twins had saved and collected the money it had cost; she knew that it had not been drawn from the cats' home fund, since the Terror had promised her that none of that money should be diverted from its proper purpose; and she was the more grateful to them for the thought and labor they must have devoted to acquiring it.

On the whole she thought it wiser not to inquire how the money had been raised.
The Twins, as always, enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant Christmas.

It was the one week in the year when Little Deeping flung off its quietude and gently rollicked.

There was a dearth of children, young men and maidens among their Little Deeping friends; and the Twins and Wiggins were in request as the lighter element in the Christmas gatherings.
Thanks to the Terror, the three of them took this brightening function with considerable seriousness: each of them learned by heart a humorous piece of literature, generally verse, for reciting; and they performed two charades in a very painstaking fashion.


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