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Where did you get it? she exclaimed to Amy:
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No, replied Amy;
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I got it from the house just now.
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And did you really go in on purpose! Well, that was very good-natured, I must say; and now I do think, as a reward, I will tell you about Emily Morton.
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A reward to herself, not to you, Amy, said Dora;
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But, replied Amy, in rather a timid voice,
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I hope you understand, Margaret, that I cannot make any promise about mamma.
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Why don't you hear what she has to say first, said Dora,
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I would rather settle it first, answered Amy, firmly;
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I should not have any pleasure in knowing it if I thought Margaret were mistaken about me.
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Well I never mind now, said Margaret,
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I am not going to speak treason; and you are so good-natured, Amy, I am sure you will never repeat anything to get us into a scrape.
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Perhaps I am not good-natured, persisted Amy;
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But I do quite like it, now; and I am sure you are good-natured, and so you shall hear. I want to tell you what Emily Morton did last year on papa's birthday, and then I know you will hate her as much as we do. We have always had quite a _fete_ given then; for papa says it was begun when he came of age, and he does not like to give it up.
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Oh! said Amy,
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And did not aunt Herbert think it very delightful? asked Dora.
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Papa always speaks of it with such pleasure.
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Yes, answered Amy;
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It must be very nice, continued Dora,
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She said she wished it then, replied Amy;
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What!--not to have two great houses, and heaps of servants, and plenty of money?
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But, replied Amy,
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What do you mean, Amy? asked Dora, in a tone of extreme surprise.
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Great things promised us at our baptism! I never knew anything I had either given or promised me then, excepting my name, and my old purple Bible and Prayer-book.
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Oh Dora! exclaimed Amy,
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Then it is very strange, that is all I can say, replied Dora,
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I never in my life before heard any one say that baptism was any good besides giving a child a name.
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Oh! but Dora, she said, very gravely,
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I don't understand what you mean, Amy, said Dora, hastily,
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I will, said Margaret,
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Oh! continued Margaret,
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But, said Amy,
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How can that be? I am sure no one can be right who is unkind.
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No, said Amy, looking a little perplexed;
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Deceit! what deceit? asked Margaret;
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But your uncle would have thought the drawing was yours, when it was not.
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And what harm would that have done? I will venture to say I could have finished just as good a one if I had tried; it was only a sketch. No, no, it was mere ill-nature--she wished for the picture herself.
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I tell you what, Margaret, said Dora,
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I hate such hypocrites, said Margaret,
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I should not mind anything, said Dora,
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And then, people call her pretty, interrupted Margaret.
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It makes me so angry, sometimes, to hear them go on about her beautiful eyes, and her black hair. She need have some beauty, for she spends quite enough time in dressing herself, I know.