human
Oh, it's my Alice! It's Alice! cried Dot.
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I've got her back once more.
human
There won't be much left of her if she gets in the water again, prophesied Neale.
gpt
This is the second time this trip.
human
She _is_ rather forlorn looking, agreed Ruth, trying not to smile and hurt her little sister's feelings, for Dot was very sensitive about her dolls, especially her
gpt
Alice one.
human
I shall have to get you a new one, Dot.
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I don't want anybody but my Alice-doll! Will you hang her up in the sun for me so she'll dry?
human
Of course, Dottie. And when we get back to Milton we can take her to the hospital again and have her done over as we did after she was buried with the dried apples. Poor Alice-doll! She has had a hard life.
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Aggie, said Neale,
human
I think our Tess must have surely gone insane. I never knew her to do a deliberately unkind thing before.
gpt
It certainly is curious. There, Neale, Mr. Howbridge is beckoning to you.
human
Yes, Neale replied.
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He wants us to start, and he's right. Start her up again, Hank, he added.
human
We're on Lake Macopic now, and we'll have to watch our step. There's more navigation here than there was on the river.
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Is this really the lake? asked Ruth,
human
Are we really on Macopic at last?
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This is where the river broadens out into the lake, said Neale, indicating the sweep of waters about them.
human
It is really a part of the lake, though the larger and main part lies around that point,