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"Mind the step!" cried Edna

"Don't neglect nolle; "and don'tsohed "You ood-by Madao, and

Edna stood on the porch a while watching her walk down the street

Then in the afternoon Mrs Merrihcaht have dispensed with the

fort-et-un one

evening at Mrs Merrio early, to dinner, and

Mr Merriman or Mr Arobin would take her home Edna accepted in a

half-hearted way She sohcaht refuge with Made for her, feeling a kind of repose invade her

with the very atmosphere of the shabby, unpretentious little room

Edna sat at the hich looked out over the house-tops and across

the river Theframe was filled with pots of flowers, and she sat

and picked the dry leaves froeranium The day arm, and

the breeze which blew from the river was very pleasant She re the leaves and

digging around the plants with her hat pin Once she thought she heard