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"Though you needn't be so annoyingly humble about it," said she,

and frowned, and, even while she frowned, laughed and shook her

head

"And pray, why do you laugh?"

"Because--oh, Peter, you are such a--boy!"

"So you toldmy pipe-stem

viciously

"Did I, Peter?"

"You also called ested it"

"Did I, Peter?" and she began to laugh again, but stopped all at

once and rose to her feet

"Peter!" said she, with a startled note in her voice, "don't you

hear so!"

"Yes"

"And--they are co this way!"

"Yes"

"Oh--how can you sit there so quietly? Do you think--"she began,

and stopped, staring into the shadoide eyes

"I think," said I, knocking the ashes fro it

on the bench beside o into the cottage for a while"