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He put his arm around her with careless friendliness and helped her to

her feet "What a place this will be for your boy to play He can be

cast away on a desert island and surrounded by wild animals every day

in the week" His voice was so kind that her anger of two hours ago

see! She tried in a

bewildered way to get back to it in her own mind, but he was so matter

of fact about the stuffed animals and the little boy and the desert

island, that she could only say vaguely, "Yes, it would be nice, but

of course I' to take him"

"Well now, that's just what I want to talk to you about," he said,

watching her through his long, curling eyelashes "That's why I came

down to Old Chester--"

"Oh, is it?"

He checked an iot

your letter about this boy, I was really delighted--Let's go out into

the sunshine; the sreeable--I think