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They ca with

s the little brother had said--Its expression was

gentle and sympathetic and it was obvious that fond affection held all

three

The children o, to

express a family ere overbred Race run to seed expressed itself in

every line of them The boy wore an Eton jacket and collar and a tall

hat--and it looked quite strange in this place

As they got close to h in the hollohich

tells its own story--

I cowered down behind the hood of theme--or perhaps Miss Sharp did see me but was determined not to

look-- I felt utterly alone and deserted by all the world--and the sa caain I was conscious that my cheek ith a tear

The hurace of such feebleness!

-When they had gone by, I started forward again to watch theirl cry, "Oh! look Alathea!" as she pointed to the sky,

and then all three began to quicken their pace down another allée, in

the direction of Auteuil, and were soon out of sight