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When she went into Kitty's little room, a pretty, pink little

room, full of knick-knacks in _vieux saxe,_ as fresh, and pink,

and white, and gay as Kitty herself had been two o,

Dolly reether, hat love and gaiety Her heart turned cold when

she saw Kitty sitting on a low chair near the door, her eyes

fixed ilanced at her

sister, and the cold, rather ill-tempered expression of her face

did not change

"I' now, and I shall have to keep in and you won't be

able to co down beside her "I

want to talk to you"

"What about?" Kitty asked swiftly, lifting her head in dismay

"What should it be, but your trouble?"

"I have no trouble"

"Nonsense, Kitty Do you suppose I could help knowing? I know

all about it And believe h it"

Kitty did not speak, and her face had a stern expression