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Kate sed "Come out of this Come walk a little

ith me, and tell s I think of every day of e! Cohed Kate "Of course I'll co you want to kno good it

is to see you! Your ave me for what I

did, in the way I did it She said it would bring disaster, and

she was right I thought it was not fair and honest not to let

you know the worst I thought I was too old, and too busy, and

too flourishing, to repair neglected years at that date, but

believe me, Kate, you waked me up Try the hardest one you know,

and if I can't spell it, I'll pay a thousand to your pet charity"

Kate laughed spontaneously "Are you in earnest?" she asked

"I a

her down a narrow path to a shrub-enclosed, railed-in platforh hill, where they faced theprocession across the

face of the great inland sea Here he found a seat

"I've nothing to tell," he said "I lost Mother, so I went on