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“Oh … oh no, Sophy Well, nohat does Grey think? Does he think you will marry him?”

“Well, how could he when he has not yet applied for my hand? But when Percy …” She waved her hand about “Oh Sassy, he hite, so white and turned on his heel and left, and when he did, Grey began to o to the devil—I did … I did! I was never so ashamed of myself, but I told him that and that I would never, ever marry him!”

“I must think,” Sassy said as this all played out in herto ic more than she should Was this one of those tiic? Repercussions … there were always repercussions when ic was used too often

“Percy looked stricken, and then he went off I suppose to find theher hands “What shall we do?”

“Ah … so that was it,” Sassy said, as this explained much

“All is lost! I aot to her feet and began pacing

“Nothing is lost It is done, noe shall undo it You can explain ”

“He won’t listen”

“Yes, he will He loves you, Sophy, and he wants you He will listen”

“Do you think so?”

“Yes, I do He has had a fitful night, I a she was right

“We are taking the curricle, you and I I promised Maled in spite of her mood “Do you drive? For I do not—Papa says I a horses”

Sassy laughed “Then it is a good thing, that, yes, I drive quite well, but why are we going alone?”

“You don’t want to be squooshed in with my sisters in the family coach, do you? I do not”

“Quite foresighted of you” Sassy chuckled