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“Yes, but he doesn’t know … abouthis ward”

“Didn’t know,” Scott said reasonably “Brilliant fellow, bound to put it all together soon”

“Yes, that is true,” Becky said

“What is to be done?” Felicia cried

“Coht else we can do Not so very bad, after all I like Ashton, couldn’t have a better guardian, and what’s more, you like him … kissed him”

“Many tiled

Scott’s broent up, but he shrugged “Well, then, there you are”

Felicia’s shoulders drooped “No, you just don’t see How could you?” Her voice trailed off They didn’t know that she had spent a night in her guardian’s bed Oh, that sounded so very dreadful

Becky glared at Scott “It doesn’t matter, because, Felicia, how you feel about one another is a fact that has nothing to do with his guardianship over you”

“My life is ruined,” Felicia said and then sniffed

“She says that whenever she can’t get her oay,” Scott said pugnaciously

Felicia’s look was dagger-dangerous He saw it but laughed at her, and she snapped, “Oh, that is so not true”

“It is too,” he countered

“Oh, stop, you two,” Becky said, laughing “This is not the time We must find a way to sort this out”

“There isn’t any possible way of doing that He will hate me when he finds out I have led him false, for I never told him who I was … and he has been so kind”