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Suo but next door Ole lady kept prome I'd show her Make her sit over there all alone, wouldn't visit Punish her Last night I heard Mo on a ladder propped against the wall "And she was staring at !"

Daddy laughed "Really, Cathy What hare land Wouldn't it have been friendly of you to wave and say hello-- perhaps introduce yourself?" I snickered to myself Granders but me I was the only one she trusted

Another day of being mean to Cindy had caused everywhere to be named off-limits to me But I was clever and stole outside and snuck quickly away, to next door, to where people liked me

"Where's my pony?" I screeched when I saw the barn still eiveto steal me away!"

She seely black robe while those pale, thin hands of hers fluttered to the neckline so she could tug out a heavy rope of pearls she usually kept hidden

"Toet your heart's desire"

Met John Amos on the way home He led s" "Women like her are born rich and they never need brains," said John Amos, his watery eyes hard and slitlike "You listen to me, boy, and never fall in love with a stupid women And all women are stupid When you deal oht froet it Now, your lesson for today Who is Malcolm Neal Foxworth?"

"My great-grandfather who is dead and gone but powerful even so," I said, not really understanding even as I said it

"What else was Malcolm Neal Foxworth?"

"A saint A saint deserving of a lordly place in heaven"

"Correct But tell it all, leave nothing out"

"Never was there a man born smarter than Malcolm Neal Foxworth"

"That's not all I've taught you You should knowit daily? He wrote in that book faithfully all his life I've read it a dozen or row So never stop reading your great- grandfather's journal until you are just as clever and smart as he is"

"Is clever the sa smart?"

"No, of course not! Clever is not letting people suspect just how smart you are"