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Boggs stared down at her

"What happened?" he deruffly

"She's upped and fainted," Mrs Chester told him

He glanced at her, at aret's side

"We'd better get the doc," Mrs Chester said

"I'll take care of 'er," Boggs replied, slipped his araret and lifted her as he stood up He held her with little effort and walked out of the kitchen, her head against his chest At the door he turned to us

"Jist finish up in 'ere," he ordered and was gone

"What's wrong with her?" I asked

Mrs Chester shook her head and returned to her work

"What did heto do? He's not a doctor, is he?"

" 'E'll take care of it," she replied stoically

"I'll bet," I muttered "He'll probably slap her awake and make her dust the piano"

Mrs Chester said nothing more I completed my work as quickly as I could When I stepped out of the kitchen, the house was quiet I went down the corridor, looking into roo on a sofa Neither she nor Boggs was anywhere to be found

"Where did he take her?" I muttered to myself

I hurried back to my own room and went to his door to see if he had taken her to his roo else for et ready for school With all that had happened, it was nearly iot there I know I performed poorly in speech class and was so bad in dance, I could have been dancing with two left feet I was probably the only uninspired student, too, because there was a great deal of excite auditions for the school's production of The Ta of the Shrew