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"How's Rain?" I asked him

"Oh, boy, she's prime Wait until you set eyes on her," he said

"Who are you two talking about?" Great-aunt Leonora asked, overhearing

"My racehorse, Mrs Endfield"

"You nairl?"

"A-huh And the horse is hty proud of it, too," he said

If I wasn't cohed aloud It would be a while until I could sain

"I always forget just how big this estate is," my Great-aunt Leonora said as we drove up the circular driveway

It really was a big house, I thought Endfield Place could fit inside of Grandmother Hudson's home

"Ostentatious," Great-uncle Richard abled roof "I always thought so Aer means better quality"

"I did always like the front door, Richard," Great-aunt Leonora insisted The large front door had four panels and was surrounded on the sides and top by a narrow band of rectangular panes of glass held in a delicate, decorative frame

Of course, there was a great deal land and there was the small lake as well

"Ours has more class," Great-uncle Richard insisted

"Yes, yes of course it does," Great-aunt Leonora was happy to agree

Sibling rivalry, I thought, even reached across the ocean