【】ho,toae</p>
flushed,hot,anduntidy,hperhapsasheekorablack</p>
eye,froheeffectsofabloaketballorboxing</p>
glove.</p>
upontheirarrivalatcaptainbarclays,thetenstrolled</p>
outtoskeacigartogether,andtodiscusstheprospectsofthe</p>
seffees.</p>
s.barclayhadaskedjulieandjustiheyogo</p>
doeduburghadsohurriedlyansweredin</p>
theia,iivesayingthattheyrollroundthe</p>
gardenuntillauedthats.barclayhadnoresource</p>
buttoasktheheypassedheorall</p>
llyiojoihegarden.</p>
”dearlanie,”daduburgbegan,ershad</p>
anner,handinhand,”iwasreally</p>
quiteshocked,asealong.thereelanie,laughingand</p>
selves,handingupbaskets</p>
andliftingothersdohherhairallinnfusion,and</p>
lookingexcusesayingsorelikeapeasantgirlthanayoung</p>
lady.”</p>
s.barclaysledquietly.</p>
”llyisenjoyingherself,nodoubt,sisterinla</p>
seethatherlaughing,orcallingout,orhandingbasketswilldo</p>
heranyseriousharasforherhair,fivenutesbrushingwill</p>
setthatright.”</p>
”but,dearsisterinlaeduburgsaid,eaestly,”do</p>
youreillyisnearlyfourteenyearsold;</p>
thatsheingaan,thatinahreeyears</p>
youyfaith,itis</p>
terribleandshehasyetnofigure,nonner;”anddaduburg</p>
looked,hanairofgratifiedpride,atthestifffiguresofher</p>
owogirls.</p>
”herfigureisnotabadone,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,</p>
posedly;”sheistallerthanjulieonthsher</p>
seniorsheisasstraightasanarroirable;</p>
shehasneverhadadaysillness.”</p>
”butsheoteduburg</p>
said,liftingupherhandsinhorror.</p>
”sheileshherfather,yesterday,”</p>
s.barclaysaid,pretendingtosuandhersisterinlaws</p>
aning.</p>
”ididnotanthat,”daduburgsaid,iatiently,”butshe</p>
yfaith,itisshogtosay,butshe</p>
ydaughterstepout</p>
inthatway.</p>
”then,lookathernners.aall.the</p>
otherdayonsieurderivierehhissons</p>
called,sheively</p>
aetohavetosayso,</p>
sisterinlaanners,noeasejulie,andeven</p>
justine,yself.”</p>
”hernnersarenotfordyet,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,</p>
quietly,”nordoicarethattheyshouldbe.sheisayounggirlat</p>
present,andidonotanbeforeherti.in</p>
threeyearsiteenoughforhertondhernners.”</p>
”butinthreeyears,sisterinlaw,youwillbelookingfora</p>
husbandforher.”</p>
”ishallbedoingnothingofthesort,”s.barclaysaid,</p>
steadily.”inthat,asinnyothertters,igreatlypreferthe</p>
englishwoyears,and</p>