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"Pardon me for disturbing you," she said; "I did not know anyone was in the schoolroom at present."

"You are not to pick flowers, Miss O'Hara; it is against the rules of the school."

"Yes, you ought. I'm going to give you a lovely description. Papa has had his dinner, and he's pacing up and down on the walk which hangs over the lake. He is smoking a meerschaum pipe, and the dogs are with him.""I don't agree with you," answered Olive. "Strength shows itself in many forms. Miss O'Hara is pretty.""Earn it—how? Do you mean pay extra for it? Oh, that can be easily managed—I'll write to papa at once. He has heaps of money, even though he is Irish, and he can deny me nothing. He's paying lots more for me than most of the girls' fathers pay for them. That's why I have a room to myself, and why I am to have riding lessons, and a whole heap of things. But I mean to share all my little comforts with you, you darling. Oh, if the cupboard is to be bought, I'll soon have one. Now let us sit in this cosy, deep seat in the window, and put our arms round one another and talk." The great clock in the stable struck nine.

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Oh, yes, she ought to tell; and yet—and yet——Bridget's arms were flung impulsively round her governess's neck, and then one hand was tucked within the good lady's arm.

"I could not help myself," replied Dorothy. "You know, of course, Janet, what Bridget did last night?"

"Janet," said Mrs. Freeman, "come here for a [Pg 47]moment. I want you to use your young eyes. Do you see any carriage coming down the hill?"

Ruth clapped her hands.