THE SIAMESE CAT
glancing off the page, "the scenery is extremely—er—picturesque."
She ducked again into the cool depths of Walden Pond. Scarlett discovered that a pretty face can twitch into odd curves.
"You see, her friend Mrs. Bolton decided to stay with relatives," the girl explained. "After that I had trouble persuading my aunt to come on; but she finally gave in when we found we could take a reliable courier, to manage our trunks and plunder and things. He's a jewel, that man! Very good recommendations, and knows everything! My aunt approves of him, and she's hard to please. Aunt Julia!"
No answer came from among the pages.
"Aunty dear! Isn't our courier a lovey duck?"
Mrs. Holborow looked up severely.
"No," she informed them. "I wish you
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