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to  listen  when  she  scolds,"  said  Peggy,
                                   who always  paid a troubled  attention  to

                                   every  word  of  Mrs.  Bagley’s.
                                      ** Listen [  My,  you  don't  know  how

                                   you  have  to  listen  to  do  itJ     You  had
                                   better try some  time.        Docs  Mrs.  Bag-

                                   ley  ever  scold  yo u ?”
                                      “ Y-e-s,  when  she  is  roused,”  said

                                   Peggy,  delicately.      “  I :m  so  trying,  you
                                   see.    I  try  not  to  be  trying,  but  she

                                   says  i t ’s  natural  to  me.1’
                                      14 T  don’t believe it.   I  believe  you  are

                                   just as  good  and  gentle  as  you  can  be.
                                   And  to  think  you  are  my  twin !             I

                                   ought  to  be  the  proud  one,           1 Ve  a
                                   dreadful  temper.      Mrs.  Bagley  ought  to

                                   have  me.”
                                      “ What  sort  of  a  window  was  that

                                   you  said  was  in  your  room,”  asked
                                   Peggy,

                                      “ An  oriel  window,  and  it  has  seats
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