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she  started  to  say,  " am  not discontented

                                    and  don’t  really  wish  to  change  places
                                    with  any body /’  but  thinking  thin  might

                                   «not  be  pleasant  for  Peggy  to  hear,
                                    hastily  changed  her  sentence  into —

                                    u shall  play  T  ‘m  a  princess  in  disguise,
                                    and  so  I  won't  mind  being a  slavey*          I

                                    hope  you  will  have  a  lovely  time,  and  I
                                   .promise  to  stand  it  as long as  I  can.”

                                       “  It  s  well  enough  to  pretend  now/1
                                    answered  Peggy,iL but  of course we  can’t

                                    do  any such  thing.        Dr.  Moran  will  be

                                    coming*  and  we  had  better  change  our
                                    clothes  again/’

                                       “ But  I  say  we  w ill  do  it/’  was  the
                                    answer,  made  with  a  determined  nod

                                    that  set  ail  Will’s  curls  dancing,      “ Yes,
                                    Peggy  dear,  you  must  make  up  your

                                    mind  to  it,  for  I ’m  bent  upon  being  the
                                    Bagley s’  servant  myself  for  a  while.

                                    Don't  you  see  it  s  no  more  than  fair,
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