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“ All we shall want, ■—■ ten or twelve, 1
should say,’1 was the answer.
11 If there are so many, papa, you
might let me have one. I '11 exchange
that room with the oriel window for it.”
“ I don't think the little brass bed
stead I bought for you will suit the style
of the stall/' the Doctor objected gravely.
He adored his little daughter, but he
* could not refrain from teasing her.
11 O papa! donft joke/1 she cried.
II Why not? 1 thought you liked
jokes/’
III don’t feel jokey now, papa. I !m
awfully serious about the stall, and of
course nobody thinks of sleeping there,
I supposed you would not give me an
empty stall, for that would n’t be a very
useful present. I can ride just as well
as the boys, and they are each to have a
horse/1
