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11   Well,  you  may have  them,  I  don’t
                                         care  for the violets  now.  Your name is

                                         Wilifred, is n’t  it?  Mine is  Peggy/’ one
                                         little sister announced  fco  the other.

                                            “ They are not the same sort of names,
                                         are  they?  Mine  is  liner  than  yours;

                                         but no  matter.  I ’11  tel!  you  something,
                                         Peggy.— you  arc;  really  prettier  than
                                         1  am/'

                                            "O  no/’  gasped  modest  Peggy,  “ not

                                         nearly  as  pretty.”
                                           “ Yes,  I  can't  tell  you  why,  but  you
                                        are.  Perhaps it's because your eyes are

                                        so  soft  and  shining.  You  look  gentle

                                        and good.  Peggy is n’t a pretty enough
                                         name  for  you,"
                                           “ I  was called  Margaret at  the home."

                                           £< The home ? ”  echoed Will, staring a
                                        little  in  turn,

                                           “ Yes,  that was  before  I  came  to  the
                                         Bagievs1.  Where  did  you  Jive  before

                                        you  came  here?"
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