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I replied: “I do not know. PERHAPS she is with Leila.”
She is always anxious to learn the names of people we meet in the horse-cars or
elsewhere, and to know where they are going, and what they will do.
Conversations of this kind are frequent: HELEN. What is little boy’s name?
TEACHER. I do not know, for he is a little stranger; but PERHAPS
his name is Jack.
HELEN. Where is he going?
TEACHER. He MAY BE going to the Common to have fun with other boys.
HELEN. What will he play?
TEACHER. I SUPPOSE he will play ball.
HELEN. What are boys doing now?
TEACHER. PERHAPS they are expecting Jack, and are waiting for him.
After the words have become familiar to her, she uses them in composition.
