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can't imagine."
"
They'll have to do without you," said Mr. Polly, sticking to his
guns.
A clock in the town began striking.
"
Lor'!" said Miriam, "we shall miss Annie--sitting 'ere and
love-making!"
She rose and made as if to take Mr. Polly's arm. But Mr. Polly felt
that their condition must be nakedly exposed to the ridicule of the
world by such a linking, and evaded her movement.
Annie was already in sight before a flood of hesitation and terrors
assailed Mr. Polly.
"
Don't tell anyone yet a bit," he said.
Only mother," said Miriam firmly.
"
III
Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest
little squiggles of black--looked at in the right light, and yet
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