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him to come here?'
'I suppose nobody else would have a gift of him,' said Julia. 'And for
that matter, I think we could have done without the monster very well.'
'O, don't say that,' returned Gideon. 'This has been one of the most
amusing experiences of my life.'
'I don't think you'll forget it very soon,' said Julia. 'Your hand will
remind you.'
'Well, I suppose I must be going,' said Gideon reluctantly. 'No,'
pleaded Julia. 'Why should you? Stay and have tea with me.'
'If I thought you really wished me to stay,' said Gideon, looking at his
hat, 'of course I should only be too delighted.'
'What a silly person you must take me for!' returned the girl. 'Why, of
course I do; and, besides, I want some cakes for tea, and I've nobody to
send. Here is the latchkey.'
Gideon put on his hat with alacrity, and casting one look at Miss
Hazeltine, and another at the legs of Hercules, threw open the door and
departed on his errand.
He returned with a large bag of the choicest and most tempting of cakes
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