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Chapter 22

           ThinkthenweweregoingtoCrumandthoseotherlakesovernearFondaandGloversvilleandLittleFalls,butnownow.OnlyjustnowsomeboyandgirlfriendsofTom’sandEmily’scamebytogetthemtogoafterstrawberries,andwhenIsawthemgoandknewIcouldn’t,andthatIcouldn’tbelikethatanymoreever,Icriedandcried,eversolong."

           Andfinally:

           "Ihavebeenbiddinggood-bytosomeplacesto-day.Therearesomanynooks,dear,andallofthemsodeartome.Ihavelivedhereallmylife,youknow.First,therewasthespringhousewithitsgreatmassesofgreenmoss,andinpassingitIsaidgood-bytoit,forIwon’tbecomingtoitsoonagainmaybenever.AndthentheoldappletreewherewehadourplayhouseyearsagoEmilyandTomandGiffordandI.Thenthe‘Believe,’acutelittlehouseintheorchardwherewesometimesplayed.

           "Oh,Clyde,youcan’trealizewhatallthismeanstome,IfeelasthoughIshallneverseemyhomeagainafterIleaveherethistime.Andmamma,poordearmamma,howIdoloveherandhowsorryIamtohavedeceivedherso.Sheisnevercrossandshealwayshelpsmesomuch.SometimesIthinkifIcouldtellher,butIcan’t.Shehashadtroubleenough,andIcouldn’tbreakherheartlikethat.No,ifIgoawayandcomebacksometime,eithermarriedordeaditdoesn’tmakesomuchdifferencenowshewillneverknow,andIwillnothavecausedheranypain,andthatmeanssomuchmorethanlifeitselftome.

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