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XXI. Sweet Miss Lavendar

           ..aratherangularpersonage,withprimgrayhairandspectacles.NothingmoreunlikeMissLavendarcouldpossiblybeimagined.

           Shewasalittleladywithsnow-whitehairbeautifullywavyandthick,andcarefullyarrangedinbecomingpuffsandcoils.Beneathitwasanalmostgirlishface,pinkcheekedandsweetlipped,withbigsoftbrowneyesanddimples...actuallydimples.Sheworeaverydaintygownofcreammuslinwithpale-huedrosesonit...agownwhichwouldhaveseemedridiculouslyjuvenileonmostwomenofherage,butwhichsuitedMissLavendarsoperfectlythatyouneverthoughtaboutitatall.

           “CharlottatheFourthsaysthatyouwishedtoseeme,”shesaid,inavoicethatmatchedherappearance.

           “WewantedtoasktherightroadtoWestGrafton,”saidDiana.“WeareinvitedtoteaatMr.Kimball’s,butwetookthewrongpathcomingthroughthewoodsandcameouttothebaselineinsteadoftheWestGraftonroad.Dowetaketherightorleftturningatyourgate?”

           “Theleft,”saidMissLavendar,withahesitatingglanceatherteatable.Thensheexclaimed,asifinasuddenlittleburstofresolution,

           “Butoh,won’tyoustayandhaveteawithme?Please,do.Mr.Kimball’swillhaveteaoverbeforeyougetthere.AndCharlottatheFourthandIwillbesogladtohaveyou.”

           DianalookedmuteinquiryatAnne.

           “We’dliketostay,”saidAnnepromptly,forshehadmadeuphermindthatshewantedtoknowmoreofthissurprisingMissLavendar,“ifitwon’tinconvenienceyou.

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