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Chapter 68

           HowcomesBarbarainthestable,ofallplacesintheworld?Why,sinceKithasbeenaway,theponywouldtakehisfoodfromnobodybuther,andBarbara,yousee,notdreamingthatChristopherwasthere,andjustlookingin,toseethateverythingwasright,hascomeuponhimunawares.BlushinglittleBarbara!

           ItmaybethatKithascaressedtheponyenough;itmaybethatthereareevenbetterthingstocaressthanponies.HeleaveshimforBarbaraatanyrate,andhopessheisbetter.Yes.Barbaraisagreatdealbetter.SheisafraidandhereBarbaralooksdownandblushesmorethathemusthavethoughtherveryfoolish.‘Notatall,’saysKit.Barbaraisgladofthat,andcoughsHem!justtheslightestcoughpossiblenotmorethanthat.

           Whatadiscreetponywhenhechooses!Heisasquietnowasifhewereofmarble.Hehasaveryknowinglook,butthathealwayshas.‘Wehavehardlyhadtimetoshakehands,Barbara,’saysKit.Barbaragiveshimhers.Why,sheistremblingnow!Foolish,flutteringBarbara!

           Arm’slength?Thelengthofanarmisnotmuch.Barbara’swasnotalongarm,byanymeans,andbesides,shedidn’tholditoutstraight,butbentalittle.Kitwassonearherwhentheyshookhands,thathecouldseeasmalltinytear,yettremblingonaneyelash.Itwasnaturalthatheshouldlookatit,unknowntoBarbara.ItwasnaturalthatBarbarashouldraisehereyesunconsciously,andfindhimout.Wasitnaturalthatatthatinstant,withoutanypreviousimpulseordesign,KitshouldkissBarbara?Hedidit,whetherorno.Barbarasaid‘forshame,’butlethimdoittootwice.

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