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Chapter 19

           Shewasallbutspeechlessandmerelystared,bethinkingheratoncethatshehadexplainedtoGracethatshewasathersister’sallday.AndoppositesatGrace,lookingdirectlyather,herlipsslightlypartedasthoughshewouldexclaim:"Well,ofallthings!Anddancing!Aman!"Andattheheadofthetable,GeorgeNewton,thinandmeticulousandcurious,hissharpeyesandnoseandpointedchinnowturnedinherdirection.

           Butontheinstant,realizingthatshemustsaysomething,Robertareplied:"Oh,yes,that’sso.Ididgooverthereforalittlewhile.Somefriendsofmysister’swerecomingoverandIwentwiththem."Shewasabouttoadd,"Wedidn’tstayverylong,"butstoppedherself.Foratthatmomentacertainfightingqualitywhichshehadinheritedfromhermother,andwhichhadasserteditselfinthecaseofGracebeforethis,nowcametoherrescue.Afterall,whyshouldn’tshebeatStarlightParkifshechose?AndwhatrighthadtheNewtonsorGraceoranyoneelsetoquestionherforthatmatter?Shewaspayingherway.Nevertheless,assherealized,shehadbeencaughtinadeliberatelieandallbecauseshelivedhereandwasconstantlybeingquestionedandlookedafterinregardtoherveryleastmove.MissPopeaddedcuriously,"Idon’tsupposehe’saLycurgusboy.Idon’tremembereverseeinghimaroundhere."

           "No,heisn’tfromhere,"returnedRobertashortlyandcoldly,forbynowshewasfairlyquiveringwiththerealizationthatshehadbeencaughtinafalsehoodbeforeGrace.

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