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Patty’s Place

           

           “It’sallsodeliciousthatIknowwearegoingtowakeupandfinditafleetingvisionofthenight,”saidPriscillaastheywentaway.

           “MissPattyandMissMariaarehardlysuchstuffasdreamsaremadeof,”laughedAnne.“Canyoufancythem‘globe-trotting’especiallyinthoseshawlsandcaps?”

           “Isupposethey’lltakethemoffwhentheyreallybegintotrot,”saidPriscilla,“butIknowthey’lltaketheirknittingwiththemeverywhere.Theysimplycouldn’tbepartedfromit.TheywillwalkaboutWestminsterAbbeyandknit,Ifeelsure.Meanwhile,Anne,weshallbelivinginPatty’sPlaceandonSpoffordAvenue.Ifeellikeamillionairessevennow.”

           “Ifeellikeoneofthemorningstarsthatsangforjoy,”saidAnne.

           PhilGordoncreptintoThirty-eight,St.John’s,thatnightandflungherselfonAnne’sbed.

           “Girls,dear,I’mtiredtodeath.Ifeellikethemanwithoutacountryorwasitwithoutashadow?Iforgetwhich.Anyway,I’vebeenpackingup.”

           “AndIsupposeyouarewornoutbecauseyoucouldn’tdecidewhichthingstopackfirst,orwheretoputthem,”laughedPriscilla.

           “E-zackly.AndwhenIhadgoteverythingjammedinsomehow,andmylandladyandhermaidhadbothsatonitwhileIlockedit,IdiscoveredIhadpackedawholelotofthingsIwantedforConvocationattheverybottom.IhadtounlocktheoldthingandpokeanddiveintoitforanhourbeforeIfishedoutwhatIwanted.IwouldgetholdofsomethingthatfeltlikewhatIwaslookingfor,andI’dyankitup,anditwouldbesomethingelse.No,Anne,IdidNOTswear.

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