Kilmeny of the Orchard 
     
    
   
   
    
     that I know them nearly all by heart. 
     
     One cannot get tired of really beautiful 
     
     things, but sometimes I feel that I would 
     
     like some new books.” 
     
    

    
     “ Are you never lonely, Kilmeny? ” 
     
    

    
     “ Oh no, how could I be? There is al- 
     
     ways plenty for me to do, helping Aunt 
     
     Janet about the house. I can do a great 
     
     many things ”-——she glanced up at him 
     
     with a pretty pride as her flying pencil 
     
     traced the words. “ I can cook and sew. 
     
     Aunt Janet says I am a very good house- 
     
     keeper, and she does not praise people 
     
     very often or very much. And then, when 
     
     I am not helping her, I have my dear, 
     
     dear Violin. That is all the company I 
     
     want. But I like to read and hear of 
     
     the big world so far away and the peo- 
     
     ple who live there and the things that 
     
     are done. It must be a very wonderful 
     
     place.” 
     
    

    
     “ Wouldn’t you like to go out into it 
     
     and see its wonders and meet those people 
     
     yourself? ” he asked, smiling at her. 
     
    
   
   
    
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