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     She will belong to your world and not to 
     
     ours. That is for the best—and we 
     
     wouldn’t have it otherwise. But let us 
     
     keep her as our own for this one winter 
     
     yet.” 
     
    

    
     Eric yielded with the best grace he 
     
     could muster. After all, he reflected, 
     
     Lindsay was not so far from Queenslea, 
     
     and there were such things as boats and 
     
     trains. 
     
    

    
     “ Have you told your father about all 
     
     this yet? ” asked Janet anxiously. 
     
    

    
     No, he had not. But he went home and 
     
     wrote a full account of his summer to old 
     
     Mr. Marshall that night. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Marshall, Senior, answered the let- 
     
     ter in person. A few days later, Eric, 
     
     coming home from school, found his father 
     
     sitting in Mrs. Williamson’s prim, fleck- 
     
     less parlour. Nothing was said about 
     
     Eric’s letter, however, until after tea. 
     
     When they found themselves alone, Mr. 
     
     Marshall said abruptly, 
     
    

    
     “ Eric, what about this girl? I hope 
     
    

    
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