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"I wonder," she said, gravely,
closing her paint-box.
"Priscilla?"
She shook her head.
"Er—not—not Polly?"
Again she shook her head.
"Perhaps," she said, "it means just Miss Lynde."
"No, I think it means more," he answered, shaking his own head. "Of course one can find out."
"Of course, if one asks the neighbors; but as that might be thought rather queer, I don't think—one will."
"No, that's so. I shall have to look to you for the solution, after all. Some day you'll tell me, won't you?"
"I don't see why I should," she answered, calmly. "Do you?"
"Yes, I see—but I shan't tell you; at least, not at present," he answered, boldly. She shot a questioning and
