the end of its chain, and swung it round and round and round, and looked at it, and said, "My watch is a fortnight fast," and put it back in his pocket, and returned to his library.
The twins grew up, and they were so like each other that nobody knew which was which. Of course they ought to have had their names on their vests—William Good, Wilhelmina Good—but Nurse made a mistake about this. She bought the tape and marking ink, and she wrote the names, and she stitched them on; and, when all the vests were marked, she showed them proudly to Mrs. Good. And then it was discovered that by an accident she had marked them all "Billy Good." When Mr. Good was told about this, he lit a cigar, and said, "Have people no intelligence at all? Next year, when they have grown out of these vests, I will mark the new ones
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