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A TALK ABOUT SHYNESS.
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CHAPTER VI.
A TALK ABOUT SHYNESS.
ANNIE," said Mrs. Gray, a few days after the sailing - party, " would you like to study French this summer, with Marian for company? "
"Y-es," replied Cannie; but she said it more because she saw that a yes was expected of her, than because of any real pleasure at the idea. Like most girls who have had scanty or poor teaching, she liked to read a great deal better than she liked to study.
"Do you know any French at all?" continued her cousin.
"No, not any. There wasn't anybody at home who taught it; and if there had been, I don't believe Aunt Myra would have let me learn. She thinks English is a good enough language for anybody. I did study Latin a
