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angry. And, feeling mischievous and happy, with a desire to tease them all, Brauws, Paul and Van der Welcke, she murmured, with an airy grace:
"That's our secret; Uncle's and mine . . ."
"A secret?" asked Van Vreeswijck.
She laughed. The bells rang out merrily:
"And you," she said to Van Vreeswijck, maliciously, "you sha'n't know the secret ever! . . ."
