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SEVEN STUDIOUS SISTERS
"Clementine," asked My Lord Rector, changing the subject, "shall you ever wed?"
"If the right man comes," said the maiden.
"And what must he be?"
"He must be very wise."
"Am I wise, little one?" asked the Rector.
"Wisest of all," answered the maiden, whispering.
Then he took her white hand in his and said softly, "Amo. Amas?" but Clementine did not understand a word of Latin. Looking up, however, she saw something she did understand, and then My Lord Rector bent and kissed her hand, wisely using the old, old way of wooing that was
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