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folding fan," said Mrs. Spring Fragrance. "I am going out for a walk."
And Mr. Spring Fragrance obeyed her.
IV
𝕋HIS is from Mary Carman, who is in Portland," said the mother of the Superior Woman, looking up from the reading of a letter, as her daughter came in from the garden.
"Indeed," carelessly responded Miss Evebrook.
"Yes, it's chiefly about Will."
"Oh, is it? Well, read it then, dear. I'm interested in Will Carman, because of Alice Winthrop."
"I had hoped, Ethel, at one time that you would have been interested in him for his own sake. However, this is what she writes:
