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 Marlin Mills had something to do with this); and, in the second place, whenever she had to speak in public her feet seemed to grow so big and her hands so red, and her voice seemed to proceed from such a far country, that the whole proceeding was more like a nightmare to Charlotte than anything else.

So, as you plainly see again, that wouldn't do.

"If I could only do something to make myself famous," she thought, "everybody might like me." But this, as she realized at once, was Sum Number Two, and after a few minutes' reflection it looked like a harder nut to crack than Number One.

"It's a good thing the easiest one comes first," she droopingly told herself, discouraged for a moment. It was only for a moment, though, and then her beaky little nose went up as resolutely as ever. "Never mind!" she cried. "I'll get them yet."