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The Goddess Girl I do not know, but he isn't. Quite the contrary. Yet he is not in love with Anne He never was in love with Anne. He never will be in—"

"Oh!" she interrupted me indignantly. "Then he should n't have asked her, he—oh, what a perfectly disgraceful boy he is!"

"He is a little rash," I said with a sigh, "but, dearest, even if she is your sister, we both know Anne. Of course, I won't say a word against her," I hastily added, "but honestly, Drusilla, do you think that Georgie had a chance of escaping when her mind was made up? Do you, in your inmost heart, consider that that absurd boy had a fair run for his money?"

Drusilla crimsoned and dropped her eyes. She was torn, I saw well enough, by conflicting emotions; a conscientious desire to defend her sister, and a heart-whole agreement with me.

"Anne is very clever," she said doubtfully.

"And Georgie is n't," cried I. "His 47