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The Goddess Girl handsome, and beaming with welcome for me; a demonstrative affection for Anne, her future daughter-in-law. But Anne did not stay long, and when she went away she slipped through the window into the garden. "It is a short cut," she said. Obviously, she wished to avoid the contents of the tea-tray in the hall. She had a genius for avoiding upsets, had Anne.

"Georgie is behaving in the most shocking manner," said his mother with affectionate pride. "I can't help feeling that I ought not to have invited that charming girl here at present; but what was I to do? She is only in England for the summer, and her mother was at school with me. She had to come."

Another shriek of happy laughter rang from the hall—another bump. Georgie's mother smiled in spite of her fears. "They are like two children home from the holidays," she murmured. "But I can't help feeling a little anxious. There is Anne, you see," she sighed. 51