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240 “Dear me! Then we ’ll have barely time to catch the five train. Come, Julia, we must hurry!” and with a hasty good-bye to Miss South, the impetuous Brenda  rushed down the steps, while Miss South and Julia followed more slowly. Brenda had time for a farewell frolic with Fidessa before the barge appeared.

“You surely will go with us to Salem,” were Julia’s parting words.

“I surely will,” replied Miss South, “unless—” but the starting off of the barge prevented her completing  the sentence.