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, during the fortnight or more in which Amy had heard not a word from Brenda, she had tried to possess  her soul in patience. Although a little inclined to be cast down by trifles, she still had a strong sense of dignity,  and she knew that it would be very foolish to repine at  the loss of a friend who had grown indifferent to her. Yet while trying to appear philosophic when anything was said in her presence about Rockley, or the approaching  wedding, her heart was still pretty sore. Fritz, by his behavior during this week or two regained all that he had  previously lost in her opinion. He refrained from teasing her, and he never once made a slighting remark about  Brenda, as had grown to be his custom during the days  when her intimacy with Amy was at its height.

There may be some persons who in reading this may think it strange that Amy—or any one else—should  attach importance to the fact that for a fortnight, or  perhaps three weeks, one friend had neglected another  friend. But persons who reason in this way have not witnessed the progress of a sudden intimacy between two  very young girls. One of them, when a sudden fancy springs up, may attach more importance to it than to anything else which has come into her life. If she does not